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JPN-SICC-20089
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... Nine movements from Bach sensitively arranged for cello and chamber orchestra, plus an attractive pair of Boccherini cello concertos. Ma’s Stradivarius was altered for the occasion by luthier Charles Beare (using a baroque bridge, a tail-piece in place of an end-pin and gut strings), and Ma himself uses a baroque bow. As superior ‘light’ listening goes, I cannot conceive of a happier 70 minutes’ worth. It also provides an ideal ‘soft-option’ introduction to the sound of period instruments.
The St Matthew Passion’s ‘Erbarme dich’ might seem like a bizarre place to start, and yet Bach’s heart-rending aria becomes a cleverly worked duet for violin and cello, always flowing and discreet, aided by responsive strings and a tactile lute continuo. Koopman’s harpsichord brushes Jesu Joy of Man’s Desiring into action with a flourish, answered by a mellifluous mix of solo cello, strings and winds. The sequence had opened in high spirits with ‘Sei Lob und Preis mit Ehren’, and the brief but equally invigorating ‘Ertot’ uns durch dein’ Gute’ is placed fourth. Ma weaves a warming tenor line through ‘Ich ruf’ zu dir’, with lute and organ for company, then lightens the mood with a dancing ‘Kommst du nun, Jesu, von Himmel herunter’ (note Charles Toet’s beautifully played solo trombone). Bassoon and cello join forces for a swaggering ‘Lass mein Herz die Munze sein’, before the brief chorale ‘Dein Blut, der edle Saft’ (decorously embellished by a recorder). Last comes the inevitable ‘Air’ from the Third Orchestral Suite, as ‘simply baroque’ as you are likely to get, but tellingly arranged (as a duet for cellos) and superbly played. In fact, Koopman’s ‘second’ cello – his lead cellist Jaap ter Linden – is every bit as eloquent as the star act.
- Gramophone [5/1999]
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Also includes Rachmaninov's Piano Concerto No. 3.
Performed by the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra.
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JPN-SICC-20094
8/26/2009
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JPN-SICC-20101
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JPN-SICC-20102
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JPN-SICC-20103
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JPN-SICC-20104
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JPN-SICC-20106
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Also includes Grieg's "Peer Gynt Suite," etc.
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