Hamburg 1734

George Frederick Handel (Composer), Georg Philipp Telemann (Composer), Dietrich Buxtehude (Composer), Johann Mattheson (Composer), Georg Bohm (Composer), Matthias Weckmann (Composer), Heinrich Scheidemann (Composer), Brice Pauset (Composer), Andreas Staier (Performer), Christine Schornsheim (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: Andreas Staier, Christine Schornsheim
• Composer: George Frederick Handel, Georg Philipp Telemann, Dietrich Buxtehude, Johann Mattheson, Georg Bohm, et al.
• Audio CD (January 10, 2006)
• SPARS Code: DDD
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Harmonia Mundi Fr.
• ASIN: B000BM3MI4
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #573,919 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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6 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Extremely varied selection of hardcore harpsichord !!, June 12, 2006

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John J. Willoughby "Fishblog" (Amherst, MA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Hamburg 1734 (Audio CD)

I purchased this disc after reading a classics today review that gave it 10/10 (for performance/recording). I had purchased a couple of solo Harpsichord discs and was hungry for more. I would have to say that the performance throughout is stunning, and the range of pieces in the program is quite remarkable - on that basis objectively it would get a 5-star review.

However subjectively (hey, this is my review) I find the disc quite unlistenable because of the sheer variety of music - especially the more modern pieces towards the end of the program (I actually don't like one of them...).

I seem to get fidgety when the disc is on, and I keep wanting to skip tracks. I think that my criticism here is not the playing or the recording but the disc contents - what I really want to do is take the pieces that I like best and put them together with some similar pieces and burn some discs that I can listen to all the way through without having to make a 'mental shift' in listening.