The Baroque Album [Import]

Luigi Boccherini (Composer), Francois Couperin (Composer), Girolamo Frescobaldi (Composer), Georg Matthias Monn (Composer), Salzburg Camerata (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: Salzburg Camerata
• Composer: Luigi Boccherini, Francois Couperin, Girolamo Frescobaldi, Georg Matthias Monn
• Audio CD (July 1, 2003)
• SPARS Code: DDD
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Dg Imports
• ASIN: B0000A5BWV
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #107,063 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful Baroque Cello Offering, September 11, 2003

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rodboomboom (Dearborn, Michigan United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Baroque Album (Audio CD)

First seeing Wang with the Detroit Symphony, I was captivated with his passion for the music and his cello. Learning of his discovery by Stern in China and the subsequent viewing of the video, I wanted more of this young virtuoso.

This work combines two musical areas I particularly love: baroque cello.

What fine compositions by composers introduced to me here: Boccherini, Couperin, Frescobadi and Monn. Much is transposed from works for other instruments, but here ring true and delightful by excellent playing of Wang, admirably backed by the Camerata Salzburg.

Especially stimulating is the Rondo by the Boccherini Concerto in B Flat.

Cello and baroque fans will rave over this sensitive and passionate work.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars What an Experience of Baroque Music, February 11, 2005

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F. Wang (Staten Island, NY) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Baroque Album (Audio CD)

A couple of years ago I first saw Wang playing cello in Isaac Stern's 1979 award winning documentary "From Mao to Mozart". He was 9 years old then and he had already impressed my by his passion to music. Ever since then, I have been looking for his CD and hoping to hear his new performances as a young musician. Now, this Baroque album has really demonstrated Wang's maturity. He still plays with passion, but more in a sense of caring as soloist.

The combination of Boccherini and Couperin make this CD a real Baroque experience. I also like Monn's Concerto for cello, strings and harpsichord. Wang plays especially well in the second movement.

5.0 out of 5 stars My favorite recording of this year..., December 7, 2011

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Yinyue (California) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Baroque Album (Audio CD)

I purchased this recording four months ago after hearing the Frescobaldi track played on Radio Swiss Classic. And I've been playing it over and over ever since. It's such a treasure. I am a big Yo-Yo Ma fan, but I have say that when it comes to Baroque music, I think I like Jian Wang's playing even more -- just the right restraint that is missing in the contemporary interpretations of so much Baroque music. It's all great, but the Frescobaldi piece is noteworthy.