Rating: 5/5
Review:
A cracking disc
I really like this disc.
I'm naturally inclined toward it anyway because I love Trevor Pinnock's
work almost without exception, and his excellent cycle of Mozart Symphonies is
a staple of my collection, but it stands on its own merits.
Here Pinnock directs the finest crop of musicians from the
Royal Academy Of Music on the colossal Gran Partita for winds. It's a terrific work, full of playfulness and,
especially in the Adagio made famous in Peter Schaffer's Amadeus, it also has
real depth and beauty. It's all there in
this recording; to my ears Pinnock brings lovely performances from his ensemble
and lends the whole disc his immense depth of understanding and long, long love
of this music. The much smaller Notturno
by Haydn which concludes the disc was unfamiliar to me, but it turns out to be
a little Haydn jewel – the sort of perfect, delightful piece he so often gave
us.
It's a lovely programme, excellently performed and
beautifully recorded by Linn (of course.)
I love this for its warmth, energy and insight and I can recommend it
very warmly.
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