Browse: Buxtehude - Fried- und Freudenreiche Hinfahrth, BuxWV 76

Vocal forces of just 10 singers supported by the same number of instrumentalists bring a level of intimacy that is entirely appropriate to this programme of 17th-century music reflecting on the... — Gramophone Magazine, June 2021 More…

They dally deliciously on any expressive dissonances and suspensions, while the players add warmth and colour with intelligent use of vibrato and ornamentation, becoming more overtly dramatic... — Andrew McGregor, bbc.co.uk, 24th April 2006 More…

There is something enchanting about this disc that opens it up to a wider circle of listeners than those who just want to hear the aria 'Lobet den Herren' from Bach's Cantata No. 137 sung in... — Gramophone Magazine, November 2011 More…

Kirkby seems to go from strength to strength and here I was particularly struck by the warm resonance of her mezzo range... an outstanding release — BBC Music Magazine More…

The results will appeal to anyone keen on folk and fusion or those looking for an alternative approach to early music. The lush, up-front recording, with its potential for 5.0 surround sound,... — BBC Music Magazine, May 2014, 3 out of 5 stars More…

The linctus has yet to be invented that can assuage the throaty rasp of the 32' pedal reed underpinning the Treutmann organ of the Abbey Church of St Georg zu Grauhof bei Goslar. Begun some 30... — BBC Music Magazine, November 2020, 4 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 5 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

Koopman and his Amsterdam forces get the scale of the music just right, providing a compelling example of how less can be more. Voices and instruments...weave a seductive skein of tender music-making. — BBC Music Magazine, February 2014, 5 out of 5 stars More…