Carmignola is on characteristically ebullient form, bringing sparkling virtuosity to Bach's outer movements while revelling in the poetry of the inner ones...Carmignola's linear control is well-sustained and expressive.

Carmignola's urgency never leaves the listener breathless...a performance of visceral resonance and poetic engagement which has never been bettered...Carmignola does not edit out every impurity or 'gamy' tuning and the benefits to the character of the whole are incalculable.

Carmignola is unquestionably a fine baroque violinist, and his performances with what is one of Europe’s leading period-instrument ensembles have all the right historical and stylistic credentials, but something about them seems routine.

Carmignola, sparkling virtuoso though he is, can sometimes seem to snatch at notes and exhibit a roughness and astringency of tone. Concerto Köln, too, adopts a "historically informed" stance in its clipped phrases, but at the same time there is plenty of healthy animation in the instrumental lines.