Royal Recorder Concertos, Review
WDR3 TonArt, Jan Ritterstaedt, DE
Elegant melody lines combined with virtuosic figurations … this is how Johann Gottlieb Graun begins his double concerto for recorder and violin. Light and springy Arte dei Suonatori prepares the rhythmic and harmonic foundation for both soloists. The recorder soloist, Bolette Roed, can in particular exploit her full virtuosic potential. In andante from a Graupner concerto, she consciously produces a cantabile sound clearly inspired by the human voice. Not only technically does Bolette Roed stand the distance: she stretches the melodic lines to a great extent, and convincingly she increases the sound of her instrument, thus increasing the intensity of the movement.
Here is a marvelous and delightful CD, that especially thanks to the excellent soloist, is very rewarding to listen to.”The project is the brainchild of recorder soloist Bolette, whose playing is cleanly articulated and stylish (…) and the well-judged primus inter pares balance with the ever-excellent Polish strings players eloquently reflects the fact.”
