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Johan van Veen
The Palacio Songbook – Music for three voices & lute (Glossa)
Wonderful repertoire, and the performances could not be any better [JV]
From Venice to Berlin: Baroque trio sonatas (Da Vinci Classics)
Each of the sonatas performed here is a treasure; Intarsio Armonico are outstanding players of this repertoire [JV]
16th Century Italian Lute Music (Da Vinci Classics)
A fine survey of Italian Renaissance lute music [JV]
In terra aliena: 15th/16th Century Spanish music (Cobra Records)
Something special: the subject, the music it illustrates, and the performance [JV]
Cazzati: Motets & Sonatas (Pan Classics)
A very good case for a composer who fortunately is on his way to being restored to his rightful place in music history [JV]
Vecchi: Le veglie di Siena (Glossa)
Impressive testimony to Vecchi’s brilliance as a composer of madrigals [JV]
Handel: Total Eclipse (SOMM Recordings)
The best of Handel in instrumental arrangements [JV]
Heinichen & Telemann: Early Cantatas (cpo)
Ideal performances of cantatas from early 18th-century Germany [JV]
Gebel: Johannes Passion (cpo)
(Déjà Review) A totally forgotten Passion from 18th century Germany – a splendid work, moving and enthralling [JV]
CPE Bach: Trio Sonatas (cpo)
Unjustly neglected music in good performances [JV]
Bach: Organ works completed by Lorenzo Ghielmi (Passacaille)
Indispensable for lovers of Bach’s organ music [JV]
Palestrina: Volume 9 (Coro)
Palestrina can sound a bit academic, but not here [JV]
Vivaldi: Double Concertos (Signum Classics)
Impressive and irresistible performances of double concertos by Vivaldi [JV]
Santa Maria: Missa O beata Maria (Pan Classics)
An excellent performance of a mass by an unknown master from Portugal [JV]
Torelli: 12 Concerti da camera (Challenge Classics)
This ensemble could hardly have made a better debut than with this recording of little-known pieces [JV]
Jakub Józef Orliński (alto) – Beyond (Erato)
An ideal combination of mostly unfamiliar repertoire and stylistically convincing performances [JV]
Grancini: Novelli Fiori Ecclesiastici (Da Vinci Classics)
A valuable contribution to our knowledge of Italian music from the early 17th century [JV]
Bach: Orchestral Suites (Avie)
(Déjà Review) ‘Original’ versions of the Overtures – indispensable for Bach aficionados [JV]
Turner: Sacred Choral Music (Delphian)
(Déjà Review) An important addition to the catalogue – the quality of the music justifies the efforts of everyone involved [JV]
Bononcini: How are the mighty fallen – Choral Music (Signum Classics)
This release deserves an unequivocal welcome. The choral singing is outstanding and the Academy of Ancient Music delivers fine performances [JV]
Tartini: Lieto ti prendo e poi (Da Vinci Classics)
These performances bring us very close to the heart of Tartini’s musical thinking and feeling [JV]
Capriciosi affetti – Venetian Sonata of the Sixteen Hundreds (Stradivarius)
The programme is not very adventurous, but the performances are well worth hearing [JV]
Aldrovandini: Trio Sonatas (Da Vinci Classics)
This disc is the perfect way to get to know Aldrovandini [JV]
L’arte del virtuoso (MDG)
An interesting programme of unfamiliar pieces [JV]
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