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Reviewer:
Lindsay Kemp
Enthusisasm and energy make this disc of lesser-known
works a worthy reissue
Thre has been a lot of CPE Bach around just lately, but this 2000 recording,
reissued in Harmonia Mundi’s anniversary Gold series, manages to avoid the most
popular pieces, opting for relatively polite but still strongly characteristic
“Berlin” symphonies over the more famous and jagged “Hamburg” ones, and
selecting a pair of lesser-known concertos in the fiery A minor for cello (maybe
more familiar in its flute version) and an impeccably well behaved example ofor
harpsichord. Unquestionably one of the world’s top Baroque orchestra today, the
Berlin Academie für Alte Musik had back then not quite acquired their current
tonal refinement but had no trouble displaying their customary enthusiastic
high-energy style and rigorous tight ensemble. The soloists are fine – if a
little “modern” in style in Peter Brun’s case – and the recording is clear and
bright. Harmonia Mundi’s reissue exoands the original booklet-note and adds some
enhancing colour illustrations – a rare and welcome way round of doing things.
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