Genesis Baroque, Sophie Gent, Lucinda Moon – Corelli – Concerti Grossi Opus 6 (2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 02:12:19 minutes | 2,54 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Digital Booklet, Front Cover | © Australian Broadcasting Corp (ABC)
It’s perfectly possible that fans of Baroque violin music will both have listened to a lot of Corelli in their time, and read a fair few sleeve notes on the subject of the truly international success his works enjoyed in their day. Still, three cheers for these Australian champions of his Opus 6 set of Concerti grossi – Corelli’s only set of orchestral music, over which a small group of soloists is pitted against a larger ensemble – with their non-Europe-centric perspective, because the engaging sleeve notes to this recording don’t simply remind us that even in the eighteenth century his works were circulating as far from his native Italy as North and South America, Syria, India, China and Sumatra, but also that by the early 19th century they were even turning up in Australia. The first documentary evidence is a Corelli “Solo” played in Sydney in 1826.
What period instrument ensemble Genesis Baroque have done with this the set is hugely enjoyable. Recorded in the Iwaki Auditorium of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation’s Southbank Centre, in the ensemble’s home base of Melbourne, there’s a smooth warmth to the engineering which very much reflects what’s going on in musical terms too. Most obviously through the prominent presence of an organ in the continuo section along with harpsichord and theorbo, and far from simply as a change of colour – it’s across the set. Inevitably this makes for a smoothing and less bristling effect than you hear from many bands in this repertoire, and thus a genuine alternative; and the playing itself is still full of bounce and lithe energy. Also to be enjoyed is the brightness and immediacy of the overall string tone, and the attractive soft luminosity and warmth to the violin solos, which themselves are beautifully shaped and coloured, and dispatched with superglued chamber playing. In the overall engineering balance, the soloists are placed close to the ear, but by no means overly so, giving a strong sense of chamber intimacy. To sum up? Bounce more than bang. And bags of warmth. – Charlotte Gardner
Tracklist
1. Sophie Gent – 1. Largo – Allegro – Adagio – Allegro – Adagio – Allegro – Adagio
2. Sophie Gent – 2. Largo – Allegro
3. Sophie Gent – 3. Largo
4. Sophie Gent – 4. Allegro – Adagio
5. Sophie Gent – 5. Allegro
6. Sophie Gent – 1. Vivace – Allegro – Adagio – Vivace – Allegro – Adagio – Largo andante
7. Sophie Gent – 2. Allegro – Adagio
8. Sophie Gent – 3. Grave – Andante Largo
9. Sophie Gent – 4. Allegro
10. Sophie Gent – 1. Largo
11. Sophie Gent – 2. Allegro – Adagio
12. Sophie Gent – 3. Grave
13. Sophie Gent – 4. Vivace
14. Sophie Gent – 5. Allegro
15. Sophie Gent – 1. Adagio – Allegro
16. Sophie Gent – 2. Adagio
17. Sophie Gent – 3. Vivace
18. Sophie Gent – 4. Allegro – Allegro
19. Lucinda Moon – 1. Adagio – Allegro – Adagio
20. Lucinda Moon – 2. Adagio
21. Lucinda Moon – 3. Allegro – Adagio
22. Lucinda Moon – 4. Largo
23. Lucinda Moon – 5. Allegro
24. Lucinda Moon – 1. Adagio
25. Lucinda Moon – 2. Allegro
26. Lucinda Moon – 3. Largo
27. Lucinda Moon – 4. Vivace
28. Lucinda Moon – 5. Allegro
29. Lucinda Moon – 1. Vivace – Allegro – Adagio
30. Lucinda Moon – 2. Allegro
31. Lucinda Moon – 3. Andante Largo
32. Lucinda Moon – 4. Allegro
33. Lucinda Moon – 5. Vivace
34. Lucinda Moon – 1. Vivace – Grave
35. Lucinda Moon – 2. Allegro
36. Lucinda Moon – 3. Adagio – Allegro – Adagio
37. Lucinda Moon – 4. Vivace
38. Lucinda Moon – 5a. Allegro
39. Lucinda Moon – 5b. Pastorale: Largo
40. Sophie Gent – 1. Preludio: Largo
41. Sophie Gent – 2. Allemande: Allegro
42. Sophie Gent – 3. Corrente: Vivace
43. Sophie Gent – 4. Gavotta: Allegro
44. Sophie Gent – 5. Adagio
45. Sophie Gent – 6. Minuetto: Vivace
46. Sophie Gent – 1. Preludio: Andante largo
47. Sophie Gent – 2. Allemanda: Allegro
48. Sophie Gent – 3. Adagio
49. Sophie Gent – 4. Corrente: Vivace
50. Sophie Gent – 5. Allegro
51. Sophie Gent – 6. Minuetto: Vivace
52. Lucinda Moon – 1. Preludio: Andante Largo
53. Lucinda Moon – 2. Allemanda: Allegro
54. Lucinda Moon – 3. Adagio
55. Lucinda Moon – 4. Andante Largo
56. Lucinda Moon – 5. Sarabanda: Largo
57. Lucinda Moon – 6. Giga: Vivace
58. Lucinda Moon – 1. Preludio: Adagio
59. Lucinda Moon – 2. Allegro
60. Lucinda Moon – 3. Adagio
61. Lucinda Moon – 4. Sarabanda: Vivace
62. Lucinda Moon – 5. Giga: Allegro
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