Rating: 5/5
Review:
A thoroughly enjoyable disc
I like this disc very much.
It's not truly great music but it's sometimes quite delightful and
always very enjoyable, and it's very well played.
The excellently named Gottfried Finger was a gambist and
composer active chiefly in London
and then Mannheim from around
1680-1730. He was plainly a very
accomplished player and a more-than-competent composer; the sonatas here which
make up his Op.1 are skilfully done, melodious and have plenty of harmonic
interest.
Echo du Danube bring the music to life very well. They are a six-member ensemble whose
individual virtuosity allows them to play the music very naturally, and their
understanding of the music and each other gives the whole thing an really
enjoyable feel. I get this out sometimes
and listen to a couple of sonatas just for the simple pleasure of it - somewhat
like a musical sorbet, I suppose.
This music won't set the world alight but that's true of a
lot of music which is still very good and thoroughly satisfying to listen to
and I can recommend this warmly to anyone with an interest in this period.
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