Handel Harpsichord Suites Review
Handel: Complete Harpsichord Suites
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John von Rhein
Chicago Tribune, January 7, 2010
This winning album somehow eluded me when I was compiling my Tribune list of top 10 favorite classical releases of 2009. The Chicago-born, Paris-based harpsichordist has done a lot of work on Handel opera productions in Europe, and his sensitivity to the lyricism, as well as the bravura elements in the composer’s keyboard music, proves he has greatly benefited from the experience.
Vinikour brings wonderful rhythmic elan and flexibility to the faster dance movements, avoiding the heavily accented downbeats that can make Handel feel clunky. The recording vividly captures the sound of the harpsichord, a 2001 copy of a German harpsichord made in 1739 of the sort Handel would have been familiar with.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/music/chi-0107-classicaljan07,0,4559100.story
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