29-03-2022 Sonograma
"A marvel of this recording is that the musicians of the Accademia Strumentale Italiana, with a sensitivity and a maturity that allow them to renew the approach to this music, deploy the interpretative practice ad libitum – widespread at the time – with rigour and caution... This recording is much attractive also for the performance criteria used by the Italian ensemble."
01-03-2021 American Record Guide
"Overall, the performance is pretty and appealing but finally not especially compelling. The fugue in French style is well done, with the organ supplying an effective continuo and the strings indulging in lovely French-style trills. "
01-02-2021 Amadeus
"The truly appreciable result is, on the one hand, remarkably enveloping, on the other less monochrome and more varied in the instrumental colors, more transparent even in the densest and most complex passages."
01-02-2021 Scherzo
"Violin, treble viol, tenor viol, bass viol, violone and organ is the instrumentation chosen by Alberto Rasi for this reading of The art of fugue, which is extraordinarily canonical, without the most minimal concession to the gallery. The strings work fine, but it's Luca Guglielmi's organ which gets the lion's share."
17-09-2020 musica
"A very severe edition, rich in chiaroscuros, spanning from austere meditative withdrawls, ecstatic surrenders and flowing agogic options"
25-08-2020 Music web International
"I am delighted to be able to add my own response to what looks like becoming a favourite when it comes to chamber-music settings of The Art of Fugue."
28-05-2020 Stretto
"This is an extremely professional approach to one of the greatest musical achievements of the human brain. This is the combination of contemplation, reflection and arithmetic insight. This is a beautiful CD that you should not miss!"
Luister
""The recording technique has balanced the four instruments beautifully: the silvery, sparkling harpsichord keeps the leading role, but the other soloists are by no means pushed aside. In the deep Rameau waters, still truly hidden treasures appear to lie.”"
