Max Volbers - Whispers of Tradition (2022) [Hi-Res]

Tracklist

01. Recorder Concerto in C Major "Pasticcio" (After J.S. Bach's BWV 1053 & BWV 1042): I. Allegro
02. Recorder Concerto in C Major "Pasticcio" (After J.S. Bach's BWV 1053 & BWV 1042): II. Siciliano. Adagio
03. Recorder Concerto in C Major "Pasticcio" (After J.S. Bach's BWV 1053 & BWV 1042): III. Allegro
04. Sonata sopra "Hor che’l ciel e la terra e’l vento tace" (After C. Monteverdi's SV 147)
05. Pulchra es, amica mea (Arr. M. Volbers for Recorder Ensemble)
06. Please Enter the Underground
07. Fantasia on Mr. Purcell's Chacony (After H. Purcell's Z. 629)
08. Suite No. 3 in B Minor (Arr. M. Volbers): I. Ouverture
09. Suite No. 3 in B Minor (Arr. M. Volbers): II. Allemande
10. Suite No. 3 in B Minor (Arr. M. Volbers): III. Courante
11. Suite No. 3 in B Minor (Arr. M. Volbers): IV. Sarabande
12. Suite No. 3 in B Minor (Arr. M. Volbers): V. Gavotte
13. Suite No. 3 in B Minor (Arr. M. Volbers): VI. Menuet
14. Suite No. 3 in B Minor (Arr. M. Volbers): VII. Gigue
15. Vestiva i colli (Arr. M. Volbers for Recorder & Harpsichord)
16. Fontana d'Israel: No. 25, Lehre uns bedenken (Arr. M. Volbers for Recorder Ensemble)
17. Violin Concerto in G Major, RV 312 (Arr. M. Volbers for Recorder, Strings & Harpsichord): I. Allegro molto
18. Violin Concerto in G Major, RV 312 (Arr. M. Volbers for Recorder, Strings & Harpsichord): II. Larghetto
19. Violin Concerto in G Major, RV 312 (Arr. M. Volbers for Recorder, Strings & Harpsichord): III. Allegro

Musicians in the Baroque period had to reinvent themselves time and again: their repertoire was not fixed; instead, they improvised, adapted, and transcribed - something that was not seen as theft but as a high virtue! Recorder player Max Volbers, the winner of the 2021 German Music Competition, revives this tradition on his solo debut recording with the label Genuin: he gathers top-class musicians around him for the recording of his own arrangements, paraphrases, and pastiche of works by Bach, Monteverdi, and Vivaldi. Works that are partly familiar to us, but which we have never heard before, full of soul, inspired, and knowledgeably performed!

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