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Handel Trio Sonatas Opus 5
Release date July 2005
Tracks:
| 1 – 5 | Sonata No.1 in A Major |
| 6 – 9 | Sonata No.2 in D Major |
| 10 – 15 | Sonata No.3 in E minor |
| 16 – 18 | Sonata No.4 in G Major |
| 19 – 24 | Sonata No.5 in G minor |
| 25 – 29 | Sonata No.6 in F Major |
| 30 – 32 | Sonata No.7 in B flat Major |
Reviews
‘…the Brook Street Band. The smartest new baroque band around, they deliver these seven sonatas with consistent panache and musicality… if you need instant sunshine, play this disc.’
Geoff Brown, The Times, July 2005 4-star Rating
‘so infectious is the enthusiasm of these gifted players for their Baroque master that you will find it hard to suppress a smile at the sheer energy and effervescence that bounce out of this disc’
Anthony Holden, The Observer, July 2005
‘The Brook Street Band are a lively ensemble of period instrumentalists, always stylish, occasionally daring in their expressive response to this glorious music…’
Hugh Canning, The Sunday Times, July 2005
‘The four members of the Band play with flawless ensemble and beautifully controlled intonation, their unruffled and confident approach underlined by their generally comfortable pacing…’
International Record Review, Christopher Price, November 2005
‘The Band is highly polished… and infectiously enthusiastic’
BBC Music Magazine, 4-star Review
‘They play Handel with sprightliness and a joie de vivre that lets you know this composer will never go out of style… the performances on this CD have such spontaneity…’
Atlanta Audio Society Classik Reviews, December 2005
‘[Handel Trio Sonatas Op.5 No.4] was the highlight of the afternoon and no member of the audience managed to keep their feet still. Everything about this seemed perfectly judged: the precipitous glissandi from Rachel Harris on first violin, echoed by Farran Scott on second, with spot-on tuning and improvisatory feel throughout’
Planet Hugill, March, 2016 – review of concert, St. John’s Smith Square, London, 28-Feb-2016