Annonavi Barocco

Saturday, February 13, 2016

The Conservatoire de Paris is incomparable. I presume these are...

The Conservatoire de Paris is incomparable. I presume these are undergraduate students, and yet they perform on a level close to Christie’s group. Baroque music is in no future danger with such talent.

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Monday, December 28, 2015

This a great and hilarious traditional staging of a Scarlatti...

This a great and hilarious traditional staging of a Scarlatti mini-opera (he composed those???) If only other, major early music revival groups took a few notes on the Czech’s success here.

For example, using curtains and tapestries to give the illusion of space worked well for the 18th century - why replace it with regietheater? I think traditional techniques can be used in addition to a modern, or “more relatable” setting, so why not find a balance between both?

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Sunday, December 27, 2015

While there have been many, many interpretations of Lully’s Le...

While there have been many, many interpretations of Lully’s Le bourgeois gentilhomme over the years, and this being only the ballet suite of it, I am nevertheless impressed by the creative ornamentation and experimentation of Roth’s group. The Turkish march is especially surprising and worth a listen.

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