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Franz Halász | Spain

BBC Magazin: 4/5 stars

© 2020 Franz Halász | Published by BIS
Recorded by Franz Halász
Mixed and mastered by Michele Gaggia

Reviews:

BBC Music Magazine: 4/5 stars (August 2021)
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"Halász avoids cliché, the more familiar repertoire tempered by the lesser known, and contrasts of style and substance. Halász’s playing is deeply expressive, finding a huge variety of tones..."

Music Web International
www.musicweb-international.com
"Once commenced, the quality of what one is listening to is rather fixating. The general standard of musicianship, technical facility and excellent recording parameters ensure that this SACD will enjoy wide success."

Awards

Trevor Pinnock - EBE | J. S. Bach: Six Concertos for the Margrave of Brandenburg

Gramophone Award 2008 for Baroque Instrumental

Financial Times: 5/5 stars
FM Magazine: 5/5 stars

AVIE Records, UK 2007
Engineered and produced by Michele Gaggia / Digital Natural Sound
Recorded at the City Hall in Sheffield (UK) in December 2006/January 2007
http://www.gramophone.co.uk/awards/2008/baroque-instrumental

Reviews:

James Inverne, Gramophone, Editor's Choice – March 2008 "The playing, with an ensemble that brings together some of the world's leading Baroque specialists, is supreme."

Andrew Clark, Financial Times: 5/5 Stars "It’s a revelation to find the allegros played with such brio, to hear the wind voicing in the second and fourth concertos so subtly balanced and articulated, to sense Bach’s daring instead of his order and discipline. This is now my first-choice recording of the Brandenburgs."

Richard Lawrence, Classic FM Magazine: 5/5 Stars "Pinnock's direction from the harpsichord is a model of crispness, and the build-up to his big solo will have you cheering."

Daily Express: 4/5 Stars "It’s a stunning recording and the ultimate vindication of Pinnock’s interests."

Gary Lemco, www.audaud.com "These performances by the eponymous Brandenburg Ensemble enjoy a warm, intimate sonic patina that often reminds one of their antique antecedents."

Andrew O'Connor, International Record Review "This new glorious set ... can be unreservedly recommended."

Trevor Pinnock | J. S. Bach: Partitas I-VI

Gramophone Award 2001 for Baroque Instrumental

Stereophile online: "excellent sound ... rich, warm, and resonant ..."

Hänssler / Bachakademie Stuttgart, DE 2001
Engineered and produced by Michele Gaggia / Digital Natural Sound
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gramophone_Award#2001

Reviews:

"... The warm, full, rather resonant recording beautifully captures the rich sound of his fine instrument – a David Way copy from 1983 of a Hemsch original – as well as the detail of his playing. ..."

Stereophile online review: "The recorded sound is also excellent. If you speak while touching the case of a good harpsichord, you can feel it tremble, as if it were eager to sing. The sound of this set captures that feeling, being rich, warm, and resonant, without emphasizing the plucked attacks of the instrument (a 1983 re-creation by David Way of a Hemsch original). The occasional low bass notes have delicious weight, without booming, and when Pinnock uses a damped stop, the cascading notes illuminate the recording space in a most pleasing manner."

Reviews

Trevor Pinnock - Jonathan Manson | J. S. Bach: Sonatas for viola da gamba & harpsichord

BBC Music: 5/5 stars sound quality, 5/5 stars performance

AVIE Records, UK 2006
Recorded, mixed and mastered by Michele Gaggia / Digital Natural Sound
Recorded in September 2005 in Crear (Scotland)

Reviews:

BBC Music: 5/5 stars for sound quality, 5/5 stars for performance

Classic FM Magazine: 5/5 stars
"... the balance is excellent"

Metro Newspaper: 5/5 stars
"... Everything connects – the quality of the playing, the joie de vivre of the performers, the warmth of the acoustic – and it all adds up to something that hums with the mystery of the captured moment. [...] A performance of luminous beauty."

Trevor Pinnock | J. Ph. Rameau: Les Cyclopes

BBC Music (May 2005): 5/5 stars sound quality, 4/5 stars performance
Sunday Times (06 March 2005): 4/5 stars quality
RR (May 2005): "[...] a superb example of its type, rendered here in a recording of absolute clarity"
Toccata Press: "FANTASTIC recorded sound ... genuinely ear-boggling"

AVIE Records, UK 2005
Recorded, mixed and mastered by Michele Gaggia / Digital Natural Sound
Recorded in July 2004 in Scotland on the famous Goermans-Taskin harpsichord (1764-1783) of the Russell Collection (Edinburgh)

Reviews:

BBC Music: 5/5 stars for sound quality, 4/5 stars for performance (May 2005)
"The crisp definition of the recording faithfully transmits the unique qualities of the Goerman harpsichord […] Those who revere sophistication and sheer beauty of sound should choose Pinnock."

Martin Anderson – Toccata Press/Toccata Classics www.toccatapress.com
"It is astonishing, really astonishing: TP’s electric performances aside, the recorded sound is of an immediacy that has my ears out on stalks. […] FANTASTIC recorded sound, vivid, depth, everything you could want; genuinely ear-boggling."

Sunday Times: 4/5 stars quality (06 March 2005)

Music Week (12 March 2005)
"Trevor Pinnock scooped a Gramophone Award a few years ago for his acclaimed recording of Bach’s keyboard Partitas. His latest release of Rameau harpsichord pieces on Avie is every bit the prize winner’s equal and often its superior. […] Prepare for a flood of five-star reviews for this outstanding title."

RR (May 2005)
"The Goermans-Taskin is a superb example of its type, rendered here in a recording of absolute clarity"

Franz Halász | J. S. Bach: The Lute Suites

BBC Magazin: 5/5 stars

© 2019 Franz Halász | Published by BIS
Recording setup by Michele Gaggia | Recorded by Franz Halász
Mixed and mastered by Michele Gaggia

Reviews:

BBC Music Magazine: 5/5 stars (October 2019)
"This may be a studio recording, but Halász draws the listener in as if to a live recital…Expressive freedom is apparent throughout but is especially unleashed in the early E minor BWV 996, where..."

The Classic Review (June 2019)
www.theclassicreview.com
"Halász's performance is so persuasive, any discussion about the origin or authenticity of these pieces becomes moot, so this can be recognized as one of the best versions of these pieces we have had in years. Closely and clearly recorded, whether played as a CD or SACD (this is a “hybrid SACD” which can be played on both formats), this is a highly recommended release."

Music Web International
www.musicweb-international.com
"Recorded in a deliciously resonant acoustic but with plenty of close-up detail, this is a guitar recording to relish at every level. Halász doesn’t ‘baroque-up’ his playing, but manages to synthesise a timeless ancient feel with what feels like contemporary expressive weight."