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Bags of invention have gone into this album...By meticulously combining different movements, Boulanger creates new surroundings for some well-known Bach movements. —
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Their playing once again exhibits fearlessness and pinpoint accuracy, deeply considered blend and a palpable joy in the colour palette available to the string quartet. They have been captured... —
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Le secret de Monsieur Marais
Vittorio Ghielmi (viola da gamba), Il Suonar parlante Orchestra, Luca Pianca
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The assorted string ritornellos framing many of the arias (often in five parts) are played with suppleness and astute shaping by Le Banquet Céleste, and the continuo support in recitatives and... —
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Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 5 KV 219, Piano Concertos Nos. 3 KV 40 & 14 KV 449
David Castro-Balbi (violin), Teo Gheorghiu (piano),
Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg, Howard Griffiths
Gheorghiu delivers the solo parts of both works with a natural verve that’s unaffected and personable; he evidently likes his chosen instrument for its gloss-free, rather chiselled tone, and... —
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The music is attractive, and it’s nicely performed. —
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The Busch Trio’s sympathy with this repertoire feels absolute, their communicative ardour evident throughout the performance… A true delight from start to finish. —
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Amore Siciliano
Mariana Flores (soloist), Matteo Bellotto (soloist), Léo Fernique (soloist), Valerio Contaldo (soloist), Ana Vieira Leite (soloist), Cappella Mediterranea, Leonardo García Alarcón
There’s a fabulously frantic air to the sequence of the opening movements, and in general this is the approach to the playing throughout: totally gung-ho, extreme and unexpected. —
