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Corelli's Legacy - European Union Baroque Orchestra
K&K Music & Art Castle Concerts

Pietro Castrucci (1679-1752): Concerto grosso in d major, Op.3 No.12 · Giuseppe Valentini (1681-1753): Concerto for four violins, viola and cello concertanti in a minor, Op.7 No.11 · Giovanni Mossi (c.1680-1742): Concerto grosso in e minor, Op.4 No.11 · Antonio Maria Montanari (1676-1737): Concerto grosso in a Major · Acangelo Corelli (1653-1713): Concerto grosso in B flat major, Op.6 No.11 · Gasparo Visconti (1683-1713): Concerto for two violins in B flat Major · Francesco Geminiani (1687-1762): Concerto Grosso Op.3 No.12 "La Follia" (after Corelli Op.5 No.12)

European Union Baroque Orchestra/Riccardo Minasi

KuK 110 c. 80 Mins, Bad Homburg Castle, October 2012

A disc of enormous, palpable vitality from a live concert. We have enjoyed the EUBO's visits to UK in 2006 & 2011.

The acoustic at Bad Homburg is resonant and the music balances rarities with familiar masaterworks.

The feeling of the disc is conveyed by the Telegraph:

Rarely have I seen so much smiling communication and listening between musicians on a concert stage

If that makes you think that K&K should extend their activities to DVDs, so say I !

Peter Grahame Woolf