Zefiro, Alfredo Bernardini – Dresden (2017) [Qobuz FLAC 24bit/96kHz]

An ensemble selected from the excellent Capelle of Friedrich August I in Dresden, the Cammer-Musique and its leader, the phenomenal oboist Johann Christian Richter, inspired some of the leading German composers and Italian guests at the court around 1720 to write sonatas in which oboes and bassoon are challenged with extremely expressive and virtuosic parts. This was the time and place in which the largest amount of impressive music with oboe and bassoon as soloists in history was written. German composers such as Heinichen, Zelenka, Fasch and Quantz wrote these pieces in the Italian style, with the typical alternation between singing adagios and brilliant allegros. Telemann composed a sonata with ornamentation and affects inspired by the French style. Lotti, who resided in Dresden between 1717 and 1719, also noticed the outstanding skills of the court’s wind players and wrote his only solo pieces for these instruments there. Vivaldi met Richter during the latter’s visit to Venice in 1716, when he accompanied the Elector to the city, and he too dedicated some remarkable oboe and bassoon solos to the German musician.

Tracklist

Johann Friedrich Fasch (1688 – 1758)
1 Sonata for 2 Oboes, Bassoon and Continuo in B-Flat Major, FaWV N:B2: I. Andante 02:12
2 Sonata for 2 Oboes, Bassoon and Continuo in B-Flat Major, FaWV N:B2: II. Allegro 02:20
3 Sonata for 2 Oboes, Bassoon and Continuo in B-Flat Major, FaWV N:B2: III. Largo 01:43
4 Sonata for 2 Oboes, Bassoon and Continuo in B-Flat Major, FaWV N:B2: IV. Allegro 03:18

Johann Joachim Quantz (1697 – 1773)
5 Sonata in A Minor, QV 2:41a/b: I. Andante 01:50
6 Sonata in A Minor, QV 2:41a/b: II. Allegro 02:47
7 Sonata in A Minor, QV 2:41a/b: III. Largo 01:56
8 Sonata in A Minor, QV 2:41a/b: IV. Allegro 02:13

Johann David Heinichen (1683 – 1729)
9 Sonata in B-Flat Major, SeiH 257: I. Affectuoso 02:42
10 Sonata in B-Flat Major, SeiH 257: II. Allegro 02:20
11 Sonata in B-Flat Major, SeiH 257: III. [Largo] 02:42
12 Sonata in B-Flat Major, SeiH 257: IV. Allegro 02:27

Antonio Vivaldi (1678 – 1741)
13 Sonata a quattro in C Major, RV 801: I. Largo 03:09
14 Sonata a quattro in C Major, RV 801: II. Allegro 02:21
15 Sonata a quattro in C Major, RV 801: III. Largo 02:43
16 Sonata a quattro in C Major, RV 801: IV. Allegro 02:34

Georg Philipp Telemann (1681 – 1767)
17 Trio Sonata in C Minor, TWV 42:c4: I. Lentement 02:03
18 Trio Sonata in C Minor, TWV 42:c4: II. Viste 02:44
19 Trio Sonata in C Minor, TWV 42:c4: III. Lentement avec douceur 04:15
20 Trio Sonata in C Minor, TWV 42:c4: IV. Gay 02:21

Arcangelo Califano (1733 -1756)
21 Sonata a quattro in C Major: I. Vivace 02:42
22 Sonata a quattro in C Major: II. Siciliano 02:47
23 Sonata a quattro in C Major: III. Allegro 02:47

Johann Friedrich Fasch (1688 – 1758)
24 Sonata for 2 Oboes, Bassoon and Continuo in G Minor, FaWV N:g1: I. Largo 02:08
25 Sonata for 2 Oboes, Bassoon and Continuo in G Minor, FaWV N:g1: II. Allegro 02:33
26 Sonata for 2 Oboes, Bassoon and Continuo in G Minor, FaWV N:g1: III. Largo 01:52
27 Sonata for 2 Oboes, Bassoon and Continuo in G Minor, FaWV N:g1: IV. Allegro 02:26

Antonio Lotti (1667 – 1740)
28 Echo in F Major: I. [Allegro] 04:19
29 Echo in F Major: II. Adagio 02:48
30 Echo in F Major: III. Allegro 02:56

Personnel
Ensemble Zefiro
Alfredo Bernardini, Oboe

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