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Reviewer: Charles
Brewer
This is the second collection
titled “Edinburgh 1742” by Ensemble Marsyas and contains the five concertos
for solo trumpet, timpani, oboes, and strings published in that year and
place by Francesco Barsanti. Mr Barker’s comments
on the
earlier recording of Concertos 1-5 (with two horns and timpani rather than a
single trumpet and timpani) are still apt (Jan/Feb 2018). He wrote that
Barsanti’s music “may not be up to the highest standards of
imagination...but it is certainly enjoyable”. Barsanti’s trumpet parts are
rather rudimentary, especially in contrast to the difficult solo trumpet in
Handel’s overture to the opera Atalanta (adapted from Telemann’s Tafelmusik
from 1733), also included on the recording. More effective is Barsanti’s
writing for strings, as in the Adagio in siciliano rhythm from Concerto 9.
The playing by the 12 string players does not have a strong presence on this
recording, also noted in the earlier review, and the performances of the
concertos overall are very workmanlike and not very subtle. As in the
earlier release, this recording also includes four of Barsanti’s settings of
Scottish folk tunes for violin and continuo, effectively interpreted by
Colin Scobie (violin) and Elizabeth Kenny (guitar). All of these works must
have been useful and pleasant entertainments for the Edinburgh Musical
Society (1728-97) and remain so today. | ||||
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