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"... a wonderful recital, carefully chosen and assembled and beautifully played ... there are movements highlighting the group’s fine oboists, bassoonists, violinists, trumpeters ..." - The Sunday Times "For anyone who enjoys the hypnotic rhythms, the exquisite contrapuntal logic and the harmonic inevitability of Bach's concerto style, this disc is a source of unqualified self-indulgence ... Accademia Bizantina play superbly ... string intonation is exemplary ... arresting from the start." - BBC Music Magazine "As you would expect from the Accademia Bizantina, these are period-style performances with clean lines and little or no vibrato in the strings ... a joyous project and a very nice thing to have around ... there is a reasonable amount of contrast and with gorgeous playing, bags of excellent music and a very fine recording this is an easily recommendable release." - MusicWeb International "Four Stars ... although it might seem a strange idea to make a CD of the orchestral introductions to Bach’s cantatas, there is sufficient variety of mood, from celebratory to contemplative, to make the programme work as a sequence ... the where-have-I-heard-that-before element is part of the disc’s attraction and the superb Accademia Bizantina makes the music live and breathe." - The Telegraph The Accademia Bizantina and Ottavio Dantone earned great critical acclaim with this unique 2011 release featuring period performances of the rich instrumental music of Bach’s cantatas.