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“Ms. Linsenberg is a recorder player who possesses some astounding virtuosic technique, which she showed off in a glittering solo sonata by Dario Castello.” William Fazekas, ClevelandClassical.com, April 20, 2011. “Linsenberg’s playing is always a delight, and her work on this CD [Fire Beneath My Fingers] is no exception. The Sammartini Concerto . . .is a wonderful piece, brilliantly played; not the least of it’s charm is the lovely sound she evokes from her instrument.”—American Recorder Magazine
“Tempesta di Mare [is] an ideal vehicle to introduce Judith Linsenberg’s remarkable agility on the recorder. She flies through this wild tempest with extraordinary control and breathtaking fingerwork. Later in the album, she demonstrates another dimension of her craft, delicately phrasing the exquisite cantabile melody in the slow movement of Sammartini’s Concerto in F major.”—Early Music America Magazine "The California-based Musica Pacifica showed why its musicians have been winning an international Recorder player Judith Linsenberg displayed dazzling virtuosity and great sensitivity across the repertory, while violinist Elizabeth Blumenstock matched her, gesture for gesture, with crystalline sound and effortless technique. . . Musica Pacifica delivered the driving rhythms, virtuosic melodies, and rapidly shifting textures of "Battala de Barabaso yerno de Satanas" with graceful ease. The ensuing Passacalle was a model of quiet intensity. . . Schmelzer's dance suite Balletti a 4 (Pastorella) afforded Musica Pacifica ample opportunity to showcase its impressive versatility and bravura virtuosity. — SF Classical Voice (download full review) “Lively virtuosity and . . . a wonderful feeling of vivacious spontaneity, belied by stunning precision of “impressive versatility and bravura virtuosity.” – San Francisco Classical Voice Link to Review by San Francisco Classical Voice “ravishingly beautiful . . .warm, expressive, and intensely alive to every nuance, this is playing to ravish the “Musica Pacifica is made up of some of the finest baroque musicians in America. Their clear, clean sound "Each proved to be a virtuoso! . . . Blumenstock produced some achingly sweet sounds and was consistently impressive. Linsenberg has breath control that an Olympic swimmer would envy, and her playing was controlled and elegant."—Washington Post “* * * * * - 5 stars” - Highest rating. “By turns languorous and affectful and irresistibly sparkling, “This is the crème de la crème of the West Coast early music scene . . . a world-class performance: light, “The superbly elegant music-making of these artists exemplifies the finest in historical performance today.” "The standout-- perhaps of the entire festival--was the chamber group Musica Pacifica, in a superb concert "Bitter-cold weather and freezing roads were no deterrent . . . With 720 seats, Synod Hall was packed for Musica Pacifica, . . . an excellent ensemble that puts the lie to the lingering notion that old music performers choose period instruments because they're not good enough on the modern ones. Each of the Musica Pacifica artists . . . is a genuine virtuoso." — Pittsburgh Post-Gazette “* * * * * - 5 stars” - Highest rating. “There is a real sparkle both in these performances and in the way “Musica Pacifica communicated the outer and inner life of this music with such panache that their playing "The velvet-glove approach to Baroque music." "Supremely tight ensemble and smooth blending . . . “Saturday night, it was a treat to the ear! . . . extraordinary in virtuosic agility. By their applause, the large "The enthusiastic audience--the largest single crowd for any event since the festival started--exulted in the |