• "I worked in Bayreuth and really get a pleasure out of hearing such beautiful music that was composed and played there. The sound you have got on this CD is absolutely fantastic. I would not hesitate to call your recording the best I have heard with lute music so far." Ralph Lange (2010)

  • "It´s fantastic and very moving! It reminds me of Glenn Gould playing the Goldberg variations. Thank you again!" Harald Gerstmayer (2010)

  • "Yes, it is worthy of his teacher Hopkinson Smith. The same clarity and musicality. Nice mix." Peter Eichenau (2010)

  • "Miguel has the most gorgeous sound of any lutenist I have heard, live or on recording. That sound is captured on this CD; it is neither too live or too dead." Kemer Thomson (2008)

  • "A very subtle blend of delicacy and virtuosity. A true heir of Hopkinson Smith." Francisco Rosado (2010)

  • "I listen to your cd for the 4th time: I received it yesterday! Again, you did a beautiful CD with a fine and exemplary clarity. This is a sort of music in which it is so easy to do too much, but you never graves in fluency of expression." Renzo Salvador (2010)

  • "I wish you to record more amazing music! It's a true time travel and mini brain surgery for me! You are the best lute player since Michael Schaeffer (1937-1978)." James K. (2009)

  • "Wonderful emphasis of the lyric qualities of these works. A tremendous sense of the luminescent and the delicate. Expressive energetic gestures that don't seem manic or mechanical. In the slow movements you make evocative expressions of the contrast of spave versus occupation. You play with such satisfaction within the limits of the instrument- that you exceed the limits. I never feel like you are 'playing the lute' but rather painting landscapes, and I love it." Kat Sottu (2010)

  • "I bought this recording without knowing anything about the lutenist and precious little about French baroque lute music - I was curious about how the lute transcription of Couperin's Les Barricades Misterieuses would come off. I listen to it often because it has some of the most beautiful and truly musical lute playing I have heard - and it is recorded beautifully as well. As a result of listening to this disc, I have since bought almost any recording I could find of French baroque lute music and, although many are well-played and enjoyable, Yisrael's recording remains my favorite. It's pure musicality embodies the "sweet" sound that the French baroque so admired." Dave P. (2011)

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