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What we have here is a wonderfully full yet transparent sound, greatly enhanced by the sheer quality of the voices, and recorded with such luxuriance that the only concessions to the thinner... — Gramophone Magazine, July 2019 More…

The brothers embrace the music’s rhetoric while sounding less than natural…Start listening and you won’t be able to stop…In short, this is playing of the greatest subtlety and discernment. — Gramophone Magazine, June 2018 More…

At last – a masterful account of Handel’s harpsichord suites on the instrument for which they were written. Pierre Hantaï allows the music to breathe, with unfussy, clean playing. — BBC Music Magazine, March 2021, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Hantaï never makes the mistake of tearing into these pieces and wrestling them. If the music itself seems to approach organised chaos in places, his playing is always controlled, seeking out... — Gramophone Magazine, December 2019 More…

The key to the success of these readings is that while they are rooted in transparency, they are vibrantly resonant, boldly directional and never brittle. The arias tend to portray the singers... — Gramophone Magazine, June 2018 More…

Hantai responds sensitively to the myriad expressive nuances of these single-movement Sonatas, overlooking none of their subtleties and underlining their striking affective contrasts. — BBC Music Magazine, October 2016, 5 out of 5 stars More…

The performance by both the vocal and instrumental groups is, as one might expect, excellent. Soprano Maria Keohane has a bright voice and fine diction, while tenor Julian Prégarien can be powerful... — Fanfare, September/October 2021 More…