Ensemble Marsyas
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Under the incisive direction of Peter Whelan, the group is on ebullient form as it explores the vogue for the French horn in Scotland…Barsanti emerges as a worthy rival to Handel’s festive verve…Renard’s... —
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2017, Editor's Choice
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Presto Editor's Choice, August 2017
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it's the group's nuance that's transfixing. When textures become sparse, delivery intensifies; when the line expands, the tempo stretches; when counterpoint thickens, articulation is leavened.... —
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BBC Music Magazine, November 2012, Chamber Choice
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Building A Library, November 2021, Also Recommended
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Special offer. Fasch: Quartets and Concertos
Peter Whelan (bassoon), Pamela Thorby (recorder)
Ensemble Marsyas
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Special offer. Mozart's Bassoon
Works for Solo Bassoon
Peter Whelan (bassoon), Kristian Bezuidenhout (fortepiano)
Ensemble Marsyas
This genial and amiable disc is a joy to listen to. —
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Presto Editor's Choice, March 2022
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Special offer. Telemann: Recorder Sonatas and Fantasias
Pamela Thorby (recorder), Peter Whelan (bassoon), Alison McGillivray (cello), Elizabeth Kenny (archlute/guitar) & Marcin Świątkiewicz (harpsichord/organ)
Ensemble Marsyas
Thorby shows her alertness to the music's variety by ringing the changes in her continuo department…and in the fantasias from the sheer interpretative intelligence and authority with which she... —
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Special offer. The Proud Bassoon
Virtuoso Works for Baroque Bassoon and Continuo
Peter Whelan (bassoon)
Ensemble Marsyas
Late Baroque composers were attracted by the expressive character of this mellow, darkly coloured instrument, and Peter Whelan explores its potential with affection and technical assurance...A... —
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Special offer. Handel: Apollo e Dafne
Callum Thorpe (bass), Mhairi Lawson (soprano)
Ensemble Marsyas, Peter Whelan
The dramatic cantata Apollo e Dafne is an obvious choice for Ensemble Marsyas’s first venture into vocal music. It oozes the sort of vibrant woodwind writing that is meat and drink to bassoonist... —
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The Super Audio Collection Volume 7
Karen Cargill (soprano), Ingrid Fliter (piano), William Berger (baritone), Sivan Magen (harp), Joanne Lunn (soprano), Peter Whelan (bassoon), Daniel Hyde (organ), Katherine Bryan (flute), Dougie MacLean (vocals), Amy Duncan (vocals), Fiona Rutherford (harp), Brian Schiele (viola), Su-a Lee (cello),...
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Barsanti’s Op. 3 concerti grossi (published in 1742) are exuberant and felicitous works, faintly Handelian in style (the two men knew each other) but infused to an even greater degree with an... —
