Barbara Kortmann's debut CD on Genuin is a delightful collection of music by Antonio Vivaldi, Marin Marais, George Frederick Handel, Johann Sebastian Bach, and Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach. While several of these popular Baroque pieces are usually performed on recorder, Kortmann's tasteful playing is couched in historically informed practices, and the intimate accompaniment of harpsichordist Sabine Erdmann, violinists Helen Weiss and Kerstin Linder-Dewan, violist Nikolaus Schlierf, cellists Julia Kursawe and Inka Döring, and ...
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Barbara Kortmann's debut CD on Genuin is a delightful collection of music by Antonio Vivaldi, Marin Marais, George Frederick Handel, Johann Sebastian Bach, and Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach. While several of these popular Baroque pieces are usually performed on recorder, Kortmann's tasteful playing is couched in historically informed practices, and the intimate accompaniment of harpsichordist Sabine Erdmann, violinists Helen Weiss and Kerstin Linder-Dewan, violist Nikolaus Schlierf, cellists Julia Kursawe and Inka Döring, and bassist Benjamin Wand is warm and appealing, while also approximating authentic Baroque performance practices. The opening Concerto in D major, "Il Cardellino" by Vivaldi is a fine place to start sampling, because the openness of the textures and the apparent simplicity of the music give Kortmann plenty of room to display her improvisational skills and virtuosity. Kortmann's own arrangements of the Handel arias "Meine Seele hört in Sehen" and "Süße Stille, sanfte Quelle" are charming...
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