Hagen is a brilliant gem
Having never heard of JB Hagen, I was pleasantly surprised as the excellence of these pieces. Barto plays with his usual virtuosity, bringing out the composer's genius, and putting yet another dagger into the tired cliche that Baroque was little more than prestidigitation and polyphonic cacophony. The Locatelli work rounds out this disc nicely. The eMusic transfers are excellent (tho' I wish they'd switch to the V0 setting of the LAME encoder). As with so many eMusic selections, they led me to buy the disc. A 5-star recommendation!
