The symphonies
Carl Nielsen (f. 1865)
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Reviews (5)
DR musik
2012 uge 47
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Jens Cornelius
2012 uge 47
"Vurdering: Ugens cd" - "Zelenka var en tjekkisk barokkomponist, der levede samtidig med Bach ... Hans musik er snurrig og ekstravagant, og selv om han var meget lærd, følger han ikke lærebøgerne. Musikkens stemmer slippes løs i en boblende kontrapunktisk fest ... På den nye cd spiller den skotske barokgruppe Ensemble Marsyas så levende og kreativt, at man virkelig kan høre Zelenkas krøllede idéer og frodige fantasi".
Klassisk
2013, nr. 28
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Per Rask Madsen
2013, nr. 28
"Alene de første 20 minutter gør cd'en værd at investere i. Sjældent hører man en så tændt opførelse og i positiv forstand så mærkværdig barokmusik. Komponisten hedder Jan Dismas Zelenka ... Det skotske Ensemble Marsyas ... er formidable solister og ensemble-spillere ... og leverer en toppræstation ... Fagotten leger, som var den en elefant, der tror, den er en gazelle ... Det er mesterligt gjort, som Whelan bobler og bobber adræt derudaf uden den klodsethed, der tit kan være over hurtige fagotpassager. Ikke at forglemme at resten af holdet er i samme liga".
BBC music magazine
2012 November
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Berta Joncus
2012 November
"Vurdering: BBC music chamber choice" - "It's the group's nuance that's transfixing. When textures become sparse, delivery intensifies; when the line expands, the tempo stretches; when counterpoint thickens, articulation is leavened. The players are audibly intelligent, at once humorous and illuminating. Non-interventionist engineering shows that less can be more when the artists are first-rate".
The gramophone
2012 Awards
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Lindsay Kemp
2012 Awards
"There is highly capable playing, with expert tuning, smooth lines, and techniques apparently taxed only by the quickfire repeated notes in Sonata No. 6. The sound is also wonderfully clear and well balanced ... Monica Huggett arrives to lend richness and warmth of line ... Let's hope it is meant to point the way to a second volume".
International record review
2012 October
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Simon Heighes
2012 October
"At every twist and turn of Zelenka's vivid imagination there's a sense that they know this music intimately and, though complex, the textures remain wonderfully clear, the music governed by a strong sense of direction and structural awareness ... They bring bites and energy ... Her [Monica Huggett] playing is as fluid and agile as one could wish".