Here are some examples of our work. Click on the CD images for more information.
Beyond Beethoven – Ries, Steup, Starke, Thürner – Anneke Scott (horn), Steven Devine (fortepiano)
Recording engineer: John Croft; producer: Claude Maury
Phoenix – Music for oboe and piano – Nicola Hands (oboe), Jonathan Pease (piano)
Recording engineer: John Croft; producer: Tom Hammond
J.S. Bach: Chorale Preludes – Anneke Scott (corno da tirarsi), Benedict Preece (organ)
Producer and recording engineer: John Croft
J.S. Bach: 6 Partitas – Asako Ogawa (harpsichord)
Recording engineer: John Croft; producer: Nicholas Parle.
“Recording ★★★★” Michael Church, BBC Music Magazine
Schreivogel, Vilsmayr, Visconti: Early 18th Century Sonatas for Violin and Basso Continuo – Kinga Ujszászi (violin), Tom Foster (harpsichord)
Recording engineer: John Croft; producers: Tom Hammond and David Gerrard.
History of the Salon – Morceaux caractéristiques, 1823–1910 – Vaughan Jones (violin), Marcus Price (piano)
Recording engineer: John Croft; producers: John Croft and Vaughan Jones
Choral Works of Gustav Holst – Caritas Chamber Choir, directed by Benedict Preece
Recording engineer: John Croft; producer: Tom Hammond.
Handel: works for viola da gamba and harpsichord – Ibrahim Aziz (viola da gamba), Masumi Yamamoto (harpsichord)
Recording engineer: John Croft; producer: Tom Hammond.
“The sound, engineered and mastered by John Croft, is lovely throughout.” Mark Seow, Gramophone
“warmly recorded” Carlos María Solare, The Strad
Not Now, Bernard and other stories – music by Judith Weir, Malcolm Arnold, John Ireland and Bernard Hughes. Orchestra of the Swan conducted by Tom Hammond; narrated by Alexander Armstrong.
Recording engineer: John Croft; producers: Bernard Hughes and John Croft.
“The recording quality is exceptionally vivid, allowing every instrument to be heard clearly … The recording sounds spacious but not overly reverberant, giving a natural sense of live music-making.” Leighton Jones, The Classic Review
Risonanze: music for viola da gamba – music by Abel, J.S. Bach, Martínez Gil, Rowe and Schenck, played by Ibrahim Aziz.
Recording engineer: John Croft; producer: Tom Hammond.
“The recorded sound is fantastic throughout the CD, capturing the timbre of the 1712 Barak Norman in a way that is both realistic and clear.” Patxi del Amo, The Viol – Journal of the Viola da Gamba Society
“…the sound is lustrous; the recording is balanced admirably between ambient and close mic-ing.” Mary Pells, The Consort
Refracted Resonance – contemporary music for guitar, played by Sam Cave.
Recording engineer: John Croft; producers: John Croft and Johan Löfving.
French Music for Saxophone and Piano – music by Debussy, Maurice, Decruck and Borne, played by Dominic Childs and Simon Callaghan.
Recording engineer: John Croft; producer: Tom Hammond.
“Very good sound.” Gramophone
Russian Revolutionaries – music by Ewald and Böhme, played by the Prince Regent’s Band.
Recording engineer: John Croft; producer: Tom Hammond.
Boxwood and Brass: Music for a Prussian Salon
Recording engineer: John Croft
“button-bright performances caught in a sympathetic acoustic…” Gramophone
The Prince Regent’s Band: The Celebrated Distin Family
Recording engineer: John Croft; Producer: Tom Hammond
“Rounded, velvet tones; impeccably secure intonation; sweetly subtle dynamics.”
Performance ★★★★ Recording ★★★★ BBC Music Magazine
“an excellent consort sound” Early Music Reviews
Richard Craig: Inward
Recording engineer: John Croft
“All of the works are superbly, even sumptuously, recorded.” (Simon Waters, British Flute Society Magazine)
Forthcoming discs
Giovanni Sollima – Lamentatio – Matthew Sharp (cello and voice).
Forthcoming on Edition Peters Sounds
Recording engineer: John Croft; producer: Tom Hammond.
Other recordings by Chiaro
Haydn – Sonata in C major
Veronika Shoot, piano
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