Stephen Pritchard 

Charivari Agréable: Concerti Curiosi – review

Jamie Savan's cornett is the highlight of this charming journey through the baroque backwaters, says Stephen Pritchard
  
  


As its name suggests, this is a real cabinet of curiosities – rarely heard but charming concerti by the smaller stars of the baroque firmament, played with energy and flair by the multi-talented soloists of the Oxford-based Charivari Agréable (or "pleasant tumult"). Composer Pietro Domenico Paradies' "A Favourite Concerto" provides a fine vehicle for director Kah-Ming Ng to impress at the harpsichord, but it is Jamie Savan's cool, straight tone on the cornett that stands out, both in Pietro Baldassari's Sonata for cornett and strings and in Johan Daniel Berlin's Sinfonia à 5.

 

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