Title: They don't sound like they're having fun
Product review: I fell in love with Monteverdi's -Scherzi Musicali- after finding a sprightly favourite record of this work with the Boston Camerata.Bought this one in hopes of replacing that aging vinyl. It is no match for it. The tempo here is too often sluggish. Some more instrumental colours would be nice here, too: pieces like -I bei legami- beg for recorders or flutes added to the mix. Instead, all of the ritornelli are played on violins, and towards the middle of the programme it begins to drag.This is essentially simple early Baroque music, written for amateur musicians to have fun with. There doesn't seem to be much life here, unfortunately.
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