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Händel goes wild : improvisations on G.F. Händel


Reviews (5)


The guardian

d. 21. Sep. 2017

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Erica Jeal

d. 21. Sep. 2017

"I wouldn't say wild exactly, but Handel does go a bit off-road on this polished jam session from L'Arpeggiata ... It's sometimes hard to know who is winning - and, for anyone who doesn't hate this disc immediately, that will be part of the appeal ... Soprano Nuria Rial singing O Sleep, Why Dost Thou Leave Me? over tinkly music-box piano and soft plucked bass works a treat".


Politiken

d. 24. Oct. 2017

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Henrik Friis (f. 1978)

d. 24. Oct. 2017

"L'Arpeggiata har på deres originale instrumenter omskrevet arier af Händel, så de klinger mere af jazz og sydamerikanske rytmer end af engelsk operahus anno 1730' erne. Det fungerer overraskende godt. F. eks. når de får en hurtig sats fra en solokoncert af Vivaldi ... til først at lyde som et sørgmodigt kvad fra Nordafrika for derefter at glide uproblematisk over i regulær bossanova drevet af lut og violin. Man skal ikke være sart på de gamle komponisters vegne ... En forrygende oplevelse med L'Arpeggiatas smittende legesyge".


Fono Forum

2017 November

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Christoph Vratz

2017 November

"Händel goes wild heisst dieses neue Album, das Pluhars vertrauten Improvisations-Pfaden folgt und doch wieder gespickt ist mit Überraschungen, plötzlichen Wendungen, unverhofften Rückungen. Das alles ist ungemein flexibel musiziert ... Die Musik erfindet sich auf dieser CD ständig neu, auch das kennen wir von Pluhar und ihren Musikern".


The gramophone

2017 October

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Lindsay Kemp

2017 October

"Whether or not you like this kind of project, this one is expertly and beautifully done, with Handel's lyrical greatness remaining plain for all to see".


BBC music magazine

2017 December

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Hannah French

2017 December

"Whether or not Handel really goes wild here, he vertainly gets experimental. Who knows if he would have loved it, but if you do that's enough".

Vurdering : 3/5.