{"id":71,"date":"2017-03-30T11:52:29","date_gmt":"2017-03-30T00:52:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ozartsreviewonline.com\/oz\/?p=71"},"modified":"2018-06-06T11:56:28","modified_gmt":"2018-06-06T01:56:28","slug":"heard-this-and-thought-of-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ozartsreviewonline.com\/oz\/heard-this-and-thought-of-you\/","title":{"rendered":"“heard this and thought of you”"},"content":{"rendered":"
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James Crabb (classical accordion) \/Genevieve Lacey (recorders)<\/h2>\n

ABC Classics 481 1874<\/h2>\n

\u00a0TPT: \u00a071\u201943\u201d<\/h3>\n

\u00a0reviewed by Neville Cohn<\/h3>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"Read<\/a>Notions of a wheezing classical accordion in combination with the tweeting tones of a soprano recorder might seem to some a less-than-delightful sonic mixture. But I\u2019d say it would need only a few moments to persuade even the grumpiest listeners that with these two top performers on the job, musical magic is on offer.<\/p>\n

Indeed, the artistry brought to bear on these instruments is such that these odd musical bedfellows work wonders. The result of their endeavours is frankly a delight in a compilation brimming with charm and gentle sonic ideas, some of the offerings reaching back as far as the 16th<\/sup>\u00a0century \u2013 and a few items which might be thought of as having been composed as recently as yesterday afternoon.<\/p>\n

Recercada segunda by Diego Ortiz (he died around 1570) is jovial and charm-laden, a delightfully busy item. Recercada primea is its melancholy partner. Where is everybody? \u2013 \u00a0composed two years ago by Andrea Keller \u2013 is very much of the here and now, a sombre and rather depressing utterance.<\/p>\n

Listen to Damian Barbeler\u2019s Shadow Box (2013-2014). It\u2019s beautifully written, utterly engrossing as if emanating from a piper in some remote, faraway place.<\/p>\n

Lacey and Crabb are in fine fettle in an arrangement on J.S.Bach\u2019s Organ Sonata No 3 in D minor proving yet again the extraordinary universality of so much of Bach\u2019s music; it sounds just as effective and meaningful in this arrangement for recorder and accordion. Reflective in the slow movement and nimble and accurate in the finale, Lacey and Crabb do Bach proud.<\/p>\n

Crabb\u2019s arrangement of Sally Beamish\u2019s Lament comes across as an essay in visceral melancholy, music infused with sadness. \u00a0A little of Palestrina\u2019s Vestiva i colli goes a long way; it is overlong for its material and outstays its welcome.<\/p>\n

Two traditional Scottish pieces are a toe-tapping finale. Momentum is most effectively maintained; it\u2018s an engaging, quirky offering.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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