Handel - 20 Sonatas, Op.1 - Wallfisch,Goodwin,Beznosiuk, et al

 

Release Date: 11/21/1995 Label: 11/21/1995 Number of discs: 3 Composer: George Frideric Handel Performer: Tunnicliffe, Wallfisch,   Nicholson, Beznosiuk, Beckett, Goodwin cd info/ buy

Review:

This set gives authoritative readings, impeccable in style, dependable in text, and ornamented with enterprise but also with taste and sensible judgment. There are five violin sonatas, seven for flute and six for recorder. Lisa Beznosiuk has a soft and limpid tone, often almost sensuously full in the bottom register, and brings nicely crisp rhythms to the quick movements. Richard Tunnicliffe is a clear and alert cello continuo player throughout and Paul Nicholson's contributions at the harpsichord could hardly be bettered. Elizabeth Wallfisch, who has the violin sonatas, is another admirable stylist, and brings an unusual subtlety to music that is generally played more energetically. Above all, I relished the oboe sonatas here, played by Paul Goodwin.

 

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