Baroque Recorder Concertos: Pamela Thorby & Sonnerie (SACD)

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Baroque Recorder Concertos

Concertos of Vivaldi, Telemann and Sammartini

Pamela Thorby

Sonnerie directed by Monica Huggett
Monica Huggett, Emilia Benjamin, violins
Katherine McGillivray, viola
Alison McGillivray, cello
Sarah Groser, violone
Matthew Halls, harpsichord, organ

The British recorder player Pamela Thorby is perhaps best known for her work with the baroque quartet, the Palladian Ensemble (with whom she has made 8 acclaimed CD recordings for LINN) and for her concerto performances with ensembles and orchestras such as the English Concert, Sonnerie, Guildhall Strings, City of London Sinfonia and the Illinois Philharmonic.

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Baroque Recorder Concertos: Pamela Thorby & Sonnerie (SACD), Music, Telemann Vivaldi, Sammartini
Vivaldi: La Pastorella - Baroque Chamber Concertos from Venice
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    		Vivaldi: La Pastorella - Baroque Chamber Concertos from Venice

    Manufacturer: Metronome
    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD

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    ASIN: B0006ZXGAU
    Release Date: 2005-04-12

    Tracks:

    1. I.
    2. II.
    3. III.
    4. I.
    5. II.
    6. III.
    7. I.
    8. II.
    9. III.
    10. IV.
    11. I.
    12. II.
    13. III.
    14. I.
    15. II.
    16. III.
    17. I.
    18. II.
    19. III.
    20. IV.

    Album Description

    This is the third release from the British-based baroque chamber orchestra Fiori Musicali. The group plays on authentic instruments and has a 15-year history performing baroque music in England, often in beautiful historic homes. In its 21st season, Fiori Musicali has a strong presence in central England, a residency at the St. Ceciliatide International Festival of Music in London, and has toured abroad to the Early Music Festival in Madrid. Fiori Musicali offer music appreciation classes, and recently began a pilot project to establish an affiliated youth choir, Fiorosa.

    The featured artist is well-known recorder virtuoso Pamela Thorby, along with the ensemble's principal members. They present an elegant program of Baroque chamber concertos from 18th-century Venice.

    This release provides not so much a programme but rather a wordless aria illustrating a text, just as Vivaldi added poems to his masterpiece The Four Seasons. The solo parts are demanding technically and show dazzling displays of virtuosic writing.
    Baroque Recorder Concertos
    Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    • Simply Amazing
    		 Baroque Recorder Concertos
    Pamela Thorby
    Manufacturer: Linn Records
    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD

    GeneralGeneral | Classical | Styles | Music
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    ASIN: B0000666BY
    Release Date: 2002-08-06

    Tracks:

    1. Concerto Per Flautino' In G Major RV 443: Untitled
    2. Concerto Per Flautino' In G Major RV 443: Largo
    3. Concerto Per Flautino' In G Major RV 443: Allegro Molto
    4. Suite In A Minor TWV 55:a2: (Ouverture)
    5. Suite In A Minor TWV 55:a2: Les Plaisirs
    6. Suite In A Minor TWV 55:a2: Air A L'italien
    7. Suite In A Minor TWV 55:a2: Menuet I & II
    8. Suite In A Minor TWV 55:a2: Rejouissance
    9. Suite In A Minor TWV 55:a2: Passepied I & II
    10. Suite In A Minor TWV 55:a2: Polonoise
    11. Concerto In F Major: Allegro
    12. Concerto In F Major: Untitled
    13. Concerto In F Major: Allegro Assai
    14. Concerto Per Flauto' In C Minor RV 441: Allegro Non Molto
    15. Concerto Per Flauto' In C Minor RV 441: Largo
    16. Concerto Per Flauto' In C Minor RV 441: Untitled
    17. 'Concerto Per Flautino' In C Major RV 444: Allegro Non Molto
    18. 'Concerto Per Flautino' In C Major RV 444: Largo
    19. 'Concerto Per Flautino' In C Major RV 444: Allegro Molto

    Customer Reviews:

    5 out of 5 stars Simply Amazing.......2003-05-15

    This is the most virtuosic & artistict recorder playing I've heard in a long time. Pamela Thorby's performance of the Vivaldi Concerti is absolutely top notch.

    Her fast tempos are filled with excitement and flare. She has total control in all the technical passages. It is very seldom to hear virtuosic playing (of any instrument) combined with total artistry. Many times performers are virtuosic and flashy but lack artistry. Thorby has it both!!! I highly recommend this recording to everyone. Thorby has knocked M. Petri over and has taken her spot as my most favorite recorder player!
    Baroque Recorder Concertos: Pamela Thorby & Sonnerie (SACD)
    Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    • Passionate, Delightful Recordings of Baroque Recorder Standards
    		 Baroque Recorder Concertos: Pamela Thorby & Sonnerie (SACD)

    Manufacturer: Linn Records
    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD

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    ASIN: B00069OVUK
    Release Date: 2004-10-16

    Album Description

    Baroque Recorder Concertos

    Concertos of Vivaldi, Telemann and Sammartini

    Pamela Thorby

    Sonnerie directed by Monica Huggett
    Monica Huggett, Emilia Benjamin, violins
    Katherine McGillivray, viola
    Alison McGillivray, cello
    Sarah Groser, violone
    Matthew Halls, harpsichord, organ

    The British recorder player Pamela Thorby is perhaps best known for her work with the baroque quartet, the Palladian Ensemble (with whom she has made 8 acclaimed CD recordings for LINN) and for her concerto performances with ensembles and orchestras such as the English Concert, Sonnerie, Guildhall Strings, City of London Sinfonia and the Illinois Philharmonic.

    Plays on all SACD and CD Players

    Customer Reviews:

    5 out of 5 stars Passionate, Delightful Recordings of Baroque Recorder Standards.......2006-10-15

    In her second solo album, Pamela Thorby of the Palladian Ensemble provides a delightful, spirited performance of what have become classics of the baroque recorder canon (three concertos by Vivaldi, one suite of Telemann, and one by Giuseppe Sammartini), with accompaniment and continuo by the popular early music group Sonnerie.

    Three of the five pieces on this recording are by Antonio Vivaldi. Based on recent scholarly interpretations of cryptic notations by the composer on one of the manuscripts, two of Vivaldi's three "flautino" concerti have been interpreted as transposed down a fourth for soprano recorder, with the third (RV 444)still played on the sopranino recorder. Here, Thorby follows this latest musicological scholarship by playing one "flautino" concerto (RV 443) on the soprano recorder and RV 444 on the sopranino. Vivaldi's C minor concerto (RV 441) is a brilliant reworking of his own violin concerto.

    The recorder has a reputation as a simple instrument, but the music is as technically difficult as anything in the baroque. Thorby is a true virtuoso, and this recording is a must-have for baroque and early music enthusiasts.

    Music Review:

    1. Beethoven: Symphony No. 9; Claudio Abbado, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
    2. Beethoven-Two Quartets - String Quartet, Op. 95, & Op. 59, #3
    3. Bolcom: Briefly it Enters; Let Evening Come
    4. Boulez: Notations; Structures; ...explosante-fixe...
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    6. Brian Ferneyhough: Fourth String Quartet; Kurze Schatten II; Trittico per g.s.; Terrain
    7. Britten: Les Illuminations; Our Hunting Fathers; Quatre Chansons Françaises
    8. Busoni: Piano Concerto, Op. 39
    9. Carolus Maximus: Music in the Life of Charles V
    10. Charles Gounod: "Faust"

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