Search - Thomas Demenga :: Bach & Carter Works

Triple Duo is the wildest chamber music imaginable.

07/04/1999

(5 out of 5 stars)

"I can't say about the other recording of "Triple Duo" (by Fires of London, for whom it was written) but the version here is by excellent musicians. It's an absolutely spectacular piece--19 minutes of chamber music by a mixed group as wild as you can imagine, with brilliant riffs coming from all six instruments in overlapping waves. "Enchanted Preludes" is also superb, the cello chasing the mercurial flute in a sort of strange courtship dance. Oh yeah, the Bach is pretty good too! (Actually, Demenga has to rival Yo Yo Ma for technique and warmth, though I think the recording of the Bach suite is done with a little too much echo.)"