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Analyste: Mark Novak
I rarely listen to music from the Baroque, and when I do it is from the confirmed masters of the period, namely J. S. Bach, Vivaldi, and Handel. Add to that my general aversion to period instruments and performance practices which have overtaken modern performances of Baroque music, and such music is quite low on my enjoyment list. That makes reviewing this CD an especially arduous task for me. The comprehensive booklet notes go into the politics, music, and culture of London in and around 1740, where and when the music of George Frederic Handel had made inroads. This collection of music stems from that time period. It’s probably no surprise, then, that Handel’s Trio Sonata V contribution is the work I like best here. It’s in four movements (slow-fast-slow-fast) and full of contrapuntal elements and terraced dynamics. The performance by La Rêveuse is quite wonderful, as is the recorded sound, which captures the group with excellent balances and faithful tonalities. The rest of the music in the collection is something of a copy-and-paste of the Handel. After a bit, it’s hard to distinguish one composer from another and all of it begins to run together. It was a challenge for me to listen to it all. In all fairness to these performers, everything is played idiomatically and recorded well, and so if this type of music does it for you then I see no reason to hesitate. |
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