The observerd. 2. juli 2017afafNicholas Kenyond. 2. juli 2017"Schöder rearranges their order to create three groups around Morality, Nature, and Love, ending with the exquisite Süsse stille, sanfte Quelle ... Her tone is always bright and focused; her ensemble adds a violin sonata and a delightful arrangement for two lutes of some pieces for mechanical clock".Læs anmeldelse
BBC music magazine2010 MarchafafGeorge Pratt2010 March"Emma Kirkby expresses with radiant ease and simplicity the confident Pietistic message which runs through them ... London Baroque accompanies most sensitively, and the sound is spacious and admirably balanced".
Fono Forum2017 DezemberafafReinmar Emans2017 Dezember"Erfreulicherweise geht sie die Texte ... ohne jede (künstliche) Naivität an. Vielmehr setzt sie ihren warmen und sehr fraulichen Sopran wunderbar natürlich in Szene und malt die Naturschilderungen des Textes schlicht und doch farbig aus. Da blühen die Landschaften geradezu. Die Batzdorfer Hofkapelle bereitet ihr einen farbenfrohen Grund, ohne je zu überzeichnen".
BBC music magazine2010 NovemberafafBerta Joncus2010 November"Intimacy and freshness make this a breathtaking performance. Handel's nin German arias are jewels".
Fono Forum2009 DezemberafafReinmar Emans2009 Dezember"Dass diese Arien gleichwohl an der Grenze zum Lied stehen und entsprechend leicht genommen werden müssen, wird von Nuria Rial sehr feinsinnig beherzigt. Es gelingt ihr, ihren eigentlich wunderbar strahlenden Sopran bei bedarf so weit abzudunkeln, dass die Einheit von Text und Musik stets gewahrt bleibt".
BBC music magazine2007 JulyafafGeorge Pratt2007 July"Carolyn Sampson sings with effortless ease, the reward for superb vocal technique ... No less a delight ... are three oboe sonatas. Alexandra Bellamy plays them with alluring simplicity, thoughtfully, and all the more effective for being understated".
The gramophone2010 MayafafDavid Vickers2010 May"Kirkby is partnered by violinist Ingrid Seifert, and their eloquent dialogues convey a sublime spirituality and wisdom that can only be achieved through having lived with this music for many years".
The gramophone2017 SeptemberafafDavid Vickers2017 September"Hot on the heels of uneven accounts of Handel's so-called German Arias ... here is an enjoyable offering by Marie Friederike Schöder ... Spellbinding musicianship from all participants ... The continuo parts are realised eloquently by Batzdorf Hofkapelle, whose musical pacing is almost always adroit".
The gramophone2010 AwardsafafDavid Vickers2010 Awards"In these Restoration-period songs, Iestyn Davies sings with the kind of authority, intelligent musicianship and technical assurance that were the hallmarks of his finest predecessors during their heyday".
The gramophone2007 JulyafafRichard Wigmore2007 July"Vurdering: G (Gramophone recommends)" - "With her pure, luminous tone, graceful sense of phrase and discerning musicality, Carolyn Sampson gives enchanting performances of music that is essentially about enchantment ... Sampsons slightly slack German is the one Achilles heel here in her otherwise alluring singing".