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When this album was released in 2020, it signaled the continued rise of a major new recorder talent in Tabea Debus. She coaxes an attractive tone out of a variety of Renaissance and Baroque recorders, keeps a steady pitch, and puts together collaborators, gambist Jonathan Rees and theorbist Alex McCartney, who have a fresh sound and interact with her in a relaxed way. The program concept is also fresh: the idea of the ohrwurm, or earworm in English, although not contemporary with the music involved (the English word was not coined until 1978), brings together a variety of music in a convincing way. Debus' selections hang around the line between concert music and anonymous folk tunes in a way that an 18th century instrumentalist would have recognized, and she ornaments her melodic lines with agile moves that don't call attention to themselves. Some of the pieces here, like Handel's "Lascia ch'io pianga," originally from the opera Rinaldo, are well known as earworms and have been arranged for other forces since they first came on the scene, but what Debus does well is to find other pieces with the same melodic qualities, and these will indeed leave one whistling. Consider Marin Marais' Les folies d'Espagne, for instance, and its basic similarity to Handel's tune. She also throws in some contemporary pieces, which is not a bad idea in itself, but these don't show any connection to the Baroque and Renaissance works, and indeed break the mood. Overall though, the album is solid in its main thrust. Delphian's Edinburgh church sound is clear but a bit chilly.
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Tarquinio Merula, Composer - Jonathan Rees, MainArtist - Claudio Monteverdi, Composer - Tabea Debus, Composer, MainArtist - Alex McCartney, Composer, MainArtist - Paul Baxter, Producer - Delphian Records Ltd., MusicPublisher - after Antonio Bertali, Composer
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George Frideric Handel, Composer - Jonathan Rees, MainArtist - Tabea Debus, MainArtist - Alex McCartney, MainArtist - Paul Baxter, Producer - Delphian Records Ltd., MusicPublisher
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Jonathan Rees, MainArtist - Pietro Castrucci, Composer - Tabea Debus, MainArtist - Alex McCartney, MainArtist - Paul Baxter, Producer - Delphian Records Ltd., MusicPublisher
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Jonathan Rees, MainArtist - Pietro Castrucci, Composer - Tabea Debus, MainArtist - Alex McCartney, MainArtist - Paul Baxter, Producer - Delphian Records Ltd., MusicPublisher
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Jonathan Rees, MainArtist - Alessandro Marcello, Composer - Tabea Debus, MainArtist - Alex McCartney, MainArtist - Paul Baxter, Producer - Delphian Records Ltd., MusicPublisher
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Jonathan Rees, MainArtist - Marin Marais, Composer - Tabea Debus, MainArtist - Alex McCartney, MainArtist - Paul Baxter, Producer - Delphian Records Ltd., MusicPublisher
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Anonymous, Composer - ANON., Composer - Jonathan Rees, MainArtist - Tabea Debus, MainArtist - Alex McCartney, MainArtist - Paul Baxter, Producer - Delphian Records Ltd., MusicPublisher
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Tabea Debus, MainArtist - Freya Waley-Cohen, Composer - Paul Baxter, Producer - Delphian Records Ltd., MusicPublisher
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Jonathan Rees, MainArtist - Antonio Soler, Composer - Tabea Debus, MainArtist - Alex McCartney, MainArtist - Paul Baxter, Producer - Delphian Records Ltd., MusicPublisher
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Jonathan Rees, MainArtist - Arcangelo Corelli, Composer - Tabea Debus, MainArtist - Alex McCartney, MainArtist - Paul Baxter, Producer - Delphian Records Ltd., MusicPublisher
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Jonathan Rees, MainArtist - Andrea Falconieri, Composer - Tabea Debus, MainArtist - Alex McCartney, MainArtist - Paul Baxter, Producer - Delphian Records Ltd., MusicPublisher
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Anonymous, Composer - ANON., Composer - Jonathan Rees, MainArtist - Tabea Debus, MainArtist - Alex McCartney, MainArtist - Paul Baxter, Producer - Delphian Records Ltd., MusicPublisher
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Jonathan Rees, MainArtist - Tabea Debus, MainArtist - Pierre-Francisque Carroubel, Composer - Alex McCartney, MainArtist - Paul Baxter, Producer - Delphian Records Ltd., MusicPublisher
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Anonymous, Composer - ANON., Composer - Jonathan Rees, MainArtist - Tabea Debus, MainArtist - Alex McCartney, MainArtist - Paul Baxter, Producer - Delphian Records Ltd., MusicPublisher
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Jonathan Rees, MainArtist - Henry Purcell, Composer - Tabea Debus, MainArtist - Alex McCartney, MainArtist - Paul Baxter, Producer - Delphian Records Ltd., MusicPublisher
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Jonathan Rees, MainArtist - John Dowland, Composer - Tabea Debus, MainArtist - Alex McCartney, MainArtist - Paul Baxter, Producer - Delphian Records Ltd., MusicPublisher
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Traditional, Composer - Jonathan Rees, MainArtist - Tabea Debus, MainArtist - Alex McCartney, MainArtist - Paul Baxter, Producer - Delphian Records Ltd., MusicPublisher - trad. (Scots folk-tune), Composer
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George Frideric Handel, Composer - Jonathan Rees, MainArtist - Tabea Debus, MainArtist - Alex McCartney, MainArtist - Paul Baxter, Producer - Delphian Records Ltd., MusicPublisher
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Tabea Debus, MainArtist - Paul Baxter, Producer - Gareth Moorcraft, Composer - Delphian Records Ltd., MusicPublisher
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Anonymous, Composer - ANON., Composer - Tabea Debus, MainArtist - Paul Baxter, Producer - Delphian Records Ltd., MusicPublisher
(C) 2020 Delphian Records LTD (P) 2020 Delphian Records LTD
Album review
When this album was released in 2020, it signaled the continued rise of a major new recorder talent in Tabea Debus. She coaxes an attractive tone out of a variety of Renaissance and Baroque recorders, keeps a steady pitch, and puts together collaborators, gambist Jonathan Rees and theorbist Alex McCartney, who have a fresh sound and interact with her in a relaxed way. The program concept is also fresh: the idea of the ohrwurm, or earworm in English, although not contemporary with the music involved (the English word was not coined until 1978), brings together a variety of music in a convincing way. Debus' selections hang around the line between concert music and anonymous folk tunes in a way that an 18th century instrumentalist would have recognized, and she ornaments her melodic lines with agile moves that don't call attention to themselves. Some of the pieces here, like Handel's "Lascia ch'io pianga," originally from the opera Rinaldo, are well known as earworms and have been arranged for other forces since they first came on the scene, but what Debus does well is to find other pieces with the same melodic qualities, and these will indeed leave one whistling. Consider Marin Marais' Les folies d'Espagne, for instance, and its basic similarity to Handel's tune. She also throws in some contemporary pieces, which is not a bad idea in itself, but these don't show any connection to the Baroque and Renaissance works, and indeed break the mood. Overall though, the album is solid in its main thrust. Delphian's Edinburgh church sound is clear but a bit chilly.
© TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 20 track(s)
- Total length: 01:10:16
- Main artists: Tabea Debus Jonathan Rees Alex McCartney
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Delphian Records
- Genre: Classical
(C) 2020 Delphian Records LTD (P) 2020 Delphian Records LTD
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