3 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
well done and enjoyable in more than one sitting, October 18, 2005
This review is from: Telemann: Recorder Sonatas and Fantasias (Audio CD)
This is well played and recorded but I agree with the reviewer that described the programming as dull. It can really wear you out if you try to listen to it in one sitting. These works while good are far from essential as well. Recommended to those with a special interest.
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1 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Recorder lover, December 5, 2003
This review is from: Telemann: Recorder Sonatas and Fantasias (Audio CD)
I am a recorder lover and i apreciated this album is nice and relaxing and bruggen is same professional has we expect.
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4 of 16 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
CD Shuffle Feature a Must with this one, April 8, 2002
By A Customer
This review is from: Telemann: Recorder Sonatas and Fantasias (Audio CD)
You ever wonder where classical music station program directors get music to fill up those last 2 minutes before the news? Well this is one such recording - and 2 minute doses are its optimum listening time.
Brueggen plays wonderfully. He has total command of his instrument: vibrato, dynamics, flying through the vivace passages with nary a misplaced note. The accompaniment is also excellent.
But the programming is just too much. This recording is DULL. After 20 minutes you'll be ready to move on (and I'm a recorder player). The (trio) sonatas definitely hold one's interest longer than the (solo) fantasias, with the continuo to break up the monotony of the recorder passages. My favorite is the Sonata in F Minor. But on the whole, Telemann can't maintain the listener's interest for long.
Hence the title of this review. The recording is fairly cheap and on a multi-CD player it would fit in well with other Baroque works in a shuffle sequence.
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