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While the pieces on The Best of Baroque Music have been trotted out countless times before, the Cologne Chamber Orchestra, led by Helmut Müller-Brühl, turns in refreshing performances that make this disc highly enjoyable. Its even tone and steady playing put this collection above most of the various artists compilations of the major labels, which, in comparison, seem thrown together without much thought toward consistency. Notable, too, is the avoidance of cliché. Obligatory pieces, such as Pachelbel's Canon (regrettably, without the Gigue) and Handel's Largo from Serse, are played fairly authentically and at a reasonable tempo, not like in the slushy romanticized arrangements that are better known. Similarly, the Air from Bach's Orchestral Suite No. 3 is not sentimentalized beyond recognition. All the pieces benefit from the ensemble's lean sound, which allows counterpoint to be heard in detail. Generous servings of the orchestral music of Bach, Handel, and Telemann give a good idea of their extremely varied output, much better than one or two token samplings ever could. And even the morose Adagio by Remo Giazotto -- long passed off as a work by Albinoni -- gets revamped in fine Baroque style with a faster tempo and a staccato continuo that make it sound interesting, for once.
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Solomon, HWV 67
Kölner Kammerorchester, Orchestra - Helmut Müller-Brühl, Conductor - George Frideric Handel, Composer
2003 Naxos Special Projects - France 2003 Naxos Special Projects - France
Overture (Suite) No. 3 in D major, BWV 1068 (Johann Sebastian Bach)
Kölner Kammerorchester, Orchestra - Helmut Müller-Brühl, Conductor - Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer
2003 Naxos Special Projects - France 2003 Naxos Special Projects - France
Overture (Suite) No. 2 in B minor, BWV 1067 (Johann Sebastian Bach)
Kölner Kammerorchester, Orchestra - Helmut Müller-Brühl, Conductor - Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer
2003 Naxos Special Projects - France 2003 Naxos Special Projects - France
Concerto in C Minor, BWV 1060 (Johann Sebastian Bach)
Christine Pichlmeier, Performer - Lisa Stewart, Performer - Kölner Kammerorchester, Orchestra - Helmut Müller-Brühl, Conductor - Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer
2003 Naxos Special Projects - France 2003 Naxos Special Projects - France
Concerto Grosso in G minor, Op. 6, No. 8, 'Christmas Concerto' (Arcangelo Corelli)
Kölner Kammerorchester, Orchestra - Helmut Müller-Brühl, Conductor - Arcangelo Corelli, Composer
2003 Naxos Special Projects - France 2003 Naxos Special Projects - France
Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F major, BWV 1047 (Johann Sebastian Bach)
Kölner Kammerorchester, Orchestra - Helmut Müller-Brühl, Conductor - Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer
2003 Naxos Special Projects - France 2003 Naxos Special Projects - France
Serse (Xerxes), HWV 40
Kölner Kammerorchester, Orchestra - Helmut Müller-Brühl, Conductor - George Frideric Handel, Composer
2003 Naxos Special Projects - France 2003 Naxos Special Projects - France
Overture (Suite) No. 4 in D major, BWV 1069 (Johann Sebastian Bach)
Kölner Kammerorchester, Orchestra - Helmut Müller-Brühl, Conductor - Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer
2003 Naxos Special Projects - France 2003 Naxos Special Projects - France
Oboe Concerto in D minor, Op. 9, No. 2
Stefan Schilli, Performer - Kölner Kammerorchester, Orchestra - Helmut Müller-Brühl, Conductor - Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni, Composer
2003 Naxos Special Projects - France 2003 Naxos Special Projects - France
Canon and Gigue in D major (Johann Pachelbel)
Kölner Kammerorchester, Orchestra - Helmut Müller-Brühl, Conductor - Johann Pachelbel, Composer
2003 Naxos Special Projects - France 2003 Naxos Special Projects - France
Concerto per flautino in G Major, RV 443 (Orig. C Major) (Antonio Vivaldi)
Daniel Rothert, Performer - Kölner Kammerorchester, Orchestra - Helmut Müller-Brühl, Conductor - Antonio Vivaldi, Composer
2003 Naxos Special Projects - France 2003 Naxos Special Projects - France
Overture (Suite) in D major, TWV 55:D15 (Georg Philipp Telemann)
Kölner Kammerorchester, Orchestra - Helmut Müller-Brühl, Conductor - Georg Philipp Telemann, Composer
2003 Naxos Special Projects - France 2003 Naxos Special Projects - France
Keyboard Concerto in F Minor, BWV 1056 (Johann Sebastian Bach)
Harald Hoeren, Performer - Kölner Kammerorchester, Orchestra - Helmut Müller-Brühl, Conductor - Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer
2003 Naxos Special Projects - France 2003 Naxos Special Projects - France
Suite in A Minor, TWV 55:A2 (Georg Philipp Telemann)
Daniel Rothert, Performer - Kölner Kammerorchester, Orchestra - Helmut Müller-Brühl, Conductor - Georg Philipp Telemann, Composer
2003 Naxos Special Projects - France 2003 Naxos Special Projects - France
Daniel Rothert, Performer - Kölner Kammerorchester, Orchestra - Helmut Müller-Brühl, Conductor - Georg Philipp Telemann, Composer
2003 Naxos Special Projects - France 2003 Naxos Special Projects - France
Oboe Concerto in D minor (Alessandro Marcello)
Stefan Schilli, Performer - Kölner Kammerorchester, Orchestra - Helmut Müller-Brühl, Conductor - Alessandro Marcello, Composer
2003 Naxos Special Projects - France 2003 Naxos Special Projects - France
Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G major, BWV 1049 (Johann Sebastian Bach)
Kölner Kammerorchester, Orchestra - Helmut Müller-Brühl, Conductor - Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer
2003 Naxos Special Projects - France 2003 Naxos Special Projects - France
Adagio in G minor (attrib. to Albinoni) * (Remo Giazotto)
Kölner Kammerorchester, Orchestra - Helmut Müller-Brühl, Conductor - Remo Giazotto, Composer
2003 Naxos Special Projects - France 2003 Naxos Special Projects - France
Albumbeschreibung
While the pieces on The Best of Baroque Music have been trotted out countless times before, the Cologne Chamber Orchestra, led by Helmut Müller-Brühl, turns in refreshing performances that make this disc highly enjoyable. Its even tone and steady playing put this collection above most of the various artists compilations of the major labels, which, in comparison, seem thrown together without much thought toward consistency. Notable, too, is the avoidance of cliché. Obligatory pieces, such as Pachelbel's Canon (regrettably, without the Gigue) and Handel's Largo from Serse, are played fairly authentically and at a reasonable tempo, not like in the slushy romanticized arrangements that are better known. Similarly, the Air from Bach's Orchestral Suite No. 3 is not sentimentalized beyond recognition. All the pieces benefit from the ensemble's lean sound, which allows counterpoint to be heard in detail. Generous servings of the orchestral music of Bach, Handel, and Telemann give a good idea of their extremely varied output, much better than one or two token samplings ever could. And even the morose Adagio by Remo Giazotto -- long passed off as a work by Albinoni -- gets revamped in fine Baroque style with a faster tempo and a staccato continuo that make it sound interesting, for once.
© TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 18 track(s)
- Total length: 01:08:58
- Main artists: Kölner Kammerorchester
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Naxos Special Projects - France
- Genre: Klassiek
2003 Naxos Special Projects - France 2003 Naxos Special Projects - France
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