
"Pablo Ferrández gave us a reading that was at once temperamental and intimate, with great attention to phrasing and a very restrained use of vibrato.
Drawing a warm, seamless sound from his 1689 Stradivarius Archinto, he maintained a consistently controlled approach to dynamics.
The slow movement was a work of genuine filigree, with Koopman always attentive to keeping the orchestral sound in check so that the soloist could be heard clearly, even in the softest passages."