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Tafelmusik
The Helicon Ensemble
RR’s all-time bestseller from Canada’s Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra (including the Pachelbel Canon); also Bach and Vivaldi from Albert Fuller’s Helicon Ensemble, featuring violinists Jaap Schroeder and Stanley Ritchie.
Extra notes
Originally RR-13 and RR-23, re-released 2001
On This Recording
Disk One
TAFELMUSIK Baroque Orchestra Jean Lamon, Music Director
- HANDEL: Entrance of the Queen of Sheba from Solomon
- PACHELBEL: Canon and Gigue
- I. Overture
- II. Adagio e staccato
- VI. Air
- VIII. Bourree
- IX. Hornpipe
- BACH: Air from Suite No. 3 in D
- Rondeau
- Air
- Air
- Jig
- Hornpipe
- Air
- VIVALDI: Concerto op. 10 #2, La Notte
- II. Bergerie
- IV. Postillons
- VI. Badinage
HANDEL: Selections from Water Music, Suite No. 1, HWV 348
PURCELL: Incidental music to Ablelazar, or The Moor’s Revenge
TELEMANN: Suite from Tafelmusik, Book III
Disc Two
THE HELICON ENSEMBLE Albert Fuller, Music Director
- VIVALDI: Sinfonia in C, RV 116
- I. Allegro molto
- II. Larghetto
- III. Allegro
- I. Preludio
- II. Allemanda
- III. Adagio
- IV. Capriccio
- V. Gavotta
- I. Allegro
- II. Largo
- III. Allegro
- BACH: Prelude in C, WTC Book 1
- I. Adagio
- II. Alla breve
- III. Largo
- IV. Gigue
- I. Vivace
- II. Largo ma non tanto
- III. Allegro
Trio Sonata in G minor
Concerto in E-flat, RV 515 for two violins
Trio Sonata in C, BWV 1037
Concerto in D minor, BWV 1043 for two violins
Reviews:
“There are many Baroque samplers out there, but none so beautifully recorded as this. Originally released in the 1980s to the great delight of American audiophiles, these two discs have now been remastered using HDCD technology. The interpretations are stylish and the recording is simply glorious: detailed, airy and warm.” —Andrew Farach-Colton, BARNES & NOBLE
“The ten players of Tafelmusik produce a beautiful sonority, somewhat lush-sounding to ears attuned to current period performance. At the very least, this CD delivers a classy easy-listening experience. The Helicon Ensemble’s playing is both impeccable and exciting, and Fuller’s imaginative continuo is a plus. Here, too, the recording is gorgeous, illuminating to great effect the left-right lead violins featured throughout.” —Wayne Donnelly, LISTENER
“A Mercedes-limo bargain given the musical contents, impeccable presentaion, and sheer luxury of Ref/Rec’s HDCD sound. Go buy, if you haven’t the originals –or even if you have.“ –Roger Dettmer, Classical CD Review
