Harmonia Mundi

Excellent….The everdependable Fretwork prove once again that they have no peers in this repertoire — The IndependentMore…

Scholl clearly relishes the young Handel's unbridled exuberance: he coaxes, seduces, laments and rages: here negotiating Handel's virtuosic writing with brazen panache, elsewhere singing with... — BBC Music Magazine, April 2007, 5 out of 5 starsMore…

...as the many polyphonic strands surround you – and here they do surround you, thanks to this hybrid SACD – you’d have to have a cold heart not to be caught up in the performances. The ingenuity... — Andrew McGregor, bbc.co.uk, 14th February 2007More…

Some minor tuning problems, but the singing is spirited, and the interplay between voices and instruments in Tirsi e Clori a delight. — BBC Music Magazine, January 2010, 4 out of 5 starsMore…

Both soloists have a fine line in fireworks and for the most part rhythms are secure...in general these are spirited performances, excellently recorded. — BBC Music Magazine, November 2011, 4 out of 5 starsMore…

This version is exceptionally well recorded, with superb balance among the instruments...The players of the Arcanto Quartet, as well as the second cellist Olivier Marron, adopt an austere approach... — BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2012, 4 out of 5 starsMore…

These performances are poised, immaculate, and just a little lacking in light and shade: the octane-level shoots up in the Keats settings, where the choir's female contingent evidently enjoys... — BBC Music Magazine, September 2012, 4 out of 5 starsMore…