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[the quartet] play with sensual directness and a vividly attuned awareness of harmonic contours in the early F major Sonata…despite being one of Handel’s best chamber compositions, this gets... — Gramophone Magazine, June 2016 More…

The Brook Street Band play all the works indisputably by Handel as well as those generally accepted as part of the canon…The music, dare I say it, is on occasion uneven in quality, but the finest... — BBC Music Magazine, August 2018, 4 out of 5 stars More…

The Brook Street Band play with plenty of charismatic brio but there is also affective compassion in reflective music...There are a few mild slips in the documentation but this is a fine addition... — Gramophone Magazine, January 2014 More…

Rees's perceptive direction keeps the contrasting layers balanced and he has assembled a strong solo team- headed up by Elin Manahan Thomas and Matthew Brook - to complement the attentive playing... — BBC Music Magazine, September 2013 More…

Theo and Gibley play their transcriptions with impeccable style and with a warm rapport for the music. Slow movements come off especially well and, in one or two instances… the sustaining power... — BBC Music Magazine, September 2007, 4 out of 5 stars More…

there is a close match between cello and a harpsichord of cutting transients which fits the businesslike virtuosity of much of the playing. Choice of tempi cannot be faulted and rhythm is exact — Gramophone Magazine, May 2015 More…

Nicki Kennedy and Sally Bruce-Payne sing with an appealing appropriateness of scale… the Band is as deliciously poised and pertinent as ever. — BBC Music Magazine, January 2009, 3 out of 5 stars More…

…a treasure house of miniature delights - a charming gavotte (No. 1); colourful musette framing an energetic allegro (No. 2); a haunting rondeau melody which followed me round for hours (No.... — BBC Music Magazine, September 2005, 4 out of 5 stars More…