Vurdering: 3/5

"BBC music chamber choice: This exquisitely balanced recording instantly captures the sense of conversation between the instrumental parts, highlighting the egalitarian approach of Buxtehude's melodic writing. What's more, the content of these conversations allows us to glimpse the composer's esteemed artistic stature in miniature ... Let's hope a sequel is due"

"For those who may think of Buxtehude mostly as a dusty precursor to the great baroque composers, the sensuousness and joy of the music on this disc will come as a very pleasing surprise ... Sophie Gent's violin and Jonathan Manson's viol chase, imitate and dance with each other, while Cohen and the lutenist Thomas Dunford provide buoyantly beautiful accompaniments, full of detail yet light as air"

"Diese vier Musiker bilden eine wunderbar homogene Einheit, in der alle Stimmen klanglich gleichberechtigt sind. Insbesondere die beiden Solostimmen Violine und Viola da gamba ergänzen sich hervorragend ... Die vielfältigen Kontraste der Sonaten werden von Arcangelo wirkungsvoll herausgearbeitet ... Die vier Instrumente klingen so authentisch und plastisch, dass man sich beim Hören praktisch im Zentrum des Quartetts wähnt"