'...a seductively considered disc that pretty much never puts a foot wrong. Hanseatic heaven!'
BBC Music Magazine
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Choice: 'An outstanding celebration of Byrd as one of the first keyboard greats from a harpsichord player who holds the greatest love and respect for the composer’s music in all its forms.'
Gramophone
'A wonderfully detailed and atmospheric recording of Biber’s Mystery Sonatas, made all the more so in 96kHz/24-bit Linn Studio Master.'
Gramophone
'For a start, these pieces are so irresistibly tuneful, and then there's the humour - less suave, sometimes edgier than Mozart's, but at times winningly delicate.'
BBC Music Magazine
'Richard Egarr explores with affection and intelligence the rich world of Byrd's keyboard music, on a modern copy of a Ruckers harpsichord. Bells is a real gem.'
BBC Music Magazine
'Conductor Robin Ticciati's recording of Debussy's La mer and Fauré’s Pelléas et Mélisande is constantly on my CD player.'
BBC Music Magazine “Music to my Ears”
'...this collection of tone poems and incidental music boasts excellent sound, with impressive playing from the BBC National Orchestra of Wales.'
The Arts Desk
'The opening Nocturne is an absolute gem, serene, evocative, and richly melodic. Søndergård teases out every ounce of quiet passion.'
The Scotsman
'...the ability to spin a winning lyricism in slow movements should make everything presented here approachable even to the just mildly adventurous…'
Records International