Title: | Trio Sonatas, Op. 5 |
Otros títulos: | Trio Sonatas Trio Sonatas, Op. 5 |
Intérprete/ Colaborador: | George Frideric Handel; Academy of St Martin in the Fieldsʾ Chamber Ensemble |
Código CDU: | H.03 |
Forma Musical: | Trio sonatas (Violins (2), continuo) Trio sonatas (Oboes (2), continuo) Trio sonatas (Flute, violin, continuo) |
Abstract: | Coincidentally two sets of Handel’s Op.5 Trio Sonatas have come my way in the last few weeks. The London Handel Players recording is on Somm and The Brook Street Band’s is an Avie release. Both are very different. The LHP employ an oboe for three of the sonatas and a viola throughout whereas the BSB keep to two violins, cello and harpsichord/chamber organ. But the major differences are ones of projection, balance, sonority, tonal nuance, phraseology, expressivity and, to be blunt, "getting it across." This has something to do with rhythmic life, to do with acute accents and above all to do with question of intimacy or more extrovert projections. In all these questions these are pretty much divergent recordings and go to show that, whatever ones preferences, a large range of viewpoints can be exercised in this repertoire. The Brook Street Band are consummate extroverts; this is not to imply a lack of qualities demanding more intimate reflection but one’s overriding impression is of ... |