ZELENKA Trio Sonatas ZWV181
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Composer or Director: Jan Dismas Zelenka
Genre:
Chamber
Label: Supraphon
Magazine Review Date: 05/2018
Media Format: CD or Download
Media Runtime: 95
Mastering:
DDD
Catalogue Number: SU4239-2
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Tracks:
Composition | Artist Credit |
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6 Trio Sonatas |
Jan Dismas Zelenka, Composer
Ensemble Berlin Prag Jan Dismas Zelenka, Composer |
Author: Charlotte Gardner
Still, if anyone is capable of standing up with the best of them it should be Ensemble Berlin Prag, because when the group was formed in 2005 by the three soloists on this album – the Czech oboist Vilém Veverka and Israeli bassoonist Mor Biron, under the guidance of German oboist Dominik Wollenweber – it was the music of Zelenka and Couperin that formed the basis of their repertoire.
Happily this is indeed a strong offering. Broad brushstrokes-wise, there’s a lovely bubbling legato flow and sense of effortlessness to the whole, with its sensitive harpsichord and basso continuo support. Also some particularly easy-on-the-ear softer engineering, which leaves just a little bit more space between musicians and listener than is often customary; this approach has reaped particular dividends in No 5’s first-movement Allegro, where that leaping unison opening is revealed to be every bit as striking – and rather more attractive – when not punching itself straight into our ears. More excellent moments include the three soloists’ smart, beautifully shaped and tightly twisted-together realisations of the ornate contrapuntal writing of No 1’s Allegro. Then there’s the B flat Sonata, No 3, where we get to enjoy violinist Jakub Černohorský’s effortless gelling with the winds, and the unshowy softness with which Biron nimbly nails the Allegro’s extreme bassoon virtuosities. All in all, proper top-drawer stuff.
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