Rating: 2/5
Review:
Very disappointing
I'm afraid I was very disappointed in this disc. I love the viola da gamba and was looking
forward to hearing some unfamiliar music on it, but the music itself was rather
uninspiring and the playing left me cold.
The disc opens with a cantata for soprano and bass viol by
Alessandro Scarlatti, which is a great deal more about the soprano than the
viol and, like most of Scarlatti senior's works, I find it rather dull. Things don't pick up much with the two
ricercars by Antonii which are, frankly, pretty uninspiring pieces. Worse, the playing sounds very stiff to me –
a world away from the lovely, fluent style of Susanne Heinrich, Paolo Pandolfo
and many other fine players. Even the
recording doesn't really bring out the depth and resonance of the instrument.
I'm sorry to be so critical, but this disc was a real
let-down for me. Others may enjoy it
more than I did, but personally I can't recommend it.
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