Arcana

it is Balestracci’s extraordinary playing that takes centre stage: often wistful, often wild, always compelling. — Gramophone Magazine, June 2023 More…

Andrea De Carlo’s direction has energetic momentum yet also captures intimate subtleties...A valuable rehabilitation of Stradella’s operatic sphere. — Gramophone Magazine, March 2022 More…

The immediate impression from the start of the first Sonata is not so much of ‘bottom up’ cello-like depth, but of a mellowness of sound enhanced by a sympathetically resonant acoustic that... — BBC Music Magazine, March 2020, 3 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 4 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

There is much to savour in the way that Beethoven orchestrates the cut and thrust of the big movements and the chirpier Rondos that follow, especially when ethereal slow moments interrupt the... — BBC Music Magazine, September 2023, 4 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 3 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

Despite a penchant for lively tempos, a certain earnestness sometimes invades Prandi’s stylish direction, but he opens a fascinating window onto the Milanese milieu that greeted Mozart away... — BBC Music Magazine, March 2023, 3 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 4 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…