There is a virtually inexhaustible supply of Baroque music, yet two pieces inevitability appear on compilations: Pachelbel's Canon and the Albinoni/Giazotto Adagio. They appear here in slightly up-tempo readings, but Karl Münchinger and the Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra still deliver them with too much romantic ardor for them to be considered properly Baroque. Beyond these retreads, the rest of the selections are rather fresh and are this disc's saving grace. Alexander van Wijnkoop and Camerata Bern offer pleasant and jovial ...
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There is a virtually inexhaustible supply of Baroque music, yet two pieces inevitability appear on compilations: Pachelbel's Canon and the Albinoni/Giazotto Adagio. They appear here in slightly up-tempo readings, but Karl Münchinger and the Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra still deliver them with too much romantic ardor for them to be considered properly Baroque. Beyond these retreads, the rest of the selections are rather fresh and are this disc's saving grace. Alexander van Wijnkoop and Camerata Bern offer pleasant and jovial movements from two Capriccios by Zelenka. Neville Marriner and the Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields turn in several energetic performances, most notably their enthusiastic renditions of Handel's Arrival of the Queen of Sheba and the Minuet from Berenice. Worthy, too, are the Largo from Corelli's "Christmas" Concerto, and, under Iona Brown's direction, the Grazioso from Telemann's Oboe Concerto, with Heinz Holliger as soloist. Trevor Pinnock takes center stage with Domenico...
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