Browse: Praetorius, M - Ballet des Matelotz (280)

If, as the disc’s title seems to suggest, the organ is the star first and foremost here, it’s apt. The St Paul’s organ has got guts and fire in its belly – despite being scheduled for a major... — Gramophone Magazine More…

Holman convincingly suggests that they were intended primarily for performance on a French-style violin band, or a lute combination (a group of four lutes play together here), and there is the... — Penguin Guide, 2011 edition More…

One of Pickett's best albums, if short measure; but the booklet's attempt to distance if from Munrow et al is nonsense - the Parley of Instruments (Hyperion) offers a more radical take on these... — BBC Music Magazine, February 2008, 4 out of 5 stars More…