The title " " for this album by the historical performance group and director/violinist refers to the making of the album as the musicians emerged from pandemic-time lockdowns. However, it also might indicate the status of composer , whose music has been little explored even though he was among the first composers to write symphonies (here, "sinphonie") in Germany. was certainly a transitional figure. It is likely that he encountered the music of in Venice before moving to Germany to work as a valet for the Electress of Bavaria (who paved his way to lucrative court positions). The works here, mostly taken from the composer's Op. 1 publication of Concerti & Sinphonie, resemble 's in general sound, but the consistent harmonic rhythm of the Baroque is starting to break up, and in the violin concertos, especially there is a new kind of expressiveness. is quite effective in these, catching the small details that an audience of the time would have found new. In the final , seems a bit constrained by the French Baroque dance forms, but this sets off the innovations that were present in the concertos and symphonies. The second of a pair of albums devoted to by , this may be of most interest to those fascinated by the pre-Classical era, but it is listenable in a Vivaldian vein for anyone. ~ James Manheim