Challenge Classics

Known principally as an early music specialist, [de Vriend's] emphasis on clarity of articulation, hepled by excellent sound, allows the unusual aspects of the instrumentation to register more... — Gramophone Magazine, June 2010 More…

Ensemble Salzburg Barock perform the eight suites of Florilegium primum with style and what has come to seem a typically Austrian forthright and grainy sound — Gramophone Magazine, February 2016 More…

They display a wide variety of instrumental colours and often lively playing of substantial virtuosity. They are particularly resourceful in their percussion, drawing very heavily on the Arabic... — Gramophone Magazine, February 2011 More…

Gnattali’s music deserves wider notice…Braam’s playing is sweet yet unaffected. Her tone can take on an edge high above the stave but is generally pleasing. Pianist Luís Rabello is a sensitive... — Gramophone Magazine, June 2019 More…

The opening of the G minor BuxWV 148 is thrillingly driven, garnished with quicksilver flourishes and capped by an ostinato oozing vitality… Koopman's… colourful registration throughout this... — BBC Music Magazine, November 2008, 4 out of 5 stars More…

This time he has reduced his group to 20 singers plus five soloists...What hasn't changed is Koopman's easy rapport with Buxtehude's supple piety. Koopman captures the fascinating creative tension... — BBC Music Magazine, November 2012, 4 out of 5 stars More…