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There is no shortage of good Bach violin concerto recordings, nor even of those played by historical-performance groups, yet this one has several distinct attractions. First, is simply the presence of violinist Kati Debretzeni, long a violin section leader of Gardiner's English Baroque Soloists but rarely heard as a soloist in her own right. She's one of the few historical-performance specialists to have emerged from Eastern Europe, and she deserves wider exposure. Second, are her two arrangements of harpsichord concertos (assisted in the case of the Violin Concerto in D minor, after the Harpsichord Concerto, BWV 1052, by Wilfried Fischer), competently done and really adding viable violin concertos to the Bach repertory. Third, the ensemble size of about a dozen is ideal. Lastly, is the overall shaping of the pieces, and here Gardiner deserves a good deal of credit: everyone would have been fine if he had stayed in his usual comfortable groove, but here he responds nicely to a younger player with something to say. Debretzeni is terrific, standing up to Gardiner's warm sound with sharp, penetrating lines and then mellowing in the slow movements into a real Italianate lyricism. Although the St. Jude's Hampstead church sound is uninspiring, this is a very fine group of Bach violin concertos.
© TiVo
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Violin Concerto in A minor, BWV 1041 (Johann Sebastian Bach)
Kati Debretzeni, Violin - English Baroque Soloists - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor - Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer
(C) 2019 SDG (P) 2019 SDG
Kati Debretzeni, Violin - English Baroque Soloists - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor - Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer
(C) 2019 SDG (P) 2019 SDG
Kati Debretzeni, Violin - English Baroque Soloists - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor - Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer
(C) 2019 SDG (P) 2019 SDG
Harpsichord Concerto No. 2 in E Major, BWV 1053 (Arr. K. Debretzeni for Violin & Orchestra) (Johann Sebastian Bach)
Kati Debretzeni, Violin - English Baroque Soloists - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor - Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer
(C) 2019 SDG (P) 2019 SDG
Kati Debretzeni, Violin - English Baroque Soloists - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor - Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer
(C) 2019 SDG (P) 2019 SDG
Kati Debretzeni, Violin - English Baroque Soloists - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor - Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer
(C) 2019 SDG (P) 2019 SDG
Violin Concerto in E major, BWV 1042 (Johann Sebastian Bach)
Kati Debretzeni, Violin - English Baroque Soloists - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor - Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer
(C) 2019 SDG (P) 2019 SDG
Kati Debretzeni, Violin - English Baroque Soloists - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor - Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer
(C) 2019 SDG (P) 2019 SDG
Kati Debretzeni, Violin - English Baroque Soloists - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor - Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer
(C) 2019 SDG (P) 2019 SDG
Harpsichord Concerto No. 1 in D Minor, BWV 1052 (Arr. W. Fischer for Violin & Orchestra) (Johann Sebastian Bach)
Kati Debretzeni, Violin - English Baroque Soloists - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor - Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer
(C) 2019 SDG (P) 2019 SDG
Kati Debretzeni, Violin - English Baroque Soloists - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor - Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer
(C) 2019 SDG (P) 2019 SDG
Kati Debretzeni, Violin - English Baroque Soloists - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor - Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer
(C) 2019 SDG (P) 2019 SDG
Album review
There is no shortage of good Bach violin concerto recordings, nor even of those played by historical-performance groups, yet this one has several distinct attractions. First, is simply the presence of violinist Kati Debretzeni, long a violin section leader of Gardiner's English Baroque Soloists but rarely heard as a soloist in her own right. She's one of the few historical-performance specialists to have emerged from Eastern Europe, and she deserves wider exposure. Second, are her two arrangements of harpsichord concertos (assisted in the case of the Violin Concerto in D minor, after the Harpsichord Concerto, BWV 1052, by Wilfried Fischer), competently done and really adding viable violin concertos to the Bach repertory. Third, the ensemble size of about a dozen is ideal. Lastly, is the overall shaping of the pieces, and here Gardiner deserves a good deal of credit: everyone would have been fine if he had stayed in his usual comfortable groove, but here he responds nicely to a younger player with something to say. Debretzeni is terrific, standing up to Gardiner's warm sound with sharp, penetrating lines and then mellowing in the slow movements into a real Italianate lyricism. Although the St. Jude's Hampstead church sound is uninspiring, this is a very fine group of Bach violin concertos.
© TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 12 track(s)
- Total length: 01:10:10
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Kati Debretzeni English Baroque Soloists John Eliot Gardiner
- Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
- Label: SDG
- Area: Allemagne
- Genre: Classical
- Period: Baroque Music
(C) 2019 SDG (P) 2019 SDG
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