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the Chiaroscuro Quartet put period instrument practice to the fore, playing on gut strings, with minimal vibrato and tuning to the lower pitch of A430...It takes a moment to grow accustomed... — The Observer, 14th July 2013 More…

Riding luxurious waves of sound, Dalberto never loses a thread of Faure’s intricate polyphony…Fully exploiting the Bechstein’s plangent sound, Dalberto strikes just the right balance between... — Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2017 More…

The instrumental and choral numbers could be from 50 years later…Rousset’s fierce energy and musical intelligence unleashes the fire, colours and grandeur of Salieri’s drama. But the dearth... — BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2018, 4 out of 5 stars More…

From the opening bars, where Génisson glides in from above and settles easily into a lilting melody, to the bubbling, exuberantly over-the-top finish, these players seem to me to strike exactly... — Gramophone Magazine, August 2017 More…

All in all, these pieces are a real discovery, and they're admirably played by the Quatuor Ruggieri, who bring out both the music's energy and its lyrical qualities. — BBC Music Magazine, August 2015, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Simply put, there’s nothing quite like good Baroque music played well, and this is a disc that captures the modesty, curiosity and unbefuddled clarity of period performance from years past...The... — Gramophone Magazine, February 2020 More…

Unaffected, highly accomplished musicianship [by] Pierre Fouchenneret and Romain Descharmes…Fouchenneret’s tone is warm yet finely focused and with spot-on intonation throughout. Descharmes’s... — Gramophone Magazine, December 2016 More…