BaL 16.03.13 - Corelli's Concerti grossi Op.6

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

9.30 a.m.
David Vickers with a personal recommendation from recordings of Corelli's Concerti grossi Op.6

Available versions:-

Southwest German Chamber Orchestra, Paul Angerer
Ensemble 415, Chiara Banchini
Musica Amphion, Pieter-Jan Belder
The Avison Ensemble, Pavlo Beznosiuk
Moscow State Conservatory Chamber Orchestra, Gennadi Cherkasow
The Brandenburg Consort, Roy Goodman
Capella Istropolitana, Jaroslav Krecek
La Petite Band, Sigiswald Kuijken
Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Marriner
The Chamber Orchestra of The New Dutch Academy, Somin Murphy (4, 8, 11, 12)
The English Consort, Trevor Pinnock
I Solisti Veneti, Claudio Scimone (DVD)
Cantilena, Adrian Shepherd
Musica Vitae Chamber Orchestra, Ulf Soderberg
American Bach Soloists, Jeffrey Thomas (1, 3, 4, 7, 8 & 12)

[Gordon]

Great!! I have few versions of this excellent stuff!! It will be good to see if there are other versions worth having. This is a MUST listen. Learned these pieces from a set of Supraphons from the Slovak Chamber Orchestra. Op 6 may be among the few baroque pieces that do stand up to heavier treatment - but I don't mean Karajan!!

BTW is't 15th a Friday?

[Sir Velo]

Pinnock and the English Concert (sic) for me. Just more elan and joie de vivre than the rest. Great tempos.

[aeolium]

This is glorious music. I have an old set of I Musici which is probably not available now and might well be dismissed as old-fashioned. I also like Scimone and I Solisti Veneti but look forward to hearing a range of styles and interpretations (especially La Petite Band under Kuijken).

[Barbirollians]

Pinnock and the EC - one horse race !

[Madame Suggia]

Capella Istropolitana, Jaroslav Krecek on Naxos

it Fizzes with freshness

Must dig it out and give it another spin!

[BBMmk2]

Sounds like a good BaL tomorrow!!!

[Nick Armstrong]

Sounds like a good BaL tomorrow!!!

Wrong thread, old bean!



I'll be very interested in this Corelli BAL a week tomorrow I plumped for Sigiswald Kuijken/La Petite Bande on DHM when buying these on download a couple of years ago, I think it was the best value and I have enjoyed it. It seems to be a bit of an outsider and I'll be fascinated to hear how it fares against the favourite with Pinnock in the saddle in his familiar EC silks

[MickyD]

I have always had a soft spot for the luxuriant big-band HIP sound of Ensemble 415. It should indeed be a fascinating programme, but I too would bet that Pinnock will win first place.

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

Sounds like a good BaL tomorrow!!!

But do you mean tomorrow (Mozart's 19th piano concerto), or a week tomorrow (Corelli).

[doversoul1]

This is glorious music. I have an old set of I Musici which is probably not available now and might well be dismissed as old-fashioned. I also like Scimone and I Solisti Veneti but look forward to hearing a range of styles and interpretations (especially La Petite Band under Kuijken).

I Musici was the first choice on 18 November 2000. The reviewer was Lucie Skeaping.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006tmtz

Related Link: Download BaL Recommendations as a Word doc
(This way, you can do a search by the composer’s name.)

[aeolium]

Thanks, ds. I always thought it was pretty good. They had some fine players in that ensemble, including Salvatore Accardo and Bruno Giuranna. I'm sure their recording of the Corelli concerti grossi was rereleased under the Eloquence label.

[amateur51]

This is completely unknown territory for me so I'll be listening with ears wide open - could be expensive

[Padraig]

This is completely unknown territory for me so I'll be listening with ears wide open - could be expensive

Bet you know this one, amateur.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFQ2oTYp5Z8

And the one the bookies fancy:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Corelli-12-Concerti-Grossi-Pinnock/dp/B0001CKR1E/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1362833727&sr=8-1

[BBMmk2]

But do you mean tomorrow (Mozart's 19th piano concerto), or a week tomorrow (Corelli).

Next weeks. EA!! :)