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It’s certainly not the marble-fronted, coolly classical city so many accounts of this work would suggest. La Tempête’s Venice is all cosmopolitan collisions, the crossroads of Europe – busy,... — Gramophone Magazine, January 2020More…

Richter is very strong in the title role through much of the score, though most especially in the radiant final two acts...The Ensemble Pygmalion...clearly relish its orchestral opportunities... — BBC Music Magazine, May 2014, 4 out of 5 starsMore…

…scintillating performances. Eric Le Sage's playing… is admirably unaffected… a rewarding collection. — BBC Music Magazine, February 2010, 4 out of 5 starsMore…

The Diotima Quartet claim the first recording of the new Bärenreiter edition of Janácek's IntimateLetters Quartet. And this is no small matter of the odd slur, dot and accidental. Whole phrases... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010More…

This disc from rising French harpsichordist Justin Taylor finds a perfect partner for the quirky Italian…The Scarlatti sonatas are almost all relatively familiar ones…but Taylor ensures that... — Gramophone Magazine, September 2018More…

Cittern to six-holed pipes, rakish toe-tapping to soigné soulfulness, the splendidly-named mixed consort Les Witches surfs John Playford's iconic 1561 English Dancing Master with masterly gusto. — BBC Music Magazine, January 2016, 5 out of 5 starsMore…

Haselböck draws from his period instrumentalists a performance that is as sonically satisfying as it is vital and well-proportioned…a most absorbing disc — Gramophone Magazine, March 2016More…