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Francesco Barsanti (1690-1775) played in Handel's opera orchestra in London and then moved to Edinburgh, where he worked for the gentlemen of the Edinburgh Musical Society. This is one of a pair of albums devoted to his concertos and other works by Ensemble Marsyas, released on the Linn label. Barsanti seems for all the world a direct follower of Handel, and the inclusion of the overture to Handel's opera Atalanta, HWV 35, seems to confirm the link. Yet what gives the music here its particular flavor are the hints of progressive musical thought. Worth the price of admission are the four lively works from A Collection of Old Scots Tunes, played here on violin and Baroque guitar; Barsanti was not the first composer to set down vernacular musical materials in this way, but the practice was quite new in the 1720s when he created the present pieces. (There are more on Ensemble Marsyas' earlier Barsanti release.) The concerti grossi, too, have fresh touches. They were apparently the first ones anywhere to include a timpanI part, and the melody instruments, trumpets and oboes, break off from harmony from time to time to add little bits of texture, a clear anticipation of the coming Classical style. In general, the album is attractive, of interest to both Baroque enthusiasts and general listeners, but the church sound, from All Saints' Church of East Finchley, London, of all places, is too live and does not resemble the music society rooms where this music would originally have been heard.
© TiVo
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Concerto Grosso in C Major, Op. 3 No. 6 (Francesco Barsanti)
Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Francesco Barsanti, Composer - Peter Whelan, MainArtist - Ensemble Marsyas, MainArtist
2020 Outhere 2020 Linn Records
Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Francesco Barsanti, Composer - Peter Whelan, MainArtist - Ensemble Marsyas, MainArtist
2020 Outhere 2020 Linn Records
Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Francesco Barsanti, Composer - Peter Whelan, MainArtist - Ensemble Marsyas, MainArtist
2020 Outhere 2020 Linn Records
Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Francesco Barsanti, Composer - Peter Whelan, MainArtist - Ensemble Marsyas, MainArtist
2020 Outhere 2020 Linn Records
Concerto Grosso in C Major, Op. 3 No. 7 (Francesco Barsanti)
Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Francesco Barsanti, Composer - Peter Whelan, MainArtist - Ensemble Marsyas, MainArtist
2020 Outhere 2020 Linn Records
Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Francesco Barsanti, Composer - Peter Whelan, MainArtist - Ensemble Marsyas, MainArtist
2020 Outhere 2020 Linn Records
Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Francesco Barsanti, Composer - Peter Whelan, MainArtist - Ensemble Marsyas, MainArtist
2020 Outhere 2020 Linn Records
Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Francesco Barsanti, Composer - Peter Whelan, MainArtist - Ensemble Marsyas, MainArtist
2020 Outhere 2020 Linn Records
Concerto Grosso in C Major, Op. 3 No. 8 (Francesco Barsanti)
Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Francesco Barsanti, Composer - Peter Whelan, MainArtist - Ensemble Marsyas, MainArtist
2020 Outhere 2020 Linn Records
Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Francesco Barsanti, Composer - Peter Whelan, MainArtist - Ensemble Marsyas, MainArtist
2020 Outhere 2020 Linn Records
Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Francesco Barsanti, Composer - Peter Whelan, MainArtist - Ensemble Marsyas, MainArtist
2020 Outhere 2020 Linn Records
Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Francesco Barsanti, Composer - Peter Whelan, MainArtist - Ensemble Marsyas, MainArtist
2020 Outhere 2020 Linn Records
Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Francesco Barsanti, Composer - Elizabeth Kenny, MainArtist - Colin Scobie, MainArtist
2020 Outhere 2020 Linn Records
Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Francesco Barsanti, Composer - Elizabeth Kenny, MainArtist - Colin Scobie, MainArtist
2020 Outhere 2020 Linn Records
Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Francesco Barsanti, Composer - Elizabeth Kenny, MainArtist - Colin Scobie, MainArtist
2020 Outhere 2020 Linn Records
Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Francesco Barsanti, Composer - Elizabeth Kenny, MainArtist - Colin Scobie, MainArtist
2020 Outhere 2020 Linn Records
Overture to Atalanta, HWV 35 (Georg Friedrich Händel)
George Frideric Handel, Composer - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Peter Whelan, MainArtist - Ensemble Marsyas, MainArtist
2020 Outhere 2020 Linn Records
George Frideric Handel, Composer - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Peter Whelan, MainArtist - Ensemble Marsyas, MainArtist
2020 Outhere 2020 Linn Records
Concerto grosso in D Major, Op. 3 No. 9 (Francesco Barsanti)
Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Francesco Barsanti, Composer - Peter Whelan, MainArtist - Ensemble Marsyas, MainArtist
2020 Outhere 2020 Linn Records
Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Francesco Barsanti, Composer - Peter Whelan, MainArtist - Ensemble Marsyas, MainArtist
2020 Outhere 2020 Linn Records
Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Francesco Barsanti, Composer - Peter Whelan, MainArtist - Ensemble Marsyas, MainArtist
2020 Outhere 2020 Linn Records
Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Francesco Barsanti, Composer - Peter Whelan, MainArtist - Ensemble Marsyas, MainArtist
2020 Outhere 2020 Linn Records
Concerto grosso in D Major, Op. 3 No. 10 (Francesco Barsanti)
Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Francesco Barsanti, Composer - Peter Whelan, MainArtist - Ensemble Marsyas, MainArtist
2020 Outhere 2020 Linn Records
Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Francesco Barsanti, Composer - Peter Whelan, MainArtist - Ensemble Marsyas, MainArtist
2020 Outhere 2020 Linn Records
Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Francesco Barsanti, Composer - Peter Whelan, MainArtist - Ensemble Marsyas, MainArtist
2020 Outhere 2020 Linn Records
Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Francesco Barsanti, Composer - Peter Whelan, MainArtist - Ensemble Marsyas, MainArtist
2020 Outhere 2020 Linn Records
Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Francesco Barsanti, Composer - Peter Whelan, MainArtist - Ensemble Marsyas, MainArtist
2020 Outhere 2020 Linn Records
Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Francesco Barsanti, Composer - Peter Whelan, MainArtist - Ensemble Marsyas, MainArtist
2020 Outhere 2020 Linn Records
Album review
Francesco Barsanti (1690-1775) played in Handel's opera orchestra in London and then moved to Edinburgh, where he worked for the gentlemen of the Edinburgh Musical Society. This is one of a pair of albums devoted to his concertos and other works by Ensemble Marsyas, released on the Linn label. Barsanti seems for all the world a direct follower of Handel, and the inclusion of the overture to Handel's opera Atalanta, HWV 35, seems to confirm the link. Yet what gives the music here its particular flavor are the hints of progressive musical thought. Worth the price of admission are the four lively works from A Collection of Old Scots Tunes, played here on violin and Baroque guitar; Barsanti was not the first composer to set down vernacular musical materials in this way, but the practice was quite new in the 1720s when he created the present pieces. (There are more on Ensemble Marsyas' earlier Barsanti release.) The concerti grossi, too, have fresh touches. They were apparently the first ones anywhere to include a timpanI part, and the melody instruments, trumpets and oboes, break off from harmony from time to time to add little bits of texture, a clear anticipation of the coming Classical style. In general, the album is attractive, of interest to both Baroque enthusiasts and general listeners, but the church sound, from All Saints' Church of East Finchley, London, of all places, is too live and does not resemble the music society rooms where this music would originally have been heard.
© TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 28 track(s)
- Total length: 00:51:35
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Ensemble Marsyas Peter Whelan
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Linn Records
- Genre: Classical
2020 Outhere 2020 Linn Records
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