Review Couperin Concerts

Here a review of our last CD a very smart one !
December 20, 2017 The Art Music Lounge
COUPERIN: Les Concerts Royaux, Nos. 1-4 / I Fiori Musicali: Maria Giovanna Fiorentino, voice fl/sop recorder; Paolo Tognon, bsn; Rosita Ippolito, vla da gamba; Maria Luisa Baldassari, hpd / Urania LDV14031
I so seldom take a chance on early music recordings but t when I first started listening to this recording I was taken aback. This put me in mind of the old, marvelous recording of Couperin’s Le Parnasse ou l’Apotheose de Corelli by flautist Claude Monteux, oboist Harry Schulman, cellist Bernard Greenhouse and harpsichordist Sylvia Marlowe. In short, it’s lively, energetic and interesting!
First, Italian musicians understand the traditions of early music. Italian musicians know that these pieces were based on dances, which they understand. The result is a ornucopia of sounds that bring Couperin to rich, vibrant life. his music was designed to delight audiences, not depress them or make them worry about how much straight tone is being used, and delight it does. Even Paolo Tognon’s bassoon bounces and swirls around the top line of the music, superbly played by Maria Giovanna Fiorentino, like a child so excited by what he hears that he wants to join in the fun. https://artmusiclounge.wordpress.com/2017/12/20/lively-performances-of-couperins-les-concerts-royaux/