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Johan van Veen
A & B Marcello: Cantatas (Elegia Classics)
I am very impressed by Lucia Cortese’s performances of these cantatas [JV]
van Helmont: Leçons de Ténèbres (Ricercar)
Van Helmont’s Leçons fully deserve to be recorded, and Scherzi Musicali has done a great job of performing them [JV]
Neander: Psalter und Harffe (Cantate)
This disc opens a window to a part of 17th century religious and musical culture that is little-known [JV]
Ténèbres et Abysse (Château de Versailles Spectacles)
Excellent and often exciting performances of partly little-known music [JV]
Brussels Trio Sonatas (Et’cetera)
An interesting production, because of the repertoire and the instruments of the performers [JV]
The Monteverdi Organ (Brilliant Classics)
Groundbreaking from the perspective of performance practice [JV]
Vivaldi: La Senna festeggiante (Château de Versailles Spectacles)
If you have no recording of this work in your collection, this is a good choice [JV]
Vivaldi: Sonatas for 2 Violins (Brilliant Classics)
Vivaldi’s instrumental music is more theatrical than these performances suggest [JV]
Wenn ich nur Dich hab (Carpe Diem Records)
Top-class performances of German sacred music from the baroque period [JV]
Aumann: Chamber Music (Challenge Classics)
Entertaining music by a little-known composer, played with infectious enthusiasm [JV]
Hofer: Psalms (Christophorus)
This disc suggests that the oeuvre of Hofer deserves to be thoroughly explored [JV]
More than a dull ripieno! (Da Vinci Classics)
A most enjoyable disc, to which one may return regularly [JV]
Messes anonymes (Musique en Wallonie)
These two masses are fascinating stuff, but the style of singing may not be everyone’s cup of tea [JV]
Adriatic Voyage (Delphian)
A compelling survey of Croatia’s musical past [JV]
Heinichen: Dresden Vespers (Accent)
Excellent recording of music by a composer who was in no way inferior to the best of his time [JV]
Vivaldi, Leclair, Locatelli: Violin Concertos (Harmonia Mundi)
An excellent demonstration of what was written for the violin in the high baroque era [JV]
Capricornus: Vocal & Instrumental works (Nibiru)
A perfect demonstration of the quality of Capricornus’s oeuvre [JV]
Schütz: David & Salomon (harmonia mundi)
An interesting production that is marred by some serious issues [JV]
Veggio, Ridio, Bertoldo: Complete Organ Music (Brilliant Classics)
Scandali could not have made a better choice than the oldest of the two organs in San Petronio [JV]
Voices – Ephrata Cloister (Bright Shiny Things)
A very interesting production, both historically and musically [JV]
Ariosti: Lessons for viola d’amore (Brilliant Classics)
A perfect disc to become acquainted with the viola d’amore and Ariosti’s sonatas [JV]
de Lalande: Les soupers du roi (Château de Versailles)
Lively and colourful performances of Louis XIV’s favourite music [JV]
Dreyer: Sacred Music (Brilliant)
Dreyer’s works are well worth the efforts to save them from the effects of a flood [JV]
Bach-Abel Society (Mirare)
A very entertaining disc, which gives a good impression of what may have been performed at the Bach-Abel concerts [JV]
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