Roberto Loreggians playing is admirable, with a subtle sense of rhythm and an ability to project the most intricate part-writing. In the long ricercar, he reels off the virtuoso figuration with complete ease. Keyboard enthusiasts will find this a rewarding release.
Early Music Review
'Roberto Loreggian's playing is admirable, with a subtle sense of rhythm and an ability to project the most intricate part-writing. In the long ricercar, he reels off the virtuoso figuration with complete ease. Keyboard enthusiasts will find this a rewarding release.'
Early Music Review
'The sound quality is first-rate, with Lorregian's Italian harpsichord and spinet comfortably set back in an attractive spacious drawing-room acoustic. Alessandro Borin's extended booklet notes are also a real bonus, despite some rather Italian musicologist-style obscurity of expression.'
International Record Review
'Not only does Lorregian adroitly nuance his articulation, phrasing and tempo shifts, but he switches from harpsichord to spinet, and changes stops on the harpsichord to vivify the brilliance hidden in Pasquini's score. The result charms and teases…'
BBC Music Magazine
'Loreggian, who plays all the music with great flair and sensitivity, uses a harpsichord by Riccardo Pergolis (imitating a late-17th Century model) tuned in quarter-comma meantone. The liner notes include extensive musicological commentary on Pasquini's life, the sources for the music, and perceptive descriptions of many of the pieces.'
American Record Guide
Loreggian, who plays all the music with great flair and sensitivity, uses a harpsichord by Riccardo Pergolis (imitating a late-17th Century model) tuned in quarter-comma meantone. The liner notes include extensive musicological commentary on Pasquinis life, the sources for the music, and perceptive descriptions of many of the pieces.
American Record Guide
The sound quality is first-rate, with Lorregians Italian harpsichord and spinet comfortably set back in an attractive spacious drawing-room acoustic. Alessandro Borins extended booklet notes are also a real bonus, despite some rather Italian musicologist-style obscurity of expression.
International Record Review
The excellent Roberto Lorregian brings an attractive improvisatory quality to his playing, starting some pieces with a flourish of his own and employing rubato here and there.
Gramophone
'The excellent Roberto Lorregian brings an attractive improvisatory quality to his playing, starting some pieces with a flourish of his own and employing rubato here and there.'
Gramophone
Not only does Lorregian adroitly nuance his articulation, phrasing and tempo shifts, but he switches from harpsichord to spinet, and changes stops on the harpsichord to vivify the brilliance hidden in Pasquinis score. The result charms and teases…
BBC Music Magazine
The excellent Roberto Lorregian brings an attractive improvisatory quality to his playing, starting some pieces with a flourish of his own and employing rubato here and there.
Gramophone
Roberto Loreggians playing is admirable, with a subtle sense of rhythm and an ability to project the most intricate part-writing. In the long ricercar, he reels off the virtuoso figuration with complete ease. Keyboard enthusiasts will find this a rewarding release.
Early Music Review