reviews
- Paul Driver, The Sunday Times
- Rhian Evans, The Guardian
- Michael Church, The Independent
- Canon Jonathan Boardman, The Church Times
- Anna Picard, Independent on Sunday
- Robin Holloway, The Spectator
- Geoff Brown, The Times
- Berta Joncus, BBC Music Magazine
- Geoffrey Norris, The Daily Telegraph
- Geoff Brown, The Times
- Classic FM Magazine — Editor’s Choice
- Michael Church, The Independent
- Julie-Anne Sadie, The Gramophone Magazine
- Ivan Hewitt, The Daily Telegraph
- Andrew Clarke, The Independent
- The Independent — London
- The New York Times
- The Times — London
- The Times — London
- Anna Picard, The Independent on Sunday — London
- Anna Picard, The Independent
- Stephen Petit, The London Evening Standard
Geoffrey Norris, The Daily Telegraph
10/6/2009
The sheer technical mastery that Purcell distilled in his ‘fantazias’ is astonishing. But these fluid, animated and emotionally acute performances from Fretwork show that his secure scholarship in the art of composition by no means curbed his caprice. The most famous piece is the short five-part fantazia constructed around a sustained middle C, in which Purcell is still able to deploy a rich harmonic palette intermingling sadness and joy ‘“ just as he does elsewhere in this remarkable sequence.
Telegraph rating: * * * *