Reviews
Collegium Musicum 90, directed by Simon Standage, demonstrates period-instrument playing at its very best.
BBC Music Magazine
Collegium Musicum 90's sound is marvellously light and transparent even when in full flood. I cannot remember when a recording of Handel's secular music gave me more pleasure: pure unalloyed delight.
Gramophone
Baroque playing of this calibre may make it difficult to settle for pale imitations elsewhere.
The Times
Simon Standage and Collegium Musicum 90 deliver crisp, rhythmically well-articulated performances, precisely styled, in an admirable fusion of informed authenticity and musicianship. Classic CD
Collegium Musicum 90's life-enhancing performances of Albinoni's innovative Concerti a Cinque will be a hard act to follow, so better not to wait for it to happen – enjoy them now!
Gramophone
Collegium Musicum 90 rarely get the adulation they deserve.
Gramophone
What Collegium Musicum 90 then bring to these works (Maestro Corelli's Violins) is ensemble-playing to relish: crisp, lucid textures, a feeling of absolute togetherness of thought and action, and a lovely combination of excitement and respect for the music. Simon Standage himself is equally on form, bringing a wonderfully clean, wiry sweetness to the solo violin lines.
Gramophone