First Hand
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It's the combination of poignancy and ardour that sets his playing apart...a valuable addition to this great artist's discography. —
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2026, Archive Issue of the Month
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Lucas’s three dozen singers are on impressive form, combining tonal beauty with sheer stamina...This splendid new release will take some supplanting. —
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2023, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2023
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his own music is completely distinctive and, perhaps, influenced more by the great buildings in which he has worked...His music displays an unerring architectural sense of space and time. —
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The main event is the first-ever recording of the complete, original set of Six Partitas by Johann Joseph Vilsmaÿr…[these] are challenging polyphonic works, full of double- and triple-stops,... —
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2016, Editor's Choice
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It’s all wonderfully lucid playing, which hasn’t dated in the slightest. —
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[Golka] writes that he is 'yet to record a single note' of Chopin. This collection demonstrates he is more than ready to face that fear. —
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Her approach is undeniably idiosyncratic. On the one hand a razor-sharp articulation and historically-informed awareness of Bach’s dance modes aligns her with harpsichordist free-spirits such... —
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With a mix of traditional songs and contemporary works, this disc explores the varied potential of the recorder. The ensemble creates a controlled sound and clean tone. Lots of fun. —
