Swedish trumpeter Hakan Hardenberger is bidding to become the successor to Maurice André, and he is similar to André in his willingness to take on repertory of almost any period and deliver a convincing performance. It apparently occurred to someone at Decca that a collection of Hardenberger performances could double as an all-purpose trumpet box, ...
Here is a hardcore historical-instrument disc, with all the usual trademarks of the genre. There's a radical innovation, albeit one supported by certain sources from the period involved -- an un-notated bassoon doubles the orchestral bass lines and creates a distinctly wind-heavy sound. There's a set of actual period instruments (not modern copies ...
The really cool thing about this disc collecting four of Bach's chamber works featuring the flute is not the playing of flutist Maria Tecla Andreotti, although she's fantastic; not the playing of harpsichordist Jan Willem Jansen, although he's marvelous; and not even the playing of gambaist Christophe Coin, although he's magnificent. No, the ...
The shadow that Bach casts over modern perceptions of music of the eighteenth century's first half has resulted in a perception of an unwarranted duality: there was the "conservative" Bach, contrasted with the "galant" Telemann and his successors. Of course there were transitional figures whose music mixed conservative and progressive elements, ...
This disc is a sampler of Vivaldi discs released by France's Naïve label, and it's highly recommended to listeners who haven't yet given these recordings a try. The group of performers is pan-European, with French singers and Italian instrumentalists especially strongly represented, but a compilation like this brings home how well this label has ...
This box collects four of the most prominent examples of a new trend in the performance of Vivaldi's music, and it's a fine bargain; it's rare to get discount prices on something that is still, for many listeners, something genuinely new and different. The music has been released on the French label Naïve, but the musicians are Italian. If their ...
The glittering electoral court city of Dresden suffered heavy damage during the Seven Years' War and was displaced from the forefront of musical developments. But the city was still home to a host of talented musicians, and Germany's CPO label and Südwestfunk radio network deserve credit for unearthing the work of one of them, violinist and ...
This collection of four modern concertos for bassoon may appeal to teachers and students of the instrument, but few others will be drawn to this album by Sergio Azzolini and the Kammerakademie Potsdam. Not that the soloist or the orchestra are in any way at fault; to the contrary, the performances are all top-notch, and Azzolini is clearly a ...
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