Bolivian Baroque vol. 1

Florilegium & Bolivian Soloists | Format: MP3 Download

Product Details

• Performers: Alejandra Wayar, Gian-Carla Tisera, Henry Villca, Katia Escalera
• Original Release Date: November 30, 2004
• Label: Channel Classics Records
• Copyright: 2007 Channel Classics Records
• Genres: Classical/Chamber Music, Classical/Historical Periods/Baroque (c.1600-1750), Classical/Historical Periods/Classical (c.1770-1830)
• ASIN: B000QZY3KW
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #121,028 Paid in MP3 Albums (See Top 100 Paid in MP3 Albums)

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11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Bolivian Baroque CD, February 15, 2007

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Mr. Andrew Manasse (UK) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Bolivian Baroque [includes DVD] [Hybrid SACD] (Audio CD)

If you like baroque music, it's a delight to hear this unexpected music from South America.
Good quality sound
The DVD is interesting in filling in details of the history, the area and how the CD was produced.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Terrific, March 17, 2011

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Sid Nuncius (London England) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Bolivian Baroque [includes DVD] [Hybrid SACD] (Audio CD)

I think this is an absolutely terrific disc. It's not the most obvious thing to buy but I gave it a try because I love Florilegium's other recordings and I'm delighted that I did. I had a slight worry that it was a bit of a sort of politically correct recording of not very good music, but I was completely wrong. The music presented here is full of melody and harmonic richness and has a real depth to it. The vocal works are particularly good, and if I had been told that some of them were by Vivaldi or even Handel I would have believed it.

The performances are uniformly excellent. Florilegium and the Bolivian singers treat this music seriously but don't overburden it with solemnity and they give it their all, playing and singing with terrific verve, lovely delicacy and genuine tenderness as appropriate. One would expect real excellence from virtuosi like Ashley Solomon and Kati Debretzeni, but all the musicians are excellent and the four Bolivian singers are fantastic. The disc is a joy from start to finish and with excellent notes, attractive presentation and a fascinating DVD it's a really good package all round. Very warmly recommended.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars a fresh and sparkling performance, January 6, 2009

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Frans A. Van Liere - See all my reviews

This review is from: Bolivian Baroque [includes DVD] [Hybrid SACD] (Audio CD)

Florilegium offers a stunningly fresh and sparkling performance of this unique and hitherto unknown music. I was blown away. The DVD is somewhat slow in pace, but offers interesting background to the performances.