Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin - George Frideric Handel: Water Music (2016)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 248 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 118 Mb | Scans included
Classical, Baroque | Label: Harmonia Mundi | # HMC902216 | Time: 00:48:34
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 248 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 118 Mb | Scans included
Classical, Baroque | Label: Harmonia Mundi | # HMC902216 | Time: 00:48:34
You might think that Handel's Water Music, HWV 348-350, arguably the most familiar piece of Baroque music (the Four Seasons of Vivaldi can give it a run for its money, but its popularity is more recent), has received every possible interpretation. And you would be wrong, as the musicians of the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin have shown in this Harmonia Mundi release, precisely recorded in Berlin's Teldex studio. You get a steady parade of innovations here, marked overall by, but not in the least restricted to, blisteringly fast tempos that turn the horn-dominated movements into tests of virtuosity. Unexpected dynamic contrasts and the unusual rhythmic treatment of the "Overture" to the Suite No. 1 (sample track one) are other novelties, but this veteran group is not out for shock value. The Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin operate without a conductor, and their coordination in these crisp prestos is worth the price of admission in itself. Their ability to act as one in really unusual shapings of each individual movement is remarkable, and the treacherous horn parts are near perfection in the hands of Erwin Wieringa and Miroslav Rovenský. This is water music for a rather choppy, windy day, perhaps, but it's not really a revisionist reading, just an unusual and distinctive one that has a good deal of warmth in the slow movements.Review by James Manheim, Allmusic.com
Disc of the month - April 2016
"The piece's vitality and brilliance of invention shine forth in the strongest and most appealing orchestral colours…the quality of playing is extraordinary…the period instruments register superbly in a rich and full sonic picture that achieves something close to an ideal textural balance"BBC Music Magazine
Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin:
Violin: Georg Kallweit, concert master
Kerstin Erben, Barbara Halfter, Erik Dorset, Dörte Wetzel
Rahel Mai, Gudrun Engelhardt, Uta Peters
Viola: Clemens-Maria Nuszbaumer, Sabine Fehlandt, Anja-Regine Graewel
Violoncello: Jan Freiheit, James Bush
Double bass: Walter Rumer
Lute: Björn Colell
Flute, recorder: Christoph Huntgeburth, Andrea Theinert
Oboe: Xenia Löffler, Michael Bosch
Horn: Erwin Wieringa, Mirek Rovensk´yý
Bassoon: Katrin Lazar
Contrabassoon: Stefan Pantzier
Trumpet: Ute Hartwich, Helen Barsby
Percussion: Friedhelm May
Cembalo :Raphael Alpermann
Tracklist:
01. Suite No.1 - I. Overture: Largo - Allegro (03:12)
02. Suite No.1 - II. Adagio e staccato (02:08)
03. Suite No.1 - III. [Allegro] (02:08)
04. Suite No.1 - IV. Andante - III. [Allegro] da capo (04:30)
05. Suite No.1 - V. Allegro (02:47)
06. Suite No.1 - VI. Air (03:11)
07. Suite No.1 - VII. Minuet (02:23)
08. Suite No.1 - VIII. Bourree (01:10)
09. Suite No.1 - IX. Hornpipe (01:30)
10. Suite No.1 - X. [Allegro moderato] (03:41)
11. Suite No.2 - XI. [Allegro] (02:00)
12. Suite No.2 - XII. [Alla Hornpipe] (03:43)
13. Suite No.2 - XIII. [Minuet] (02:49)
14. Suite No.2 - XIV. [Rigaudon 1] (01:07)
15. Suite No.2 - XV. [Rigaudon 2] - XIV. [Rigaudon 1] (01:28)
16. Suite No.3 - XVI. Lentement (01:59)
17. Suite No.3 - XVII. [Bourree] (01:14)
18. Suite No.3 - XVIII. [Menuet 1] (00:56)
19. Suite No.3 - XIX. [Menuet 2] (01:36)
20. Suite No.3 - XX. [Gigue 1] - XXI. [Gigue 2] da capo (02:11)
21. Suite No.3 - XXII. Menuet (Coro) (02:39)
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