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Riding luxurious waves of sound, Dalberto never loses a thread of Faure’s intricate polyphony…Fully exploiting the Bechstein’s plangent sound, Dalberto strikes just the right balance between... — Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2017 More…

the Chiaroscuro Quartet put period instrument practice to the fore, playing on gut strings, with minimal vibrato and tuning to the lower pitch of A430...It takes a moment to grow accustomed... — The Observer, 14th July 2013 More…

Simply put, there’s nothing quite like good Baroque music played well, and this is a disc that captures the modesty, curiosity and unbefuddled clarity of period performance from years past...The... — Gramophone Magazine, February 2020 More…

Unaffected, highly accomplished musicianship [by] Pierre Fouchenneret and Romain Descharmes…Fouchenneret’s tone is warm yet finely focused and with spot-on intonation throughout. Descharmes’s... — Gramophone Magazine, December 2016 More…

Sakai’s performances are distinguished by the freshness and sincerity of his interpretations. He is an eloquent exponent, never pretentious or superficial, never afraid to play slowly. He produces... — Gramophone Magazine, May 2016 More…

Christophe Rousset’s recording is distinguished by a dazzling variety of articulation, dynamics and timbres … The playing of Les Talens Lyriques is supple and characterful … Piau is faultlessly... — BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2015 More…

Listening to this recording of Scipione, you might well judge it one of Handel’s strongest scores: aria after aria bristles with vitality and personality...Long unavailable, it has been reissued... — Financial Times, 21st August 2010, 4 out of 5 stars More…