REVIEWS OF SOUNDBOARD RECORDS:

Dark Harpsichord Music (SBCD203)

".. an ingeniously planned evening recital…the high spot is Booth’s own transcription of Bach’s solo violin Chaconne…a technical tour de force…" George Pratt – BBC Music Magazine (Five stars *****)

"..Colin Booth is a clear and deep thinker about music as well as a much respected player…Here all his talents combine to produce an original programme played with unfailing, if understated, taste and skill. …the strongest of recommendations – it could become cult listening."
David Hansell – Early Music Review

Frescobaldi: Keyboard Music (SBCD201)

“.. one of the best Frescobaldi recordings I’ve heard so far, from the point of view of both the playing (which is excellent) and the harpsichord (which is fascinating)"
Early Music Review.

“One does not have to be an Italian to create a sensation by a provocative and extraordinary performance. This is demonstrated here by Colin Booth…
…the real thrill of the CD is the almost non-conformist approach of the player, which on the one hand brings Frescobaldi much closer to Bach and the Baroque, and on the other shows how a shrewd musician can – to put it rather daringly – play the music as if it were jazz.
…it is to the great credit of Colin Booth that he has brought a composer from the late-Renaissance much closer to our own age. For this he is to be warmly thanked.”
Alte Musik Aktuell

"The originality of using a small organ, and of presenting both organ and harpsichord performances, is an excellent choice, and makes for an attractive listening experience. Booth’s harpsichord especially stands out for its rich, subtle sound." Kirk McElhearn – MusicWeb

"Meantone tuning creates spine-chilling passing dissonance, delicious sonority in repose. Scholarly approaches to fingering, pitch and tempo are enriched by expressive playing. Warmly recommended.”
George Pratt – BBC Music Magazine (Five stars *****)

Purcell: The English Orpheus (SBCD205)

"This very generous disc...beautifully played without fuss....a very well-crafted account of the music with excellent technique and sensitive ornamentation."
Early Music Review.

J S Bach...By Arrangement (SBCD981)

"BUY THIS DISC! Chief among its many virtues is an ever-present sense that Booth is playing with the utmost musical sincerity...He uses an extremely individual, identifiable style of articulation. This style, this sense of playing for purely musical expression and not at all for ostentation, comes through equally in fast and slow tempi, in registration cluttered and clear and in interpretations strait-laced and super-imaginative. This personal imprint is every bit as salient as Leonhardt's, or Horowitz's for that matter..." Continuo

"His piece de resistance is his own transcription, in excellent taste, ingeniously inventive, without being over-loaded, of the D minor Chaconne... He plays it with Panache" Gramophone

William Croft - Harpsichord Music (SBCD991)

"The harpsichord is rich and sonorous, matching perfectly the spacious, unhurried but nevertheless detailed interpretations...In fact the whole disc is of superb quality and represents the most persuasive and interesting Croft recording I have heard. An impressive disc by any standards." Early Music Review

"Playing a brass-strung harpsichord built by himself, Colin Booth most persuasively presents the engagingly fresh charm of these suites" Gramophone

C P E Bach Sonatas (SBCD 921)

"panache, wit and understanding in Booth's excellent performances"
Early Music

"Booth's recital is lively and enjoyable...He plays with technical fluency and a ready awareness of all the little quirks and pitfalls in Bach's style which can be the undoing of players with a more prosaic outlook...
In short, this recital is well worth becoming acquainted with, above all for the music, but also for the sympathetic playing, and the distinctive sound of the Mietke harpsichord"
Gramophone

Peter Philips - The English Exile (SBCD 992)

"Colin Booth is as alert as can be in the slender but resilient emotions of this music. Design of the [CD cover] leaflet is excellent and the notes are extremely informative"
Definitely worth exploring. Four Stars.
Rob Barnett
Classical Music on the Web

“For delight in sheer harpsichord sound, this disc is hard to beat.”
BBC Music magazine