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Acclaim
“Everything about this recording is a success: seasoned soloists delight us, with Pascal Bertin and Monique Zanetti entirely in their element. … It was a splendid idea to give the theorbo and the viol an instrumental piece, which was current practice at the time.” ( “Classica” Award // 07-08 / 1998 Classica – France )
“…The theorbo is to be relished, and the viol is all one could wish.” ( “Classica” Award // 07-08 / 1998 Classica – France )
“Monique Zanetti and Pascal Bertin, two superb and superbly matched voices, plainly share that view, relishing every expressive nuance and achieving clear diction without loosing quality of sound…” ( Gramophone - UK 09 / 2000 )
“The instrumentalists are splendidly stylish, adding embellishment and leaning affectionately against appropriate notes…… Recording quality and annotation are first class.” ( Gramophone - UK 09 / 2000 )
“a beautiful spectrum of instrumental colours supports Monique Zanetti and Pascal Bertin, whose voices blend to perfection” ( Répertoire – France 03 / 2002 )
“with his admirably detailed textures, Yasunori Imamura does justice to Steffani’s refined and supple music, whilst sustaining dizzyingly fast-moving tempi” ( Répertoire – France 03 / 2002 )
“One feels that Monique Zanetti and Pascal Bertin have cultivated the healthy habit of listening to each other…The continuo is simply exquisite” ( Classica – France 03 / 2002 )
“Yasunori Imamura gives a most congenial performance. From the first note to the last, he engages with the music with delightfully infectious enthusiasm” (“Sterne des Monats” Award // Fono Forum – Germany 03 / 2002)
“Monique Zanetti and Pascal Bertin are entirely at home in the Baroque idiom; vocally, they are everything one could wish for” (“Sterne des Monats” Award // Fono Forum – Germany 03 / 2002)
“The ensemble and the singers worked in perfect harmony...Listeners were sucked irresistibly into the whirlpool of emotions that is Baroque music” ( Basellandschaftliche Zeitung - Switzerland 10 / 2002 )
“Man passes away, but Music remains forever” (HNA/Göttingen - Germany 5/2005)
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