Concertos, Oboe Concertos, Handel (composer)
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Purists may of course object, but I think the decision to go hunting for concertos from the violin and oboe repertoire is amply justified. Baroque Concertos is a wide-ranging collection that... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 18th October 2024
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalists 2024
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Alison Balsom: Sound The Trumpet
RecommendedRoyal Music of Purcell and Handel
Alison Balsom (trumpet), Iestyn Davies (countertenor), Lucy Crowe (soprano)
The English Concert, Trevor Pinnock
This charming disc contains some of the most imaginative and polished trumpet playing you're ever likely to hear...Born-again authenticists may cavil at Balsom's vented trumpet, a modern development... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 8th October 2012
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2012, Editor's Choice
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The Frans Brüggen Project
Lucie Horsch (recorder), Rachel Podger (violin), Albert Bruggen (cello), Tom Foster (harpsichord), Esther Van Der Eijk (viola), Orchestra of the 18th Century
For the most part, this is a rewarding enterprise, sympathetically recorded and with an essential chart indicating where on the album each instrument can be heard. —
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Her playing is breathtaking, first in the bubbling fluency of Vivaldi violin concerto allegros...while her fluent technique elicits some exhilarating tempos. No less arresting is her creamy... —
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Special offer. Handel: Oboe Concertos Nos. 1 - 3
Heinz Holliger (oboe), Kenneth Sillito (violin), Neil Black (oboe), John Tunnell (violin), Kenneth Heath (cello), James Brown (oboe), Leslie Pearson (organ), John Constable (harpsichord), Richard Adeney (flute), James Tyler (chitarrone), Leslie Pearson (harpsichord)
English Chamber Orchestra,...
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A colourful panorama stylishly and affectionately executed by all concerned. —
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2019, Winner - Concerto (recorder)
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Music For A Royal Celebration
Music from the Service of Prayer and Dedication to Celebrate the Marriage of Their Royal Highnesses The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall Saturday 9th April 2005
Ekaterina Semenchuk (mezzo-soprano), Gordon Hunt (oboe), Roger Judd (organ)
Philharmonia Orchestra, The Choir of St George's Chapel, Windsor, Christopher Warren-Green, Timothy Byram-Wigfield
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By far the finest track here is his transcription of the Chaconne from Bach’s Second Partita for Violin, where the purity of the line and the implied harmonic textures transfer from bowed strings... —
