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Pamela Thorby, a regular member of the Palladian Ensemble, demonstrates versatility and virtuosity beyond question and is imaginatively accompanied by Richard Egarr, who also contributes a sparkling... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 More…

The strongly contrasting period instrument timbres create tension in these virtuosi's hands. In the Trio in F, the cooing, naive recorder opposes the gamba's nimble whine...They blend best in... — Classic FM Magazine, August 2011, 3 out of 5 stars More…

Apart from his nimble dexterity, Freeman-Attwood's playing is just as striking for the beauty of his lyrical phrasing and his richness of colour, so well demonstrated by Saint-Saëns's "Romanza",... — Gramophone Magazine, June 2007 More…

Phantasm is simply the best viol consort around...the all-male choir...has some good individual singers, at their best in the ingenious Down Caitiff Wretch and the exuberant This is a Joyful,... — BBC Music Magazine, February 2015, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Virtuoso playing and scholarly research come together in this disc of French Baroque works...Thorby's eclectic experience in Baroque, jazz and folk music is everywhere apparent in these performances,... — BBC Music Magazine, December 2010, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Jonathan Freeman-Attwood's playing is notable for the beauty and freedom of line of his lyrical phrasing, while the bravura is exhilarating. Daniel-Ben Pienaar's accompaniments are boldly supportive... — Gramophone Magazine, July 2008 More…

In the wrong hands CPE Bach's H277 Fantasy can easily disintegrate into series of rhetorical gestures, but Magen takes us into a rarefied of magical colours and dynamic shadings that creates... — BBC Music Magazine, April 2014, 5 out of 5 stars More…