COMPOSERS: Cannabich
LABELS: CPO
WORKS: Flute Quintets, Op. 7/3, 4, 5, 6
PERFORMER: Camerata Köln
CATALOGUE NO: 999 544-2
Although these mid-18th-century quintets might not be packed with as much inventiveness as an equivalent by Mozart or Haydn, there is enough inspirational instrumental interplay, including delicious suspensions, flirtatious melodic flurries and courtly dance rhythms, for a refined Camerata Köln to convince us of JC Cannabich’s thorough skill at entertaining. Kate Sherriff
Cannabich
Although these mid-18th-century quintets might not be packed with as much inventiveness as an equivalent by Mozart or Haydn, there is enough inspirational instrumental interplay, including delicious suspensions, flirtatious melodic flurries and courtly dance rhythms, for a refined Camerata Köln to convince us of JC Cannabich’s thorough skill at entertaining. Kate Sherriff
Our rating
4
Published: January 20, 2012 at 3:10 pm