Buxtehude - Prelude and Fugue in G minor, BuxWV163

...in Andreas Staier's own words, 'this programme is a declaration of love to Georg Philipp Telemann, perhaps the wittiest, most charming and most cheerful composer Germany has ever produced'.... — BBC Music Magazine, February 2006, 5 out of 5 stars More…

here we have an Italian eager to touch base with his inner Teuton, as Stella sets well-ordered lucidity above unfettered flamboyance. Indeed, he sometimes misses the edgy danger Koopman brings... — BBC Music Magazine, August 2012, 4 out of 5 stars More…

translated with marvellous effect … delivered with astonishing flexibility by the players, with the result being entirely convincing. It is hard now to imagine them having anything like the... — Early Music Review, October 2014 More…

In his excellent notes Koopman explains that Buxtehude needs a "macho" playing style and this works well as a stylus fantasticus in the virtuoso large-scale works. His interpretations are full... — Gramophone Magazine, October 2007 More…

With the same instrument and soloist, Vol. 7 is built around three substantial works: the feisty Praeludium BuxWV 163, the Courant zimble (assigned to harpsichord in Koopman's survey) and an... — BBC Music Magazine, February 2008, 3 out of 5 stars More…

Faultless registration and tempi; fluidity of rhythm and her ability to make the instrument sing out into the acoustic of the building are becoming hallmarks of this series. These qualities... — Andrew McGregor, bbc.co.uk, 10th October 2005 More…