Gods, Emperors and Angels - Concertos for Recorder, Violin, Bassoon and Strings

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Gods, Emperors and Angels - Concertos for Recorder, Violin, Bassoon and Strings
Pamela Thorby (recorder) / Peter Whelan (bassoon) / Sara Deborah Struntz (violin) / La Serenissima / Adrian Chandler (violin)

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Release Date: Sunday 1 August 2010

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"Whelan with Pamela Thorby provide an evenly balanced partnership with plenty of tasteful ornaments." BBC Music Magazine, September 2010 ****

"The most notable pieces are those featuring woodwind as lead instrument...it's Pamela Thorby's lead role in the Concerto for Sopranino Recorder, Strings & Continuo that dazzles, a virtuoso performance." The Independent, 4th June 2010 ***

"This is a Vivaldi recital of wonderful contrasts, played with fizzing energy, crisply articulated, vividly coloured and passionate." Sunday Times, 6th June 2010

"Chandler yields nothing to his Italian rivals in terms of technique and flair...In matters of performance practice, [he] is willing to go back to the sources and try out seemingly strange things...these are must-have performances for all of Red Priests's musical parishioners." International Record Review, July/August 2010

"Thorby shows off her supreme nimbleness and elfin charm; this is music that has sounded coldly mechanical in other hands, yet Thorby's personality and piper's box of subtle ornamental tricks give it a vocal vitality...With La Serenissima offering their usual bright but lightly cushioned sound, this is another disc of no-nonsense joy in the Vivaldian world." Gramophone Magazine, September 2010

"Whelan with Pamela Thorby provide an evenly balanced partnership with plenty of tasteful ornaments." BBC Music Magazine, September 2010 ****

Tracks:

Concerto for strings "Conca" RV 163
Concerto No. 9 in B flat major RV 530
Bassoon Concerto, RV 500 in A minor
Piccolo Concerto in A minor, RV 445
Concerto VI from La Cetra (MS) for 2 violins, strings & continuo in B flat, RV 526
Trio Sonata in A minor RV86
Concerto fragment for bassoon, strings & continuo in d minor, RV 482
Flautino Concerto in G major RV312R
Violin Concerto in E major, RV271 'L'Amoroso'