Paolo Pandolfo
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Muscular arpeggiata preludes cede to pizzicato dances of ineffable suavity, and a fugue of dazzling complexity. The sound is intoxicating, Pandolfo’s expressivity and technique beyond praise. —
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2010, Instrumental Finalist
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Gramophone Awards, 2010, Finalist - Baroque Instrumental
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2009, Editor's Choice
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Pandolfo coaxes an array of shades and effects and lets the viol reverberate with Machy's plush musical textures...Above all, Pandolfo makes the music dance with his supple bowing, elastic rhythms,... —
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BBC Music Magazine, July 2012, Instrumental Choice
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Couperin, F: Pièces de violes avec la basse chiffrée
Paolo Pandolfo (viola da gamba), Amélie Chemin (viola da gamba), Thomas Boysen (theorbo & Baroque guitar), Markus Hünninger (harpsichord)
Pandolfo is a master of the style; in slow movements barely a note passes without some subtle bowing nuance or full blown ornament… recorded sound is excellent. —
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2014, Chamber Finalist
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These seem to have been works for no mere amateur, and I am glad to say that in Paolo Pandolfo we have a gambist who is more than up to the task. He exploits every nuance of this music. He navigates... —
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Record Review, 30th September 2017, Recording of the Week
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One of the most charismatic performers in Baroque music today, Pandolfo shows the full range of his sublime musicality in this tour of the solo viol repertoire, from the late Renaissance to... —
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2026, Best-kept Secrets
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Ortiz, D: Trattado de glosas
Jordi Savall (bass viol), Ton Koopman (harpsichord, organ), Lorenz Duftschmid (violone), Rolf Lislevand (vielle), Paolo Pandolfo (bass viol) & Andrew Lawrence-King (harp)
The virtuoso Jordi Savall surveys Diego Ortiz's treatise on decoration, variation and improvisation (Rome, 1553). Wonderful. —
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Marin Marais: Pieces De Viole: Suites in A minor, G major & D minor
Thomas Boysen (theorbo), Mitzi Meyerson (harpsichord), Dolores Costoyas (baroque guitar), Guido Balestracci (viola da gamba), Paolo Pandolfo (viola da gamba)
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