One couldn't imagine a pair of musicians more suited to the task of interpreting these fascinating works than violinist Hiro Kurosaki and harpsichordist (and organist) William Christie of Les Arts Florissants fame. Playing with exquisite balance and refined expressiveness, Kurosaki, his rich, golden tone consistently adding an elemental beauty to the impeccable phrasing, finds a perfect counterpart in Christie, whose gem-like keyboard artistry immensely enriches the melodic line. Playing the early Sonata in G major (HWV 358) and Handel's ultimate sonata (HWV 371) in D major with equal assurance and understanding, Kurosaki and Christie, in their efforts to decipher the composer's intentions, illuminate the pure musical impulse underlying the written page (with its mathematical determinism, so to speak), revealing deeper energies by resorting to subtle, almost imperceptible alterations of tension and energy, ultimately allowing the music to flow in its fundamental and incomprehensible splendor.