Anna Stegmann, Georg Fritz, Ensemble Odyssee - Robert Woodcock: Concertos for Recorder & Oboe (2018)

Tracklist
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01. Recorder Concerto in F Major: I. Allegro
02. Recorder Concerto in F Major: II. Siciliano
03. Recorder Concerto in F Major: III. Allegro assai
04. Concerto à 5 in A Major
05. Concerto No. 11 for Oboe in C Minor: I. Largo
06. Concerto No. 11 for Oboe in C Minor: II. Allegro
07. Concerto No. 11 for Oboe in C Minor: III. Adagio
08. Concerto No. 11 for Oboe in C Minor: IV. Minuets I & II
09. Concerto No. 1 for Sixth Flute in E Major: I. Largo
10. Concerto No. 1 for Sixth Flute in E Major: II. Allegro
11. Concerto No. 1 for Sixth Flute in E Major: III. Adagio
12. Concerto No. 1 for Sixth Flute in E Major: IV. Minuets I & II
13. Concerto No. 10 for Oboe in E Minor: I. Adagio
14. Concerto No. 10 for Oboe in E Minor: II. Allegro
15. Concerto No. 10 for Oboe in E Minor: III. Andante
16. Concerto No. 10 for Oboe in E Minor: IV. Allegro
17. Recorder Concerto No. 3 in D Major: I. Allegro
18. Recorder Concerto No. 3 in D Major: II. Siciliana
19. Recorder Concerto No. 3 in D Major: III. Vivace
20. Concerto No. 12 for Oboe in E-Flat Major: I. Adagio e staccato
21. Concerto No. 12 for Oboe in E-Flat Major: II. Allegro
22. Concerto No. 12 for Oboe in E-Flat Major: III. Adagio e sempre piano
23. Recorder Concerto No. 2 in A Major: I. Allegro
24. Recorder Concerto No. 2 in A Major: II. Adagio
25. Recorder Concerto No. 2 in A Major: III. Minuets I & II
26. Sonata in E Minor: I. Andante
27. Sonata in E Minor: II. Largo
28. Sonata in E Minor: III. Vivace
29. Sonata in E Minor: IV. Grave e staccato
30. Sonata in E Minor: V. Allegro

Robert Woodcock was not a professional musician. He was a painter and ships were his favorite subjects: many of those are now displayed in National Maritime Museum in Greenwich and testify to his skills. He did not make a living out of music, yet he played the oboe and in 1727 he published a collection of twelve concertos. In 1720s London’s public was mesmerized by the newly-imported Italian concerto and by the virtuosity of the several wind players who performed on the English stages on different instruments. Woodcock, who scored his music for sixth-flute (a soprano recorder in D), oboe, and traverso with string accompaniment, wrote some of the music played by those virtuosi. He was a contemporary of Handel and it is not by chance that one of his pieces was for a long time attributed to Handel.

In this new CD, Ensemble Odyssee presents the complete recorder and oboe concertos by Woodcock together with some lesser-known orchestra works by Charles Dieupart and Sammartini’s celebrated recorder concerto in a new and fresh performance.

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