Zefiro - Dresden 1720 (Califano, Fasch, Lotti, Quantz, Vivaldi...) (2017) [Hi-Res]

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01. Sonata for 2 Oboes, Bassoon and Continuo in B-Flat Major, FaWV N:B2: I. Andante
02. Sonata for 2 Oboes, Bassoon and Continuo in B-Flat Major, FaWV N:B2: II. Allegro
03. Sonata for 2 Oboes, Bassoon and Continuo in B-Flat Major, FaWV N:B2: III. Largo
04. Sonata for 2 Oboes, Bassoon and Continuo in B-Flat Major, FaWV N:B2: IV. Allegro
05. Sonata in A Minor, QV 2:41a/b: I. Andante
06. Sonata in A Minor, QV 2:41a/b: II. Allegro
07. Sonata in A Minor, QV 2:41a/b: III. Largo
08. Sonata in A Minor, QV 2:41a/b: IV. Allegro
09. Sonata in B-Flat Major, SeiH 257: I. Affectuoso
10. Sonata in B-Flat Major, SeiH 257: II. Allegro
11. Sonata in B-Flat Major, SeiH 257: III. [Largo]
12. Sonata in B-Flat Major, SeiH 257: IV. Allegro
13. Sonata a quattro in C Major, RV 801: I. Largo
14. Sonata a quattro in C Major, RV 801: II. Allegro
15. Sonata a quattro in C Major, RV 801: III. Largo
16. Sonata a quattro in C Major, RV 801: IV. Allegro
17. Trio Sonata in C Minor, TWV 42:c4: I. Lentement
18. Trio Sonata in C Minor, TWV 42:c4: II. Viste
19. Trio Sonata in C Minor, TWV 42:c4: III. Lentement avec douceur
20. Trio Sonata in C Minor, TWV 42:c4: IV. Gay
21. Sonata a quattro in C Major: I. Vivace
22. Sonata a quattro in C Major: II. Siciliano
23. Sonata a quattro in C Major: III. Allegro
24. Sonata for 2 Oboes, Bassoon and Continuo in G Minor, FaWV N:g1: I. Largo
25. Sonata for 2 Oboes, Bassoon and Continuo in G Minor, FaWV N:g1: II. Allegro
26. Sonata for 2 Oboes, Bassoon and Continuo in G Minor, FaWV N:g1: III. Largo
27. Sonata for 2 Oboes, Bassoon and Continuo in G Minor, FaWV N:g1: IV. Allegro
28. Echo in F Major: I. [Allegro]
29. Echo in F Major: II. Adagio
30. Echo in F Major: III. Allegro


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 (to be heard by Zefiro on ARCANA A394), 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.

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