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Staier avoids the potential didactic pitfall that the concept might have laid for him. But the surprise comes in the form of music by Staier himself, a suite of six pieces (or ‘meditations’)... — Gramophone Magazine, April 2024 More…

Pienaar displays his collections thematically, connecting dances and variations, imitative and evocative works that suggest battles and birdsong, that paint portraits, tell stories and write... — BBC Music Magazine, April 2020, 5 out of 5 stars More…

This disc claims to be a showcase for a recently restored harpsichord, and a fine job it makes of it. Jovanka Marville plays stylishly and with a languid touch that seems to bring out the instrument's... — Gramophone Magazine, Janurary 2008 More…

Seventy minutes with Death for company may look like hard going but such is the expressive depth and profound consoling beauty of the works assembled here, and so committed and responsive the... — Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2020 More…

The Pavans are played on virginals, the rest on harpsichord. The right decision, but Demeyere hits a bad snag in a closely miked recording that masks the differences in timbre between the instruments.... — Gramophone Magazine, May 2014 More…

The magnificent Silbermann organ in St Aurélie’s Strasbourg, and a ravishingly-toned hybrid harpsichord after Ruckers and Duloken, furnish exemplary tools for the job, and Alard’s playing bears... — BBC Music Magazine, August 2018, 4 out of 5 stars More…