C.P.E. Bach review

The first movement of the opening symphony is typical of the whole: the rising and falling surges of the duetting violin parts over a forward-driving bassline create an atmosphere that is at the same time exciting, and slightly frightening. Gary Cooper, whose sense of fun and audible pleasure I have complimented before (especially in his Mozart recordings with Rachel Podger), seems to 'get' CPE Bach, placing every note perfectly, without ever sounding artificial. Claire Guimond, as we have come to expect, gives a performance that is at once demure and virtuosic. I am truly surprised that there is so little CPE Bach in the recorded catalogue – even more so, when this disc offers four works of such high calibre!

-Brian Clark, Early Music Review
Number 139 (December 2010)