Garry Clarke, Baroque Band - Maurice Greene: Overtures (2015)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 349 Mb | Total time: 63:05 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Cedille | # CDR 90000 152 | Recorded: 2010, 2014
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 349 Mb | Total time: 63:05 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Cedille | # CDR 90000 152 | Recorded: 2010, 2014
British-born Baroque violinist and conductor Garry Clarke and his Baroque Band, Chicago’s period-instrument orchestra, highlight unfamiliar and thoroughly enjoyable orchestral overtures by 18th-century English composer Maurice Greene, who is otherwise best-remembered for his choral music.
For its second Cedille recording, the “stylish and exciting” (Chicago Tribune) ensemble has selected a program of delightful works with what Clarke calls “whistle-able melodies, easy harmony, and inventive counterpoint” that evoke “the charm of the English countryside and the frivolity of the English 18th century. “Selections from Greene’s “Lessons for the Harpsichord, “performed by ensemble member (and longtime Cedille solo keyboard artist) David Schrader, offer similar pleasures.