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18th Century Classics
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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C P E Bach - Complete Flute Concertos
RecommendedPatrick Gallois (flute)
Toronto Chamber Orchestra, Kevin Mallon
There is much sparkling vivacity in the Allegros, and the expressive range of the solo instruments, sometimes quite dark in feeling, is fully captured by both Gallois and the Toronto Camerata... —
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Conducted with great warmth and affection by a descendent of the composer. —
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The exhilarating CPE Bach symphonies presented here aren't the more frequently recorded, surprise-filled string symphonies of 1773 (H657-62), but the set of four for strings, flutes, oboes,... —
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The Vanhal symphonies are technically exceptional and capable of going toe-to-toe with the middle-period symphonies of Haydn and even several of Mozart's. Vanhal's thematic material is often... —
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The classical symphony is so dominated by the twin figures of Haydn & Mozart that it is all too easy to overlook the considerable contributions which were made by many lesser figures. The Naxos... —
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I have had a favorable opinion of Ignace Pleyel's gifts as a composer since making the acquaintance of his flute quartets Ben 387 389 (originally published 1798), and find it surprising that... —