Special offer. JS Bach: Brandenburg Concertos
Zefiro, Alfredo Bernardini
[Bernardini] has much to say...and clearly inspires much energy in his players. The abiding impression, however, is that his talented soloists have been allowed to find their own answers and...
Special offer. JS Bach: Brandenburg Concertos
Zefiro, Alfredo Bernardini
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[Bernardini] has much to say...and clearly inspires much energy in his players. The abiding impression, however, is that his talented soloists have been allowed to find their own answers and...
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Following its highly acclaimed album featuring the three most richly scored Ouvertures (Gramophone Editor’s Choice – shortlisted for the 2017 Gramophone Awards and included among the Top 10 recent Bach recordings), Zefiro comes full circle with the famous collection of Concerts avec plusieurs instruments, that kaleidoscope of colours that seems almost tailor-made to highlight the salient qualities of the ensemble founded by the three historical wind specialists, Alfredo Bernardini and Paolo and Alberto Grazzi. Thanks to experience gained in countless performances and recordings with the leading conductors and ensembles, but also to thorough research into the most appropriate instruments and pitch (398 Hz, i.e. the ‘authentic’ French pitch), this brand new recording exudes liveliness, flair and knowledge, and features some of the greatest names on the Baroque music scene, among them Cecilia Bernardini, Gabriele Cassone, Francesco Corti, Lorenz Duftschmid, Marcello Gatti, Gaetano Nasillo and Dorothee Oberlinger. Also included is the more intimate B minor Suite with flute (BWV 1067), thus filling the gap left by the earlier recording.
Contents and tracklist
- Zefiro, Alfredo Bernardini, Cecilia Bernardini, Paolo Grazzi, Dorothee Oberlinger, Gabriele Cassone
- Alfredo Bernardini, Zefiro, Lorenzo Cavasanti, Dorothee Oberlinger, Cecilia Bernardini
- Alfredo Bernardini, Zefiro, Francesco Corti, Cecilia Bernardini, Marcello Gatti
- Alfredo Bernardini, Zefiro, Marcello Gatti
Awards and reviews
November 2018
[Bernardini] has much to say...and clearly inspires much energy in his players. The abiding impression, however, is that his talented soloists have been allowed to find their own answers and truly express themselves as individuals…it has to be said that the sheer enthusiasm of the playing on this disc leads at times to a bit of murky ensemble and maybe a little coarseness of sound, but really it is all to much fun to be worrying about that.