‘Polyphony sing with solemn beauty. The sound is sumptuous and richly atmospheric’ (The Guardian)

‘This program offers an exciting trip into what for most listeners will be a world of happy discovery’ (Classics Today)

‘Very highly recommended’ (The Penguin Guide to Compact Discs)

‘80 minutes of exceptional music’ (Goldberg)

‘Wholly enjoyable … this makes for interesting, varied listening, and turns up some real gems that might otherwise have been passed over. Far from being a curiosity, then, this CD is a fascinating document of 17th century musical practice, and most enjoyable in its own right’ (Gramophone Early Music)

‘Fine playing and crystal-clear recording throughout’ (Gramophone)

‘An elegant, insightful premiere recording of a recently published manuscript [on] two marvellous instruments, superbly recorded’ (Classic CD)

‘Committed, highly intelligent and impeccably controlled performances which breathe the rarefied air of French Baroque style’ (BBC Music Magazine)

‘Particularly haunting, for along with her crisp technique, she adapts many of the expressive devices of the time to the piano’ (Turok’s Choice)

‘Angela Hewitt's initial foray into the 226 harpsichord pieces of François Couperin, short works that were originally published in 27 Ordres, so deeply appealed to me … poignant music and the superb performances … by instinct, inclination, and training, Angela Hewitt emerges as the perfect interpreter of the music of François Couperin’ (Ottowa Citizen, Canada)

‘Angela Hewitt shows that when properly used the piano can project Couperin's thought with grace and accuracy. Her playing is vividly alive to detail and her choice of tempi is wholly convincing. She is finely recorded. Not to be missed’ (Musical Opinion)

‘The point is of course whether the music is interpreted in a fresh, imaginative way, and that is always the case with Angela Hewitt … here Hewitt has a chance to be witty as well as formidably dextrous—a side to her that is rather attractive’ (Pianist)