Accademia Amsterdam collaborated with Italian colleagues
Contents: Music of both side of the Alps, of Italian and Dutch composers
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The idea behind this very eclectic disc is, [...] to explore through chamber music the stereotypes of passionate Italians and staid Dutchmen. This was evidently concocted by oboist Onno Verschoor of the Accademia Amsterdam, and to insure that both sides were represented, cellist Alessandra Montani and keyboardist Fabio Ciofini were imported from Italy.
[...] The performance by the quartet of instrumentalists are always solid and elegant.
Fanfare, January/February 2013
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[...] de faam van het concerterend gezelschap en de uitstekende publiciteit voor dit concert zorgden voor een goed gevulde Dorpskerk en dat is dan meteen al een warme binnenkomer! Het ensemble Accademia had voor dit concert een heel bijzonder programma voorbreid met muziek rond de Kersttijd van G.F. Händel en F.W. Zachow.
It seems as if great composers draw a vacuum around themselves. The reality, however, is that Bach and Handel elaborated further on what previous composers presented them. Without those earlier composers they would not have been nowhere.
