Browse: Ottavio Dantone (early keyboard instruments)

The excitement is palpable, reflected in smiling glances between the players, bodies swaying through musical suspensions, a sense of uninhibited joy… The playing is stylish throughout: ornaments... — BBC Music Magazine, April 2009 More…

An often feisty recital of operatically-influenced 17th and 18th century sacred music intercut with instrumental items by Dantone’s firebrand ensemble. — BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2017, 4 out of 5 stars More…

…Andreas Scholl… has developed the confidence and showmanship of a seasoned dramatic artist. Scholl's collaboration with Accademia Bizantina is proving to be a fruitful one which has breathed... — BBC Music Magazine, September 2005, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Accademia Bizantina’s cohesion of dynamism and finesse is enthralling from beginning to end. — Gramophone Magazine, February 2024 More…

Tampieri is sensitive to the music’s myriad ideas and nuances, always avoiding overstatement and facile showmanship. Accademia Bizantina under Ottavio Dantone’s experience direction offers him... — BBC Music Magazine, March 2020, 5 out of 5 stars More…

'In furore is the ideal score for any soprano who's spoiling for a fight – with herself!' So says Sandrine Piau in the booklet, and she could have added that it also makes a superb opener for... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 More…

Accademia Bizantina’s playing in the first concerto’s opening Allegro crackles with zesty brio, the central Largo has sensuous playing by the concertante quartet (two recorders, oboe and violin)... — Gramophone Magazine, April 2023 More…

Mullova's warm tone and lightly articulated playing - the Allegro of the A major Sonata affords a particularly rewarding instance - are substantial rewards in themselves, but over and above these... — BBC Music Magazine, Proms 2007, 5 out of 5 stars More…

An eager, spontaneous-sounding response to the teenage Mozart's exuberance and lyricism. — BBC Music Magazine, Proms 2007 More…