Nicholas Kenyon
The Observer
February 2016

Inspired by the journey of the Spanish composer Antonio de Cabezón around Europe, Trevor Pinnock has assembled a quirky and intensely personal collection spanning two centuries of music and revisiting his career: Byrd and Bull pieces he discovered when he was 13, Bach's lyrical Sixth French Suite and Handel's great G major Chaconne, rounded off with a trilogy of Scarlatti sonatas. At the recital's heart is a wonderfully wistful account of Sweelinck's deeply touching variations on Mein junges Leben hat ein End, as if Pinnock is bidding farewell to his creative performing life—but let's hope there is more to come from this supremely musical player.