Browse: Handel - Keyboard Suite, HWV 428 in D minor

as Lisa Smirnova's vivacious account of the Eight Great Suites reminds us, they're a treasure-trove of Handelian wit and humanity. Purists will certainly need to take them on Smirnova's terms,... — BBC Music Magazine, January 2011, 5 out of 5 stars More…

[The 'Harmonious Blacksmith'] gives Koopman scope to demonstrate his virtuosity and his innate exuberance. For the most part, though, his playing seems to have acquired a degree of restraint... — BBC Music Magazine, January 2023, 5 out of 5 stars More…

If you want to hear these pieces played on a sleek grand piano using an engagingly post-historical approach, with flawlessly stylish ornamentation...and a variety of dynamic nuances...then look... — Gramophone Magazine, May 2014 More…

What is certain is that these pieces are inventive and full of vitality. In short, they are unashamedly intended to please the senses and, in the hands of stylistically informed players they... — BBC Music Magazine, January 2022, 5 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 4 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

A good feel for the right tempo and an unforced, often pleasingly gentle tone. — Gramophone Magazine More…