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“This release shows Telemann at his most irrepressibly good-humoured and imaginative.
There's a concerto for three rattling horns and a solo violin (a splendid sound, with the horns recorded at what seems like the ideal distance), and an elegant suite for strings which sounds like Handel, Bach and a few French composers all thrown in together. More striking, though, is the most substantial piece on the disc, the Alster Echo Overture-Suite, a nine-movement work for strings, oboes and horns full of tricks and surprises occasioned by a host of representative titles. Thus 'Hamburg Carillons' brings us horns imitating bells, 'Concerto of Frogs and Crows' has some mischievously scrunchy wrong notes, and in 'Alster Echo' there's a complex network of echoes between oboes and horns. But the showstealer is the Grillen-Symphonie ('Cricket Symphony').
This is a work for the gloriously silly scoring of piccolo, alto chalumeau, oboe, violins, viola, and two double basses, a somewhat Stravinskian combination that you're unlikely to encounter every day. But it's not just the instrumentation that's irresistibly odd. There's a slow movement with curious, melancholy woodwind interventions a little reminiscent of Harold inItaly, and a finale which is quite a hoot.” Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 | | | (also available to download from $10.50) | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Johan Helmich Roman – A Musical Portrait
Elizabeth Wallfisch (violin), Anthony Halstead (harpsichord), Hillevi Martinpelto (soprano), Anne Sofie von Otter (alto), Kreeta Maria Kentala (violin), Jaap Schroder (violin), Peter Mattei (baritone), Christina Hogman (soprano) Drottningholm Baroque Ensemble, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Adolf Fredrik Bach Choir, Trio Sonnerie, Eric Ericson Chamber Choir, The, Drottningholm Baroque Ensemble, Nils-Erik Sparf, Anders Ohrwall, Eric Ericson, Jaap Schroder | |
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| |  | Bottesini Collection Volume 4
Giovanni Bottesini, an accomplished and respected conductor, also enjoyed a globe-trotting career as “the Paganini of the double bass”. For this recording manuscript sources have been used for his Fantasia on Bellini’s La sonnambula, Variations on Nel cor più non mi sento from Paisiello’s La molinara, arrangements of famous works such as Chopin’s Étude in C sharp minor, Op. 25 No. 7, the Air from Bach’s third Orchestral Suite and other pieces. Volumes 1–3 of this series are available on 8570397, 8570398 and 8570399. “Thomas Martin’s comprehensive… survey of Bottesini’s hair-raising bravura works for double bass reaches Volume 4 with these impressive performances. Highly recommended.” BBC Music Magazine on the disc’s original release | | | (also available to download from $6.00) | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. (Available now to download.) |
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| |  | Bottesini Collection Volume 3
Giovanni Bottesini enjoyed a globe-trotting career as “the Paganini of the double bass” but was also an accomplished and respected conductor in Europe. When conducting operas Bottesini would often perform fantasies on the evening’s entertainment during the intermission. Two such fantasies, ‘Lucia di Lammermoor’ and ‘Beatrice di Tenda’, are virtuosic tours de force in which the complex double bass figurations mimic the coloratura vocal writing of the day. In keeping with this vocal style, this recording also includes the song Une bouche aimée with double bass obbligato, most likely performed on one of Bottesini’s frequent concert tours with various leading sopranos of the day. | | | (also available to download from $6.00) | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. (Available now to download.) |
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| |  | BACH, J.C.: Keyboard Concertos, Op. 13, Nos. 4-6 and Op. 14, No. 1
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| |  | BACH, J.C.: 6 Keyboard Concertos, Op. 7
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| |  | BACH, J.C.: Keyboard Concertos, Op. 13, Nos. 1-3 / Keyboard Concerto in E flat major, C75
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| |  | BACH, J.C.: Berlin Harpsichord Concertos (The), Vol. 1
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