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It’s certainly not the marble-fronted, coolly classical city so many accounts of this work would suggest. La Tempête’s Venice is all cosmopolitan collisions, the crossroads of Europe – busy,... — Gramophone Magazine, January 2020 More…

The debut album of the ensemble Taracea is nothing if not creative…Like the music itself, the interpretations are highly eclectic, drawing freely on jazz, improvisation, folk, Latino and non-Western... — BBC Music Magazine, July 2020, 4 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 5 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

Bruno Cocset and Guido Balestracci take turns playing the solo bass (and sometimes treble) viol parts in these 27 ricercars, effectively elegant fantasies on mostly pre-existing pieces. They... — Sunday Times, 3rd May 2020 More…