A Choice Collection / Held by the Ears” is an energetic, foot-tapping collection of diverse music made popular in Purcell’s London. Featuring ““the fastest recorder playing you've ever heard” (BBC Music Magazine) and the winner of another Diapason d’Or award.
The Palladian Ensemble (originally Rachel Podger, Pamela Thorby, Joanna Levine and William Carter) was a double-award winning group even before they released their first album, and made their Wigmore Hall debut in 1993. Gamba player Susanne Heinrich and the prize-winning violinist Rodolfo Richter replaced Joanna Levine and Rachel Podger, but the Palladian Ensemble continued to tour extensively throughout the UK enjoying consistent popularity with audiences and critics.
The Palladian Ensemble were five times winners of the prestigious Diapason d'Or Award, (1993, 1994, 1998, 1999 and 2000) and twice had albums named Gramophone "Editor's Choice".
“Sparkling playing with the sense of uninhibited joy which only technical mastery and unbridled imagination can generate.”
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