"The disc's title is no exaggeration…extravagance and virtuosity…Everyone in Quicksilver commands attention…Fantasticus, indeed."
Donald Rosenberg, Gramophone
"enthralls the audience"
JOHANNES PROMINCZEL, Österreichische Musikzeitschrift (Austrian Music Journal)
“True avant-garde is only occasionally heard in the Baroque canon... diverse, unique, and exciting…accomplished, and beautiful…real vibrancy and imagination”
Fanfare Magazine
“The unusual repertory is worthwhile all on its own, and when it’s played this expertly by musicians who are leaders in early music performance you have a special treat to enjoy.”
Sunday Baroque
“outlandish virtuosity…Quicksilver delivers this music with all the panache and thrilling technical flair we’ve come to expect. Highly recommended”
CD Hotlist
Top Ten Recordings of 2014 - The New Yorker
Quicksilver
1. Matthias Weckmann, Sonata No.9 à 4
2. Antonio Bertali , Sonata à 3 in D minor
3. Johann Kaspar Kerll, Sonata à 2
4. Anonymous, Ciaconna
5. Antonio Bertali, Sonata à 4 in D minor
6. Matthias Weckmann, Sonata no.2 à 4
7. Dieterich Buxtehude , Prelude in G minor, BuxWV 163
8. Johann Schmeltzer, Polnische Sackpfeiffen
9. Dieterich Buxtehude, Sonata in G, BuxWV 271
10. Johannes Vierdanck, Canzona in C major, No. 21
11. Andreas Oswald, Sonata à 3
12. Antonio Bertali, Sonata No.10
Total Time: 79:59
"2014 saw one of the finest releases of ancient music...Quicksilver is a dream team of seven top early music performers"
Colorado Public Radio
"Exciting music from the early development of baroque style in Germany, played by Quicksilver, one of the best, most virtuosic bands around"
Musica Antiqua
"The critical favorite out of a number of great recordings of 17th-century instrumental chamber music - and the perfect introduction to the genre…"
Iowa Public Radio
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