Concerto Choice
Performance ***** Recording ****
“… The menu is attractive. Brandenburg Concerto No. 6 in B flat, with its scoring for violas, viola da gamba, cello, violone and harpsichord, sets a suitably dark-coloured palette for this context. What a sublime work it is… This performance is intimately voiced, texturally clear and eloquently and lovingly articulated. Telemann’s Ouverture-Suite in D major calls for a viola da gamba as solo instrument throughout. The intimacy if the Sixth Brandenburg is preserved by the softly spoken voice of the gamba and Rainer Zipperling’s solo playing is expressive… The disc concludes with Bach’s Suite in B minor for flute and strings. Michael Schmidt-Casdorff unhurriedly reaches the heart of the piece …”