What is this? "Holland Baroque Society meets Matthew Halls [in] Georg Muffat?" A group you have never heard of meets someone else you've never heard of in a composer you barely know. Really, it's not that bad. Matthew Halls is the erstwhile director of the King's Consort, filling the shoes of founder-director Robert King on his departure in 2005. By September 2008, no recordings of Halls leading the King's Consort had been issued, and items led by King are still gradually appearing. You would be forgiven for not knowing of ...
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What is this? "Holland Baroque Society meets Matthew Halls [in] Georg Muffat?" A group you have never heard of meets someone else you've never heard of in a composer you barely know. Really, it's not that bad. Matthew Halls is the erstwhile director of the King's Consort, filling the shoes of founder-director Robert King on his departure in 2005. By September 2008, no recordings of Halls leading the King's Consort had been issued, and items led by King are still gradually appearing. You would be forgiven for not knowing of the Holland Baroque Society, as this is a student orchestra and Channel Classics' Holland Baroque Society Meets Matthew Halls is their first recording. It consists of seven concerti from Muffat's final set of 12, the Auserlesne mit Ernst und Lust gemengte Instrumentalmusik (1701); some of these concerti might sound familiar if you are a Baroque buff, as No. V Seaculum has been recorded numerous times.These are concerti grossi, and while there are two concertino violins that carry...
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