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Loeillet's Sonata in C major featured Alfred Mann's flawless playing of the recorder. But the biggest applause-getter of the evening was the Sonata for 'cello and harpsichord by Francoeur. The piece is full of piquant melodies, and despite the intricate finger work, Mayes handles his unwieldly instruments as if it were the size of a small banjo...
...selections by Handel, a violin sonata and a solo cantata, proved disappointing. They are undistinguished occasional pieces, quite flattering to one of the real geniuses...
Alessandro Scarlatti: Sonata a Quattro (New Music Quartet; Bartok). A pre-Bach genius (1660-1725) who specialized in operas and cantatas, Scarlatti was one of the first to write a real string quartet. This one, full of surprising glints and glows, is played to perfection by one of the U.S.'s finest ensembles. On the same disk: quartets by Tartini and Boccherini...
Other noteworthy new releases: Carl Philipp Emmanuel Bach: Magnificat (Vienna State Opera Orchestra) ; Akademie Choir and soloists conducted by Felix Prohaska; Bach Guild, 2 LPs); Conrad Beck: Viola Concerto (Walter Kagi; L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande conducted by Jean Meylan; London); Beethoven: "Kreutzer" Sonata (Jascha Heifetz, violin; Benno Moïséiwitsch, piano; Victor...
...third movement, Contemplativo, maintains an almost unbroken and highly expressive melodic line. Through much of the movement there is a subdued, delicate orchestral texture from which now one voice, now another emerges with the melody. The final Energico, in regular sonata-form, proceeds quickly, leaving the audience in high spirits...