'Asako Ogawa explores the rich variety of styles with rhythmic suppleness and lively feeling for characterisation. Her extrovert gestures are spontaneous and authoritative -"
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Nicholas Anderson,
BBC Music Magazine
Handel 8 Great Suite album
"In all, her Handel Suites count among the best recorded versions."
Jed Distler,
Gramophone
Handel 8 Great Suites album
Asako Ogawa
Harpsichord
Piano
Fortepiano
Vocal coach
(baroque & classical style Art Songs & Lieder)
"Asako Ogawa plays Bach's Partitas with refined control.
Ogawa's sound world was a place where I was very happy to live"
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Michael Church, INDEPENDENT
Bach 6 Partitas album
"Asako Ogawa is a fine harpsichordist with a beautiful sound and touch.
As well as being an excellent continuo player she has a very strong musical personality as a soloist"
Laurence Cummings OBE
conductor, harpsichordist
A New Album Is Coming !
“Domenico Scarlatti Sonatas”
Official Release: 5 June 2026
Released by First Hand Records
Domenico Scarlatti — a composer to whom I have felt deeply attached since childhood, alongside J.S Bach and Handel.
The distinguished scholar of Italian Baroque music, Michael Talbot, has written the booklet essay for this recording.
The Release Journey
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27 March 2026 – K27
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10 April 2026 – K466
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24 April 2026 – K29
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8 May 2026 – K86
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22 May 2026 – K141
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5 June 2026 – Full Album Release
Each single reveals a different facet of Scarlatti’s expressive world before the complete album is unveiled.
Asako's baroque ensemble Il Capo is on a mission to revive the unknown beauty of the music by Diogenio Bigaglia (1687 - 1745) Here is the live videos from our inaugural cocert on 7 September!
If you like them, please support us to record an album !