Press reviews

London Baroque’s concert at the Börzsöny Baroque Days — extracts

Review by Sándor Kovács, Bartók Rádió (Hungarian Radio’s classical music channel), “Új Zenei Újság” (“New Music Neews” — weekly concert review magazine), 7 September 2008

[...] In most cases notes without or almost without vibrato blended in a magically perfect tune. You could not imagine a more precise unity of execution. The viol sounds like a dream. There is no difference between the sound of an open or stopped string. On a modern violin or celllo an open string can sometimes be penetrating. But here every sound is beautifully soft and mellow, graceful and delicate. The musicians could definitely play the now performed pieces even if they were half asleep or even backwards. Every detail is elaborate, every rhythmic character is alive. [...] In Händel’s Sonata for viol the two quiet instruments sound fantastically. [...]