First Hand

Here is a well-thought-out programme…The clearly defined and lively articulation of the Brook Street Band inform the music with irresistible allure. I hope these musicians will make further... — BBC Music Magazine, June 2024, 4 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 5 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

Vestiva explores how the art of embellishment revolutionised instrumental music in the 16th and 17th centuries, allowing performers to openly flaunt both their virtuosic and improvisatory skills... — BBC Music Magazine, February 2024, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Lark’s playing here is exemplary...but I quickly found myself concentrating on the piano part. Accompanists are seldom given their due, but Ms. Yang is an artist who will most likely excel as... — Fanfare, September/October 2020 More…

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... — BBC Music Magazine, March 2020, 4 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 5 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

Encompassing the expressive richness of the variations is a tall order for any player. From the outset, Alexandra Papastefanou takes a nuanced view, both poised and elegant. While the first... — BBC Music Magazine, October 2021, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Her artistry in this Helsinki concert is consummate and her memory almost faultless. With a warmly lyrical opening, and a touch responding to the variegated requirements of the score, she makes... — BBC Music Magazine, June 2020, 5 out of 5 stars More…

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,... — Gramophone Magazine, February 2016 More…