French Connections
Navona Records NV6389
Jonathan Rhodes Lee, harpsichord
“The performance is excellent. … The program is selected carefully to show a wide range of moods and characters.…. It gives us time to appreciate the bloom of the tone and the well-controlled melancholy. The Chaconne is majestic.”
—American Record Guide
“An engrossing survey of music by composers who dedicated their skills to the development of keyboard music, performed on a sonically pleasant instrument captured in well-calibrated acoustics.”
—Classical Music Sentinel
“An interesting recital on an instrument of well-deployed rich colours. The playing is crisp and clean with clear phrasing”
—Early Music Review