Notes and Editorial Reviews
With every justification, NA waxed censorious over the hotchpotch contents of the original LP from which this CD is largely drawn: its Bach side then consisted of a single movement wrenched from a violin sonata, a spurious flute sonata and the B minor Suite, but incredibly enough minus the Overture and Sarabande. I am very glad to report that wiser counsels have prevailed at Archiv Produktion, and that now the other two Bach items have been painlessly dropped in favour of the complete suite (which had appeared on an LP issued in 1982). As it stands, this is an issue that can be warmly recommended musically and technically without reservation—except perhaps to those who hanker after rich Romantic tone and find the characteristic sound of
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baroque violins wiry. Even they, however, could not fail to be stirred by the enormous vitality of these performances: the word 'routine' simply doesn't seem to exist in the vocabulary of this splendid team of virtuosi. Its Vivaldi, which brings home the point that the Folies d'Espagne was (as its name implies) originally a frenzied dance, is in itself worth getting the disc for; 'the' Pachelbel canon played in the proper style might wean slush-wallowers away from the soupiness in which it is usually drenched; but the Handel trio sonata (incorporating themes from various stage works) is also a delight; and the glorious sense of controlled freedom which permeates the Bach, meticulously phrased and stylishly ornamented, uplifts the spirit.
– Gramophone [1/1984], reviewing the first CD release of this album, DG 410502
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Works on This Recording
1.
Canon and Gigue for 3 Violins and Basso Continuo in D major by Johann Pachelbel
Conductor:
Reinhard Goebel
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Musica Antiqua Cologne
Period: Baroque
Written: Germany
Date of Recording: 1983
Venue: Friedrich Ebert Hall, Hamburg - Harburg
Length: 4 Minutes 42 Secs.
2.
Overture for Strings in G minor, BWV 1070 by Johann Sebastian Bach
Conductor:
Reinhard Goebel
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Musica Antiqua Cologne
Period: Baroque
Date of Recording: 1982
Venue: Friedrich Ebert Hall, Hamburg - Harburg
Length: 17 Minutes 35 Secs.
Notes: This work is now attributed to Wilhelm Friedemann Bach.
3.
Trio Sonata for 2 Violins and Basso Continuo in D minor, Op. 1 no 12/RV 63 "La Follia" by Antonio Vivaldi
Conductor:
Reinhard Goebel
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Musica Antiqua Cologne
Period: Baroque
Written: 1705; Venice, Italy
Date of Recording: 1982
Venue: Friedrich Ebert Hall, Hamburg - Harburg
Length: 8 Minutes 45 Secs.
4.
Trio Sonatas (7) for 2 Violins and Basso Continuo, Op. 5: no 4 in G major, HWV 399 by George Frideric Handel
Conductor:
Reinhard Goebel
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Musica Antiqua Cologne
Period: Baroque
Written: circa 1737-1738; London, England
Date of Recording: 1983
Venue: Friedrich Ebert Hall, Hamburg - Harburg
Length: 13 Minutes 1 Secs.
5.
Suite for Orchestra no 2 in B minor, BWV 1067 by Johann Sebastian Bach
Conductor:
Reinhard Goebel
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Musica Antiqua Cologne
Period: Baroque
Written: 1738-1739; Leipzig, Germany
Date of Recording: 1982
Venue: Friedrich Ebert Hall, Hamburg - Harburg
Length: 22 Minutes 8 Secs.
Notes: Composition written: Leipzig, Germany (1738 - 1739).
Customer Reviews
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An oldie but still a good one January 22, 2013
By Frederick Hecht (Scottsdale, AZ) See All My Reviews
"A collection of energetically performed Baroque chestnuts by one of the great early music groups in their early days."
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