Moments of pure magic can be savoured above all in slow movements, but also when ingeniously incorporated within the contrasting ideas of faster ones…Biondi conveys this subtle blend of ‘beau chant’ and virtuosity with vitality and sensibility providing his own brief cadenzas where he feels they are called for.

It feels as though Fabio Biondi and Europa Galante have hit the nail on the head with these readings...Brightness and delicacy reign...Biondi himself equally brings a Leclair-worthy combination of tenderness and precision to his solo lines...All in all, Leclair couldn’t have been displayed in a more warmly faithful light.

Using slightly lower pitch increases their eloquence, and Fabio Biondi’s playing with his fine ensemble is beyond reproach. Not earth-shattering music, but very elegant.

Biondi’s playing has a melting purity, and a precision offset ever so subtly by languid elasticity and nuance. His small band of strings and continuo find equal warmth in accompaniment, ever vital but luxurious in tone

this is an enjoyable and charismatic disc, well (if not flawlessly) presented by Glossa. Stimulating listening

Biondi and friends summon the refined manners, graceful, lighthearted gestures, rococo freshness, even in a sense the lacy embroidery and heady perfume of Louis XV’s decadent 18th-centruy Parisian court … a haunting evocation.