"Fierce displays of technique and impassioned rhetoric"
Donald Rosenberg, Gramophone
"Her effortless agility, her control in all registers, and her ability to imbue even the wispiest sonorities with definition and purpose."
Jed Distler, ClassicsToday
"Any cellist who thinks Baroque sonatas are easy or unimaginative should definitely check out this CD."
Sarah Freiberg, Strings Magazine
"Rife with humor and demure sensuality"
Gary Lemco, Audiophile Audition
“...like sparkling champagne...”
Jan de Kruijff, musicalifeiten
"[a] decorous affair featuring works by Salvatore Lanzetti, Martin Berteau, François Martin, and the brilliant virtuoso/composer Jean-Baptiste Barrière. Soltis also plays a baroque cello...without failing to communicate any of the light and fire of these works."
Rick Anderson, CD Hotlist, “Rick’s Pick”
Juliana Soltis, baroque cello
Adaiha MacAdam-Somer, viola da gamba
Lucas Harris, theorbo
Justin Murphy-Mancini, harpsichord
Salvatore Lanzetti, Sonata in E minor, Op. 1, No. 8
1. Allegretto
2. Adagio
3. Allegro
Martin Berteau, Sonata in G major, Op. 1, No. 3
4. Allegro I
5. Grave
6. Allegro II
7. Rondeau: Amoroso
François Martin, Sonata in D major, Op. 2, No. 4
8. Allegro
9. Aria Gratioso
10. Aria I & II
Jean-Baptiste Barrière, Sonata in D major, Book 1, No. 4
11. Adagio
12. Allemanda: Allegro
13. Aria Amoroso
14. Allegro
Jean-Baptiste Barrière, Sonata in B minor, Book 3, No. 5
15. Largo1
6. Corrente: Allegro
17. Adagio - Giga
Total Time: 62:05
"This is virtuosic music played with involvement..."
David Moore, American Record Guide
“...delightfully enchanting...Why in the world don't we hear these things more often? Ms. Soltis's playing is evocative, technically skilled, joyous when necessary, and often downright beautiful."
John J. Puccio, Classical Candor
"...[an] adventure of discovery..."
Stephen Smoliar, the rehearsal studio
‘Cadenza' - WWFMDAVID OSENBERG interview, listen here.
'Classical Conversations' - WGTEBRAD CRESSWELL interview, listen here.
'In Conversation' - Interlochen Public Radio AMANDA SEWELL interview, listen here.
Featured new release on "For the Record," Violinist.com, July 2017
Cover feature WCPE, Quarter Notes, Fall 2017
