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This makes a superbly varied, captivatingly performed introduction to Scottish and Irish folk, displaying its rich array of moods and styles. Recommended. — BBC Music Magazine, May 2024, 4 out of 5 stars More…

There’s a wonderfully spontaneous, almost rough-and-ready quality to these performances: resin flies and rhythms swing in the stomping gigas, whilst the mesmerising siciliana of the first concerto... — Katherine Cooper, Presto Music, March 2020 More…

Niquet conducts Le Concert Spirituel with characteristic vigour in a historically informed performance shorn of instrumental ‘ trinkets’. The spacious acoustics of the Jean-Baptiste Lully Conservatoire... — BBC Music Magazine, July 2023, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Niquet’s fluid lines heighten the drama by drawing out crucial words in long, upswelling crescendos, punctuated at climaxes by pungent brass and woodwinds...His performers apply dynamics with... — BBC Music Magazine, October 2022, 4 out of 5 stars More…

From her gut-punch climactic notes to the buttery evenness of her register, Zaïcik’s command is exhilarating. I love especially how she applies vibrato...Stillness is the ensemble’s collective... — BBC Music Magazine, April 2021, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Even if Piazzolla fails to cast the spell clearly experienced by Sidorova herself, the artistry of this Latvianborn musician and her instrumental colleagues still makes this album worthwhile.... — BBC Music Magazine, May 2021, 4 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 3 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

Taylor brings youthful vitality and flair to these performances, responding to Bach’s ever-changing idiom with quicksilver playing...Admirable, too, are the colours and quasi-orchestral timbres... — BBC Music Magazine, November 2023, 5 out of 5 stars More…

the resultant performance [of 'Sovvente il sole'] is to die for – luminously radiant, with Chauvin’s bright sweetness on the Gagliano a delectable foil for Bénos-Djian’s bright purity and lucid... — Gramophone Magazine, June 2024 More…