Instrumental, Viola da gamba Solos

This isn’t one for the dyed-in-the-wool authenticist…fortunately, dessicated 'authenticity' has been supplanted by imaginatively experimenting performers supported by scholarly evidence…in the... — BBC Music Magazine, October 2015 More…

Muscular arpeggiata preludes cede to pizzicato dances of ineffable suavity, and a fugue of dazzling complexity. The sound is intoxicating, Pandolfo’s expressivity and technique beyond praise. — BBC Music Magazine More…

La Rêveuse’s off the beaten track programme illustrates the Corellian spin on British taste. Perhaps the most immediately attractive item is a concerto for descant recorder, pitched in Dmajor,... — BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2020, 4 out of 5 stars More…

These seem to have been works for no mere amateur, and I am glad to say that in Paolo Pandolfo we have a gambist who is more than up to the task. He exploits every nuance of this music. He navigates... — MusicWeb International, 25th January 2018 More…

Robert Smith is not the first in the field with his recording, and there will certainly be others to follow, but the expressive warmth which he brings to these attractive pieces, together with... — BBC Music Magazine, December 2017, 5 out of 5 stars More…

One of the most charismatic performers in Baroque music today, Pandolfo shows the full range of his sublime musicality in this tour of the solo viol repertoire, from the late Renaissance to... — Gramophone Magazine, September 2007 More…

Transports Publics give mellow and musical performances in accordance with this mood, varying the scoring with taste and imagination. The inclusion of virginals and hammer dulcimer (who even... — Gramophone Magazine, August 2016 More…