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Bach - The Complete Brandenburg Concertos / Pearlman, Boston Baroque
: :Boston Baroque and Martin Pearlman recorded a splendid set of the Brandenburg Concertos on period instruments in 1993 and 1994. Made entirely in the US, these snappy, crisply articulated, and fluent performances rely heavily on the talents of violinist Daniel Stepner (who doubles as one of the two solo violists in Concerto No. 6). Among the highlights are the joyous finale to Concerto No. 4 and the superb cembalo cadenza in No. 5, played by Pearlman. Along with outstanding sound, there's a winning sense of ...
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Telemann: Bläserkonzerte (Wind Concertos)
: :Boston Baroque and Martin Pearlman recorded a splendid set of the Brandenburg Concertos on period instruments in 1993 and 1994. Made entirely in the US, these snappy, crisply articulated, and fluent performances rely heavily on the talents of violinist Daniel Stepner (who doubles as one of the two solo violists in Concerto No. 6). Among the highlights are the joyous finale to Concerto No. 4 and the superb cembalo cadenza in No. 5, played by Pearlman. Along with outstanding sound, there's a winning sense of ...
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Brandenburg Ctos / Chamber Music
: :Boston Baroque and Martin Pearlman recorded a splendid set of the Brandenburg Concertos on period instruments in 1993 and 1994. Made entirely in the US, these snappy, crisply articulated, and fluent performances rely heavily on the talents of violinist Daniel Stepner (who doubles as one of the two solo violists in Concerto No. 6). Among the highlights are the joyous finale to Concerto No. 4 and the superb cembalo cadenza in No. 5, played by Pearlman. Along with outstanding sound, there's a winning sense of ...
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Telemann: Tafelmusik (Musique de Table partagée en Trois Productions)
: :Boston Baroque and Martin Pearlman recorded a splendid set of the Brandenburg Concertos on period instruments in 1993 and 1994. Made entirely in the US, these snappy, crisply articulated, and fluent performances rely heavily on the talents of violinist Daniel Stepner (who doubles as one of the two solo violists in Concerto No. 6). Among the highlights are the joyous finale to Concerto No. 4 and the superb cembalo cadenza in No. 5, played by Pearlman. Along with outstanding sound, there's a winning sense of ...
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Telemann: Double & Triple Concertos /AAM · Hogwood
: essential recording:In addition to volumes and volumes of church and chamber music, the astonishingly prolific Georg Philipp Telemann wrote a great many concertos--the most engaging of which are those for two or more solo instruments, often in interesting combinations. It must be said that many of these concertos are a bit lightweight, but they are lively and diverting--and Christopher Hogwood and the baroque-instrument specialists of the Academy of Ancient Music give them accomplished, persuasive performances. Among the tasty confections here are a vigorous concerto ...
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Schütz: Symphoniae Sacrae II; Vater Abraham
from: Sony
: :Schütz's sacred vocal works resemble concertos with singers in the way solo and grouped voices are orchestrated within a malleable yet variegated instrumental framework. Not much of the music's fervency, passion, and harmonic piquancy, however, come across here. Granted, florid passages present no problems for the assured, seven- member La Capella Ducale, and the members' superb diction renders the composer's masterful word setting with the utmost of clarity. The main problem is with the instrumentalists. Conductor Roland Wilson elicits stylish, note-perfect execution, phoned in with ...
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J.S. Bach: Brandenburgische Konzerte
from: Harmonia Mundi Fr.
: :Schütz's sacred vocal works resemble concertos with singers in the way solo and grouped voices are orchestrated within a malleable yet variegated instrumental framework. Not much of the music's fervency, passion, and harmonic piquancy, however, come across here. Granted, florid passages present no problems for the assured, seven- member La Capella Ducale, and the members' superb diction renders the composer's masterful word setting with the utmost of clarity. The main problem is with the instrumentalists. Conductor Roland Wilson elicits stylish, note-perfect execution, phoned in with ...
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Trumpet Concertos of the Early Baroque
: :Schütz's sacred vocal works resemble concertos with singers in the way solo and grouped voices are orchestrated within a malleable yet variegated instrumental framework. Not much of the music's fervency, passion, and harmonic piquancy, however, come across here. Granted, florid passages present no problems for the assured, seven- member La Capella Ducale, and the members' superb diction renders the composer's masterful word setting with the utmost of clarity. The main problem is with the instrumentalists. Conductor Roland Wilson elicits stylish, note-perfect execution, phoned in with ...
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Bach: Der Streit zwischen Phoebus & Pan - Cantates
from: Harmonia Mundi Fr.
: :Schütz's sacred vocal works resemble concertos with singers in the way solo and grouped voices are orchestrated within a malleable yet variegated instrumental framework. Not much of the music's fervency, passion, and harmonic piquancy, however, come across here. Granted, florid passages present no problems for the assured, seven- member La Capella Ducale, and the members' superb diction renders the composer's masterful word setting with the utmost of clarity. The main problem is with the instrumentalists. Conductor Roland Wilson elicits stylish, note-perfect execution, phoned in with ...
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Music of the Majesty of Jesus Christ
from: Butterfly (Navarre)
: :Schütz's sacred vocal works resemble concertos with singers in the way solo and grouped voices are orchestrated within a malleable yet variegated instrumental framework. Not much of the music's fervency, passion, and harmonic piquancy, however, come across here. Granted, florid passages present no problems for the assured, seven- member La Capella Ducale, and the members' superb diction renders the composer's masterful word setting with the utmost of clarity. The main problem is with the instrumentalists. Conductor Roland Wilson elicits stylish, note-perfect execution, phoned in with ...
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