Holland Baroque Archive

Eric VLOEIMANS & Holland Baroque: Carrousel – Channel

by Audiophile Audition | Jun 18, 2017 | Classical CD Reviews

Eric VLOEIMANS & Holland Baroque: Carrousel – Channel Classics 39817, 60:18 (6/16/17) *****: An astonishing collaboration that mines the many layers of the Baroque with thrilling sense of discovery. The Holland Baroque Orchestra has an original take on what the Baroque offers in terms of musical possibilities. While other groups diligently research new repertoire in libraries and museums, this ensemble seeks to connect with modern perspectives and practices. The result is a profusion of surprises. In Sounds and Clouds, Vivaldi shares the stage with an homage by avant-garde composer Hosokawa in what sounds like a Japanese dream of the the Italian Baroque. Another risky pairing has contemporary composer Reinbert de Leeuw adjacent to and thinking his way through the implications of Bach. On a third recording, numerous percussionists do battle with a baroque concerto in theatrical display of the era’s rhythmic vitality, All of these productions are first rate in concept and execution, but they are surpassed by a crossover (for lack of a better word) concept that involves improvising trumpeter Eric Vloeimans. We met this artist on these pages not long ago. Old, New and Blue finds him offering fresh treatments of Bach, Josquin, Gombert and Tallis as well […]