Corelli Concerti Grossi, Op.6
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Composer or Director: Arcangelo Corelli
Label: Editio Classica
Magazine Review Date: 9/1990
Media Format: Cassette
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Catalogue Number: GK77007
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Composition | Artist Credit |
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(12) Concerti Grossi |
Arcangelo Corelli, Composer
(La) Petite Bande Arcangelo Corelli, Composer Sigiswald Kuijken, Conductor |
Composer or Director: Arcangelo Corelli
Label: Baroque Classics
Magazine Review Date: 9/1990
Media Format: Cassette
Media Runtime: 0
Mastering:
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Catalogue Number: 426 453-4PBQ2
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Composition | Artist Credit |
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(12) Concerti Grossi |
Arcangelo Corelli, Composer
(I) Musici Arcangelo Corelli, Composer |
Composer or Director: Arcangelo Corelli
Label: Editio Classica
Magazine Review Date: 9/1990
Media Format: CD or Download
Media Runtime: 136
Mastering:
ADD
Catalogue Number: GD77007
Tracks:
Composition | Artist Credit |
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(12) Concerti Grossi |
Arcangelo Corelli, Composer
(La) Petite Bande Arcangelo Corelli, Composer Sigiswald Kuijken, Conductor |
Composer or Director: Arcangelo Corelli
Label: Baroque Classics
Magazine Review Date: 9/1990
Media Format: CD or Download
Media Runtime: 149
Mastering:
ADD
Catalogue Number: 426 453-2PBQ2
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Composition | Artist Credit |
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(12) Concerti Grossi |
Arcangelo Corelli, Composer
(I) Musici Arcangelo Corelli, Composer |
Author: Nicholas Anderson
La Petite Bande recorded its set during the late 1970s and these are performances which do considerable justice to the music. Brisker tempos, lighter bass string playing and an altogether more imaginative approach to continuo realization bring these concertos alive to an extent hardly realised by I Musici. Sigiswald Kuijken, the leader and director of La Petite Bande, includes a theorbo in his continuo group and this is invariably an effective addition. Both sets field a secure and lively concertino group of two violins, cello and continuo but listeners may well find that the warmer sound and greater degree of finesse provided by the concertino of I Musici is more to their liking than the thinner, wirier textures of the other. Having said that, I should add that in matters of baroque style, as in its more highly developed spirit of fantasy, La Petite Bande offers far and away the more satisfying performances.
If you find it difficult to forsake the 'big band' sound of the 1950s and 1960s then I Musici may well be the set for you. If, on the other hand, you want to be illuminated and enchanted by concertos without a dull work among them then I would urge you to consider the other. Both are mid-price reissues and both are well recorded. The English Concert, at full price on Archiv Produktion (winner of last year's
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