Telemann
Orchestral Suites

Don Quixote
Overture in D minor
Suite in E major La Lyra

Review Excerpts

"Take the burlesque of Don Quixote, for instance, a series of quirkily entertaining vignettes depicting the deluded knight, his credulous, put- upon squire Sancho Panza and his scrawny nag Rosinante. Don Quixote tilts at windmills to music of hilarious manic energy; rudely braying violas graphically evoke Sancho Panza's recalcitrant donkey; and the exhausted knight falls asleep to the sounds of a frenetic village dance.

Nicholas Ward and his players combine polish, verve and a crucial sense of enjoyment, whether in the catchy French dances of the E major and D minor suites or the witty character sketches of Don Quixote."

Daily Telegraph, Saturday 19 August 2003