AllMusic2014ByByJames Manheim2014" Dowland seems to use dissonance in a different way in each pavan, and the apex of the trend is reached in the chaotic opening of Matthew Locke's Fantasy for two trebles and bass, which Hugo Wolf might have been proud to have written. Holloway and his quartet of German string players are admirably supported by ECM's engineering".Read review
BBC music magazine2014 OctoberByByPaul Riley (musikanmelder)2014 October"Dowland himself was prepared to countenance performances with violin consort. This is the less familiar route Holloway and his colleagues have chosen, deploying four violas atop a bass violin ... The result is predictably brighter,more edgy than viol performances, and the playing is superbly fastidious and concentrated".