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Tempesta di Mare Philadelphia Baroque Orchestra
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Comédie et Tragédie, Vol. 1
Orchestral music for the theatre
Tempesta di Mare & Philadelphia Baroque Orchestra
With a barrage of astringent chord clusters at the beginning of his ballet Les Élémens, Jean-Fery Rebel brings the soundworld of Ligeti kicking and screaming to 18th-century Paris...The Philadelphians... —
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Johann Gottlieb Janitsch: Rediscoveries from the Sara Levy Collection
Tempesta di Mare Philadelphia Baroque Orchestra & Chamber Players
They are tidy performances of what are equally tidy but otherwise fairly unremarkable mid-18th century pieces, though the sonatas da chiesa and sonatas di camera indicate Janitsch was writing... —
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I particularly liked Tempesta di Mare's vigorous, spiky strings in [Leclair's] 'Air des silvains' and the 'Premier air de demons'…delightful music, delightfully played —
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Though horns are rather distant, CD sound is clean and bright in this live performance of a most welcome addition to the repertoire. —
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It’s all top-drawer stuff. Not least thanks to the beautifully blended sound of the whole: crisp strings, mellow woodwind, subtle-but-there harpsichord and theorbo and a gorgeous soft-focus... —
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the playing, though stylish, has a slightly impersonal quality, resulting in the music sounding under-characterised. Nevertheless, there are some notable highlights: the G major Concerto's delightfully... —
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A splendid collection of overtures and concertos by this unjustly neglected composer. Sparkling strings, punchy horns. With four premiere recordings, this is essential listening. —
