Hi Res Download, Boccherini (composer)

By far the finest track here is his transcription of the Chaconne from Bach’s Second Partita for Violin, where the purity of the line and the implied harmonic textures transfer from bowed strings... — BBC Music Magazine, December 2023, 4 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 3 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

This is all fantastically thoughtful ‘authentic’ ear candy for those who like a bit of spice in their HIP, and Cocset himself is the icing on the cake. Playing an instrument specially constructed... — Gramophone Magazine, October 2018 More…

By her own admission, Gaillard takes liberties in her realisation of this repertory, some of which perhaps are more successful than others…[She] comes into her own in the two concertos and sonata,... — Gramophone Magazine, July 2019 More…

Bream's sampler shows his passionate best. The (complete) Aranjuez Concerto is unsurpassed; Falla's Miller's Dance blazes; 'impossible' Rodrigo dazzles. — BBC Music Magazine, Christmas Issue 2013, 5 out of 5 stars More…

It’s a heterogeneous selection, ranging from a relatively straight realisation of the final, unfinished Contrapunctus from Bach’s Art of Fugue, to baroque treatments of four Beatles numbers...It... — The Guardian, 16th January 2020 More…

In this recording, the virtuoso Phoebe Carrai joins Beiliang Zhu to probe the art of London’s forgotten cello masters. The programme and its execution are equally superb, as Carrai and Zhu roll... — BBC Music Magazine, August 2019, 5 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 4 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…