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performances are as un-HIP (historically informed performance) as it
gets -- lustily played, and Yehuda Hanani's (right) luscious,
juicy tone often seems out of place in this music, but still it's
all the same lovely to the ear. None of that detache playing or
frenetically-played fast movements - Hanani takes his time with
everything, even with his bow strokes.
It's clear who leads the performances here -- the balance is firmly
in favour of Hanani and his cello and the harpsichord (beautifully
and variedly played by Lionel Party) and the continuo (Miko Zaitsu)
have play second fiddle. The performances themselves are warm and
enjoyable. Slow movements are languidly feline and the fast
movements could do with a little more spring in their step.
Occasionally the ear tires of that continually slow, legato playing
and one wishes Hanani would play that bit faster, but overall this
is a gorgeously played disc that bears replaying. Hanani's playing
is full of musicianship and quite intoxicating.
The works themselves are not much like the Vivaldi of the iconic
Four Seasons, except that they are full of Italian verve and charm
at the same time, easy on the ear and excellent for those evenings
when one tires of the heavier, meatier repertoire.
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