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Review title: Definitely a mixed bag, but worth listening to
Product review: I think the best way I can summarize this recording is that Musica Antiqua Koln take chances. Of course this poses problems, since when their approach doesn't work it fails pretty disastrously. What I have in mind especially are the first movement of the sixth concerto, and the outer movements (especially the last) of the third, that are taken far faster than logic allows, the results being downright unmusical. The advantage is that, whatever faults you may rightly accuse them of, MAK are never boring. My own personal tastes in this music are for a much more peaceful, humane approach, but try as I might I can't deny that often the music making here has incredible joy and sense of purpose. In the end, if you listen to this recording in it's entirety with an open mind, I think you'll discover a way of approaching these works totally different from anything you'll find elsewhere, and really, isn't that something to be treasured? Vive le difference!
