Johann Sebastian Bach – Oboenwerke, vol.2 – Alexei Utkin, Hermitage Chamber Orchestra (2003) [SACD to FLAC 24bit/88,2kHz]

Johann Sebastian Bach – Oboenwerke, vol.2 – Alexei Utkin, Hermitage Chamber Orchestra (2003)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/88,2 kHz | Time – 01:09:09 minutes | 1,24 GB | Genre: Classical
Source: SACD ISO |  @ Caro MitisItem Number: CM 0032003
Recorded: 23-27.09.2003 5th Studio of The Russian Television and Radio Broadcasting Company (RTR) Moscow, Russia

Why, judging by the survived music scores, different bodies of musicians were allowed for performing many works by composers of the Baroque epoch? What are the rules according to which the baroque instrumental ensembles were being formed? How to be about modern transcriptions of the ancient compositions? There is the only way to answer these questions, that is — to comprehend the special features of the baroque music, its key categories. The notion of trio widespread in that epoch deserves special attention here.
The baroque trio is a much wider category than trio in classical or romantic music since it indicates not the number of performers but the number and correlation of the musical tissue’s fibres: two expressive melodic voices are based on harmonic foundation of the figured bass (continuo part usually performed by one, two or three musicians). Such trio mode of musical thinking was as customary and natural for baroque composers as melodies to the accompaniment — for musicians of the next epoch. Thanks to the universal principles of the trio boundaries between the genres of the baroque instrumental music are transparent: one triple-voiced basis may be realized by varied bodies of performers.

Another superb SACD from this new Russian classical label. Production is courtesy of the Dutch company Polyhymnia International B.V., using custom built, Pyramix and Meitner/EMM Labs gear. Recordings are made at studios of the Russian TV and Radio Broadcasting Company in Moscow using Schoeps, B & K and Neumann microphones. The performers may be unknown but have sounded superbly skilled on the discs I have so far heard. This ensemble, Heritage, numbers 15 young Russian players who are all graduates of the Tchaikovsky Conservatory in Moscow, and the leader of the group is oboist Utkin. The theme of this disc is Three Images of the Baroque Trio, and the booklet notes are well-translated from the Russian and good reading. The Italian Concerto provides the encore to the program. It’s interesting to hear the well-known Orchestral Suite played by such a chamber group. And the Two-Violin Concerto is just as gorgeous and transporting a work in this chamber version as with a full symphony. All the soloists are first rate and the surround recording is a model of realistic reproduction – without either overdoing the surround channels or keeping them at such a low level they are next to useless. ~~Tom Gibbs “Audiophile Audition”

Tracklist:
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Orchestral Suite No. 1 in С major (BWV 1066)
01 Ouverture [8:49]
02 Courante [2.20]
03 Gavotte I & II [3:07]
04 Forlane [1:15]
05 Menuet I & II [3:21]
06 Bourrée I & II [2:28]
07 Passepied I & II [3:04]

Sonata in G minor for Oboe and Harpsichord (BWV 1030b)
08 Andante [7:26]
09 Siciliano [3:47]
10 Presto [5:40]

Concerto in D minor for Oboe and Violin /Transcription of the Concerto for two Violins (BWV 1043) by Alexei Utkin, 2003
11 Vivace [3:35]
12 Largo ma non tanto [6:00]
13 Allegro [4:29]

Bonus tracks:
Italian Concerto in F major for Harpsichord (BWV 971)
14 Allegro [4:29]
15 Andante in d-moll [4:32]
16 Presto [4:31]

Personnel:
Alexei Utkin (oboe)
Pyotr Nikiforov (1st violin)
Anna Karpenko (harpsichord)

Hermitage Orchestra
Ilya Norshtein (1st violin)
Maria Trishina (1st violin)
Dmitry Lepekhov (2nd violin)
Egor Ivanenko (2nd violin)
Nadezhda Sergienko (2nd violin)
Jury Vdovitchenko (viola)
Natalia Smolina (viola)
Pyotr Kondrashin (cello)
Ekaterina Dossina (cello)
Michael Khokhlov (double bass)
Philipp Nodel (oboe)
Andrei Snegiryov (bassoon)
Anna Karpenko (harpsichord)

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