Jan Willem de Vriend - Haydn: Cello Concertos

Rising cello star Quirine Viersen teams up with the period instrument Combattimento Consort, whose best-selling period instrument recordings on Sony have won them a loyal international following, for an elegant Haydn program recorded in high-definition SACD sound, the outstanding sonics complement this disc's superb level of artistry and insight.

"Quirine Viersen and the Combattimento Consort take on the two (Haydn) concerts completely undogmatically, with enormous musicality and remarkable ease. By no means do they sound reliant on pure technique (as with some other high-speed players), the performances are outgoing, softly flowing, organically breathing with a cantabile musical flow. Listeners will find repeated pleasures with this recording!" – Fridemann Leipold, Bayern 4 Klassik