Friday, 18 March 2016

Musik am Dresdner Hof - Virtuosi Saxoniae/Guttler


Rating: 4/5

Review:
A good box



This is rather a good box, I think.  The performances are very decent and there's a very good selection of music by a variety of composers.

The box contains 8 discs of music written for the Dresden Court in the late 17th- and  18th Centuries by composers like Vivaldi, Telemann, Pisendel, Zelenka, Heinichen and others.  There is a variety of secular and sacred music and it makes a varied and very enjoyable set.

These recordings were made between 1989 and 1995, and they are pretty good, without being up to the phenomenal standard set by some more recent ensembles under people like Rachel Podger, Fabio Biondi and many others.  They are technically very sound and have a decent engagement with all they perform, so I find that especially playing just one or two pieces at a time they are very enjoyable.

At the current price for 8 discs of very good music in decent performances which are well recorded, I think this box represents good value and I can recommend it.

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