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Playing a six-course lute with an extra octave for the third course (double-string) and the upper octave unusually on the ‘thumb side’ for all courses (horses for courses, I guess), Smith here,... — Gramophone Magazine, April 2023 More…

they have skill, precision and a delicious warmth of colour: this is controlled and professional playing...Still, for me the real importance of the disc is in the unimaginably gentle way Ulrike... — Gramophone Magazine, November 2011 More…

On two counts...this recording offers something refreshingly unusual. At first hearing, the music may seem to lack variety; but repeated listening yields considerable subtlety and emotional range...Biffi's... — Gramophone Magazine, October 2014 More…