Amsterdam Loeki Stardus Quartet – Nocturne (2009/2019) [Official Digital Download 24bit/192kHz]

Amsterdam Loeki Stardus Quartet – Nocturne (2009/2019)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 01:05:03 minutes | 1,97 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Channel Classics Records

With the Amsterdam Loeki Stardust Quartet we can be sure of highly polished, stylish playing and a determination to push the expressive potential of the recorder consort as far as possible. Despite this, and even with the benefit of superior recorded sound, there’s a clear limit to what these instruments, with their characteristic sound and narrow dynamic range, can achieve.

In a romantically inclined work like the Jadin Nocturne the sound begins, after a time, to cloy, and one longs for the extra incisiveness of a bassoon or the expansive warmth of a clarinet (Jadin composed it for flute, clarinet, horn and bassoon). The most successful items are those which offer the possibility of a bright, birdlike sonority (JC Bach, Sammartini) or where the main interest is in the contrapuntal structure, as in the Handel Suite or the Mozart.

The latter is delightful: there may be a few places in the Adagio where it’s proved impossible to achieve a perfect balance but the Fugue shows a wonderful combination of clarity and energy. In the Sammartini, the Quartet produce such a fascinating, brilliant sonority that one is unlikely to miss the original string texture. The opening of the Locatelli is another matter, however; such soulful, sensuous music demands the presence of violins! The Pachelbel Canon is taken surprisingly slowly for a group that’s so stylistically aware, and some of the contrast provided by the changing figuration is lost.

As a whole, the disc can be recommended to recorder enthusiasts; for the rest of us, it may be better to sample rather than listen straight through.

Tracklist:
1-1. Amsterdam Loeki Stardust Quartet – I. Allegro (04:47)
1-2. Amsterdam Loeki Stardust Quartet – II. Adagio Espressivo (02:51)
1-3. Amsterdam Loeki Stardust Quartet – III. Allegretto – Allegro molto (03:43)
1-4. Amsterdam Loeki Stardust Quartet – I. Allegro (05:54)
1-5. Amsterdam Loeki Stardust Quartet – II. Grazioso (04:10)
1-6. Amsterdam Loeki Stardust Quartet – I. Ouverture (01:41)
1-7. Amsterdam Loeki Stardust Quartet – II. Allemande (02:46)
1-8. Amsterdam Loeki Stardust Quartet – III. Courante (01:39)
1-9. Amsterdam Loeki Stardust Quartet – IV. Grave (01:58)
1-10. Amsterdam Loeki Stardust Quartet – V. Menuett (00:47)
1-11. Amsterdam Loeki Stardust Quartet – VI. Gigue (01:01)
1-12. Amsterdam Loeki Stardust Quartet – I. Largo (02:39)
1-13. Amsterdam Loeki Stardust Quartet – II. Allemanda allegro (02:39)
1-14. Amsterdam Loeki Stardust Quartet – III. Sarabande largo (03:19)
1-15. Amsterdam Loeki Stardust Quartet – IV. Giga allegro (02:29)
1-16. Amsterdam Loeki Stardust Quartet – I. Vivace (05:10)
1-17. Amsterdam Loeki Stardust Quartet – II. Andante (03:47)
1-18. Amsterdam Loeki Stardust Quartet – III. Allegro (01:46)
1-19. Amsterdam Loeki Stardust Quartet – Cnanon in C major (05:33)
1-20. Amsterdam Loeki Stardust Quartet – Adagio (02:14)
1-21. Amsterdam Loeki Stardust Quartet – Fugue (04:00)

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