Palladians : The Devil’s Trill, CKD 291

4 Stars - Classical CD of the Week

“One night I dreamt I had made a pact with the devil; he was my servant and anticipated my every wish…Imagine my astonishment when I heard a sonata so unusual and so beautiful…I was so overcome that I stopped breathing and awoke gasping…The piece I then wrote is without doubt my best, and I still call it The Devil’s Sonata.” ... This masterly work ... frequently recorded, but rarely with the gusto and technical address displayed by Rodolfo Richter, the Palladians’ “soloist”, but a primus inter pares of this outstanding baroque group (Susanne Heinrich, Silas Standage and William Carter). ... [a] compelling programme. (Hugh Canning – Sunday Times, 17th August 2008)

Palladians

Palladians present baroque chamber music with style, uninhibited virtuosity and intelligent musicianship. Firmly established on the international music scene as an ensemble of the highest calibre, over the past 15 years the ensemble has made countless broadcasts and played hundreds of performances in concert series and major festivals across Great Britain, Europe, the Middle East and North and South America. The group enjoy consistent popularity with audiences and critics alike, winning acclaim for their live and recorded sound.