Vivaldi/JS Bach/Buxtehude/Albinoni/Lotti/Loeillet: Baroque Chamber Music

The Eroica Trio (Composer, Performer), Antonio Vivaldi (Composer), Johann Sebastian Bach (Composer), Dietrich Buxtehude (Composer), Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni (Composer), Antonio Lotti (Composer), Jean-Baptiste Loeillet (Composer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: The Eroica Trio
• Composer: The Eroica Trio, Antonio Vivaldi, Johann Sebastian Bach, Dietrich Buxtehude, Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni, et al.
• Audio CD (June 23, 2000)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: EMI Classics
• ASIN: B00002SWU0
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #72,577 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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35 of 41 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Bach fans rejoice! A brilliant Chaconne presentation!, November 21, 1999

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MichaelJohn (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Vivaldi/JS Bach/Buxtehude/Albinoni/Lotti/Loeillet: Baroque Chamber Music (Audio CD)

This trio has reached the summit of musical excellence! They play with fire and passion. This is not a stuffy period performance, but a full-blown romantic performance that succeeds in making this Baroque music a joy to listen to.

Each selection they chose is a delightful Baroque work. They play them with conviction as if they've played them all their lifes. I suspect that these ladies must be able to read each others minds- because they seem to know how each other plays instinctively. It all comes together and 'gels' like it should.

As wonderfull as these works are- this album contains a showpiece that only the best virtuoso musicians dare to play. The mind-blowing Bach Chaconne (from BWV 1004)!

Award-winning composer Anne Dudley's has transcribed Bach's masterpiece for piano trio. And, it's fantastic. This work of Bach is probably the greatest single composition of all time. In this one incredible piece of music, just over 14 minutes, Bach takes you on a wounderous spiritual and life enriching journey.

Nothing in Bach's music is lost in this transcription. In fact, harmonies and melodies are superbly worked out by Dudley. It's a mystery why Beethoven or Brahms never transcribed the piece for piano trio. It works. You'll hear how beautifully the cello and violin interact and 'share' the melody in a very beautiful and natural manner. As if Bach had written it this way for trio. It's that natural. With 34 variations in the work, a single, solo instrument (as often recorded) presents a real challange in creating enough tone colors to prevent loss of interest. But, with three instruments as presented here, they provide a wide variety of tone colors that Dudley has taken advantage of masterfully, providing an almost kalidescopic wonder of colors and tones. Every romantic 'trick' seems to be used, but it's never gimmicky.

What is Bach saying to us in the Chaconne? I don't know for sure. But I do know it's something worth trying to discover. Will the wonder of Bach ever cease? This I do know. Never.

Thankyou trio, for choosing to play this work. My vote for classical album of the year.

Mike

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Together, they make music, May 13, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Vivaldi/JS Bach/Buxtehude/Albinoni/Lotti/Loeillet: Baroque Chamber Music (Audio CD)

I'll be honest... I wouldn't ask any of these three musicians to make cd of them playing alone. But together, they are incredible! I heard the Chaconne on the Radio about a year ago, and I have spent the interim looking for this cd. If you like Baroque Chamber music, this is definitely a must have for your collection. And if you haven't heard the Anne Dudley arrangement of the Chaconne, you are missing out on a spectacular version of that piece. It's the best I've heard (of all of the millions of arrangements).

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Defense of their rendition of Bach's Chaconne, July 10, 2000

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Mark K. Reed (San Antonio, TX United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Vivaldi/JS Bach/Buxtehude/Albinoni/Lotti/Loeillet: Baroque Chamber Music (Audio CD)

I'm in concurrence for the most part with the review by Edith Eisler. However, I must take exception to the distain she (and some others) have heaped upon this arrangement of Bach's Chaconne. I just flat-out disaggree. This a sincere, powerful and effective transcription of this work, and does it great justice. It's quite closely related to the piano version of Busoni, and equally gripping. My only perhaps critical comment would pertain to a balance which at times seems weighted too much away from the pianist's contribution.