59.00 PLN

CD:

Nr kat.: DOR93192
Label  : DORIAN (USA)

"The playing on this disc is quite simply in a class of its own; each of the performers is renowned in his or her own right and together they produce an amazingly fluid response to Alessandro Scarlatti's Concerti da Camera, which are themselves a fairly diverse group . . . all are beautifully conceived and executed with just the right amount of rubato, ornamentation and, yes, style . . . All recorder players should certainly have this, and fiddle players, too - you rarely hear such perfect unison playing from two soloists!" -- Brian Clark, assoc. ed., Early Music Review (UK), March 2000 "Musica Pacifica's recording of eight "concerti da camera" by Alessandro Scarlatti is a wonderful addition to the recorder discography....a superb vehicle for recorderist Judith Linsenberg and her colleagues. Readers are urged to buy this disc." -- American Recorder, March 2000 "It is a testament to Musica Pacifica's sprightly, effervescent performances that this recording is so enjoyable. The ensemble's thoughtful attention to phrasing, voicing, and texture is what lifts these sonatas from the realm of the rather workaday....It is the ensemble's elegant, stylish performances that make the whole of Scarlatti's concerti da camera much more than the sum of their parts. I look forward to hearing more from Musica Pacifica." -- Anastasia Tsioulcas, Early Music America, Summer 2000 "Musica Pacifica's spirited, stylish recording makes a persuasive case for these concerti da camera.... Judith Linsenberg's stylish, lissom and incisive recorder playing lends much charm and often much sparkle to these sonatas, and her subtle shadings and extempore ornamentation are a delight...She is admirably supported throughout by a vital, refined, and well-articulated contribution by the string group." -- Robin Stowell, The Strad, April 2000 "Musica Pacifica plays with considerable elegance and an enviable naturalness of ensemble. . . Congratulations to Musica Pacifica for a CD of significant music, enterprisingly programmed and impressively performed!" -- The Recorder Magazine (UK), Summer 2000 ***** (5 stars) "Musica Pacifica . . . give exceptionally precise and tasteful performances with a natural sense of ornamentation and a rhythmic articulation which is impressively neat. Above all this ensemble emphasises the elegance and charm inherent in the music." -- Classic CD (UK), June 2000 **** 1/2 (4 1/2 stars) "A good source for Scarlatti's instrumental music is Musica Pacifica's Concerti da camera. The playing is unusually warm, especially given the accuracy of ensemble and intonation." -- Pulse, July 2000 CD of the Month "Superbly played, like true chamber music, with transparency and filigree. This is real "concertizing" with one another, without soloists, and that's what makes it so utterly fun to listen to." -- Alte Musik Aktuell, Regensburg, Germany, April 2000 * * * * ( 4 stars) Musica Pacifica's playing is very passionate and convincing, reflecting an elegance and balance between the parts and doing justice to the ingenuity with which these sonatas were composed." -Goldberg Magazine, August-October 2000 "[These pieces] demonstrate brilliant instrumental writing that is nicely enhanced by the performers, notably, by the recorder playing of Judith Linsenberg." -- Le Monde de la Musique [France], April 2000 "Well before Judith Linsenberg, Frans Bruggen recorded the F major [Scarlatti concerto]. The comparison is not unfavorable for the American! Clear phrases, a delicate sound, supported by a refined and elegant basso continuo. The strings are clear and precise and the voices well delineated in the fugues." -- Diapason [France], Nr. 473, January 2000