Best of 2022: 'Nos. 60, 66 and 61, according to their supposed order of composition—are brought to thrilling life here under Giovanni Antonioni's high-octane direction.'
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Exceptional: 'Céline Frisch's prodigious hands guide us through the delicate and sophisticated world of the French harpsichord during the reign of Louis XV ... Unmissable.'
Scherzo
'The astonishing variety of invention, texture and atmosphere in Britten's scoring comes over more vividly in this recording.'
BBC Music Magazine
'Carter’s playing has great delicacy and finesse and the recording is clear and resonant. Highly recommended.'
The Lute Society
'This music requires extreme sensitivity, taste and the ability to transcend the limitations of an unsophisticated medium. And, of course, the members of A Nocte Temporis achieve an outstanding result.'
Scherzo
'... with 'Ohimè se tanto amate' they nicely communicate the rushes of emotion in the alternating despair and hope of the constant lover.'
BBC Music Magazine
'A very personal disc devoted entirely to the music of Rossini.'
BBC Music Magazine
Editor's Choice: 'I’m deeply impressed with Reinoud Van Mechelen ... If you haven’t heard his smoothly charming haute-contrethen do make this album your starting point.'
Gramophone
'At the head of a particularly virtuoso Basel Chamber Orchestra, Giovanni Antonini vividly sketches the contours of a music entirely dedicated to happiness and joy.'
Le Monde