Browse: Handel - Keyboard Suite, HWV 432 in G minor

as Lisa Smirnova's vivacious account of the Eight Great Suites reminds us, they're a treasure-trove of Handelian wit and humanity. Purists will certainly need to take them on Smirnova's terms,... — BBC Music Magazine, January 2011, 5 out of 5 stars More…

What is certain is that these pieces are inventive and full of vitality. In short, they are unashamedly intended to please the senses and, in the hands of stylistically informed players they... — BBC Music Magazine, January 2022, 5 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 4 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

[The 'Harmonious Blacksmith'] gives Koopman scope to demonstrate his virtuosity and his innate exuberance. For the most part, though, his playing seems to have acquired a degree of restraint... — BBC Music Magazine, January 2023, 5 out of 5 stars More…

If you want to hear these pieces played on a sleek grand piano using an engagingly post-historical approach, with flawlessly stylish ornamentation...and a variety of dynamic nuances...then look... — Gramophone Magazine, May 2014 More…

Musicians of David Russell's taste and experience are like connoisseurs...What you lose in reduction and transposition, you gain in tone colour, dynamic control and an intimacy that encourages... — Gramophone Magazine, June 2012 More…

It has been some time since I enjoyed a solo harpsichord recording as much as this one. Recommended. — International Record Review, June 2014 More…