SIMPLY EXQUISITE THROUGHOUT....

No 340

Marcon plays four organs in Treviso, three from the second half of the 18th century and one from the middle of the 19th. This is a wonderful disc, and it is difficult to know what to single out. The opening track - Rossi's Toccata VII - is a good place to stard, but there is wonderful music by Storace (three pieces), Pasquini, Domenico Scarlatti (four pieces), Pescetti, Galuppi, Paganelli, Valeri and (in the case of the 19th century) Padre Davide da Bergamo (four pieces). Storace's Balletto (track 3) is a sheer delight, played on a 4'flute stop only, as is Baldassare Galuppi's Sonata per flauto. But there so is the Storace's Ball della Battaglia. Scarlatti's four Sonatas really summarise Marcon's touch and technique - simply exquisite throughout. These are some delicious echoe effects tool Padre Davide da Bergamo's work is in different category from the rest that is for a larger instrument. There is just as much sense of fun and - dare I say it - irreverence in this music, still largely, it would seem, for manuals only. What a hoot this stuff is - more for the concert platform or even the opera house! This is a wonderful disc - sheer fun, brilliantly delivered!