Albrecht Mayer & I Musici di Roma - Tesori d'Italia (2017) [Hi-Res]

Tracklist

01. Vivaldi: Oboe Concerto In C Major, RV 450-1. Allegro molto
02. Vivaldi: Oboe Concerto In C Major, RV 450-2. Larghetto
03. Vivaldi: Oboe Concerto In C Major, RV 450-3. Allegro
04. Elmi: Oboe Concerto In A Minor-1. Adagio
05. Elmi: Oboe Concerto In A Minor-- Allegro
06. Elmi: Oboe Concerto In A Minor-2. Grave
07. Elmi: Oboe Concerto In A Minor-3. Allegro
08. Sammartini: Concerto For Oboe, Strings And Basso Continuo In G Minor, Op.8 No.5-1. Andante sostenuto
09. Sammartini: Concerto For Oboe, Strings And Basso Continuo In G Minor, Op.8 No.5-2. Allegro assai-Adagio
10. Sammartini: Concerto For Oboe, Strings And Basso Continuo In G Minor, Op.8 No.5-3. Adagio-Andante sostenuto
11. Sammartini: Concerto For Oboe, Strings And Basso Continuo In C Major, Op.8 No.4-1. Andante
12. Sammartini: Concerto For Oboe, Strings And Basso Continuo In C Major, Op.8 No.4-- Presto
13. Sammartini: Concerto For Oboe, Strings And Basso Continuo In C Major, Op.8 No.4-2. Allegro assai
14. Sammartini: Concerto For Oboe, Strings And Basso Continuo In C Major, Op.8 No.4-3. Andantino
15. Ristori: Oboe Concerto In E-Flat Major-1. Andante
16. Ristori: Oboe Concerto In E-Flat Major-2. Allegro
17. Ristori: Oboe Concerto In E-Flat Major-3. Grave
18. Ristori: Oboe Concerto In E-Flat Major-4. Allegro
19. Sammartini: Concerto For Oboe, Strings And Basso Continuo In C Major, S-Skma Xe-R 166:30-1. Allegro
20. Sammartini: Concerto For Oboe, Strings And Basso Continuo In C Major, S-Skma Xe-R 166:30-2. Andante
21. Sammartini: Concerto For Oboe, Strings And Basso Continuo In C Major, S-Skma Xe-R 166:30-3. Allegro Assai


This release by Albrecht Mayer lives up to its title: the program items are truly Italian treasures, none common except for the Vivaldi Concerto for oboe, strings, and continuo, RV 450, at the beginning. There are a couple of world recorded premieres, from library manuscripts, making this a more or less essential purchase for libraries and good late Baroque collections. Those two pieces, an oboe concerto by the elusive Domenico Elmi, and the Concerto in C major for oboe, strings, and continuo, Op. 8, No. 4, of Giuseppe Sammartini, are both attractive, but among the other works, hardly better known, are some real gems (or tesori). Sample the Concerto in G minor for oboe, strings, and continuo, Op. 8, No. 5 with its unusual movement structure: two slow outer movements and a tripartite central movement that itself has a central slow section, all logically coordinated with the solo oboe part. Mayer has a clean, energetic style, but the backing by the venerable Musici di Roma lacks a bit of the contemporary crispness, and the sound from the Sala Accademica del Pontificio Istituto di Musica Sacra is vague. Nevertheless, a fine release of excellent music you almost certainly have never heard.

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