Handel: Trio Sonatas, Op. 2
The Brook Street Band
The Brook Street Band play with plenty of charismatic brio but there is also affective compassion in reflective music...There are a few mild slips in the documentation but this is a fine addition...
Handel: Trio Sonatas, Op. 2
The Brook Street Band
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The Brook Street Band play with plenty of charismatic brio but there is also affective compassion in reflective music...There are a few mild slips in the documentation but this is a fine addition...
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Handel specialists The Brook Street Band offer sparkling renditions of the composer’s utterly memorable set of Trio Sonatas, Op. 2. The Brook Street Band has easily earned its reputation as “the smartest new baroque band around” (The Times). Among today’s most notable Handel specialists, the all-girl group follow their ear-opening recording debut, the world-premiere chamber version of Handel’s ‘Oxford’ Water Music (AV0028) which earned the ensemble an Editor’s Choice from Gramophone, and a sparkling rendition of the Op. 5 Trio Sonatas (AV2068), with the composer’s other great set of Trio Sonatas, Op. 2. An utterly memorable collection of works that features Handel’s imaginative “re-heating” of his own popular tunes, the recording once again brings forth the Band’s sheer pleasure in sharing the composer’s wonderful music.
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January 2014
The Brook Street Band play with plenty of charismatic brio but there is also affective compassion in reflective music...There are a few mild slips in the documentation but this is a fine addition to a strong discography.
Early Music Today
Notable among virtues are a lively feeling for ensemble and a playful, vivacious response to the Brook Street composer.