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2021-06-12 04:00:00
Forgotten Treasures Vol. 7: Virtuose Oboekonzerte: Fischer & Stamitz (Michael Alexander Willen, Die Kölner Akademie)
Johann Christian Fischer (1733-1800) Oboe Concerto No 1 in C major Oboe Concerto No. 2 in Eb major Oboe Concerto No. 7 in F major Carl Stamitz (1745-1801) Oboe Concerto in Bb major Michael Niesemann, Oboe Michael Alexander Willens, Die Kölner Akademie (Period Instruments) Ars Produktion ARS 38 029 (2008) [Flac & Scans]
2021-03-24 09:42:45
A castrato in Ireland: Tara Erraught, Peter Whelan & the Irish Baroque Orchestra recapture some of the magic of superstar castrato Tenducci
[…] with Bach adding obbligato parts for oboe and fortepiano to the voice and strings to create a scena, Ebben si vada – Io ti lascio. This starts with a very dramatic accompanied recitative which certainly reminds you of Mozart's debt to the composer, and this develops into a lyrical aria in which Bach imaginatively uses the timbres of the fortepiano and oboe. At some point Tenducci and Bach performed the aria in London with Johann Christian Fischer playing oboe. Fischer had settled in London in 1768 member of Queen Charlotte’s band of musicians and highly sought after soloist at public at public concerts. Intriguingly the final movement of Fischer's Oboe Concerto No. 7 is a set of variations on the Irish folk-song, Gramachree Molly, the music starts out liltingly but as the variations developed Fischer's writing gets suitably elaborate, all beautifully played by soloist Andreas Helm. When Tenducci visited Edinburgh […]
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