Lucie Horsch / Academy of Ancient Music BAROQUE JOURNEY

The astonishing 19-year-old Dutch recorder player Lucie Horsch returns to takes us on a journey around Baroque Europe, showcasing the most virtuosic music from her native Netherlands, as well as Germany, Italy, France, Spain and England.

Highlights from the album include Handel’s Arrival of the Queen of Sheba, Bach’s Badinerie and the world premiere recording of a concerto by Jacques-Christophe Naudot and Dido’s Lament by Purcell.

For her second album, Lucie is joined by the Academy of Ancient Music who are making their first DECCA recording in over 20 years!

Fabio Bonizzoni / La Risonanza GIUSEPPE SAMMARTINI Concertos for the Organ, Op. 9

The many successes of La Risonanza, the ensemble led from the keyboard by Fabio Bonizzoni (notably with its survey of Handel secular cantatas), can often lead to Bonizzoni’s great talent as a harpsichordist and organist being overlooked. Here, in the delightful Op 9 concertos by Giuseppe Sammartini, we are able to enjoy Bonizzoni’s skill in the latter role, assisted by a small – but decidedly elegant – ensemble of all-stars in which feature the violin playing of David Plantier and Olivia Centurioni. (GLOSSA)