Classical CD Reviews
Tafelmusik: Concerti Virtuosi = VIVALDI: Concerto in A Minor for 2 Oboes; Concerto in E Minor for 4 Violins; LEO: Concerto in D Minor for Violoncello; BACH: Concerto for Oboe d'Amore; LOCATELLI: Concerto Grosso - Tafelmusik/Jeanne Lamon - Analekta
Hearty program of Italian and German Baroque works
Published on November 28, 2005
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Tafelmusik: Concerti Virtuosi = VIVALDI: Concerto in A Minor
for 2 Oboes and Strings, RV 536; Concerto in E Minor for 4 Violins, Op.
3, No. 4; LEO: Concerto in D Minor for Violoncello; BACH: Concerto for
Oboe d‚Amore in G Major; LOCATELLI: Concerto Grosso in D Major, Op. 1,
No. 5; FASCH: Concerto in C Minor for Bassoon, 2 Oboes and Strings;
HANDEL: Concerto Grosso in A Minor, Op. 6, No. 4 - Tafelmusik Baroque
Orchestra/ Jeanne Lamon - Analekta AN 2 9815, 73:20 ****:
A happy combination of Neapolitan and German Baroque music played on period instruments by masters of the idiom, to make a long CD short. Jeanne Lamon has directed Tafelmusik since 1981, and she and her gifted players are, dare I say, old hands at the this music. Christina Mahler plies a lovely cello for the D Minor Concerto of Leonardo Leo (1694-1744), a sweetly vocal work. The two Vivaldi concertos bounce and vibrate in typically Lombardic fashion, the big works being the E Minor Concerto from L’estro armonico.
Bach never wrote solo wind concertos, so the G Major concerto is an arrangement of cantata movements (Nos. 100, 70 and 30), spliced together by Lamon and oboe player John Abberger to form an affectionate, plaintive piece which dances and sings to the Greater Glory of God. The Locatelli concerto grosso is in the Roman manner, a loving homage to Corelli’s Op. 6. The Allegro movement lies only a step away from Handel’s Water Music. Handel himself finds moving representation in the A Minor Concerto Grosso, a piece often programmed by Otto Klemperer to much more romantic effect. The bouncy concerto by Johann Fasch (1688-1758) is a delightful find, with Dominic Teresi making the bassoon perform nice leaps and turns, often accompanied by the two oboes, which serve both as a continuo and trio. Recorded 5-8 October 2004 at the Humbercrest United Church, this hearty program should delight the Baroque purist and audiophile alike, since the individual instruments shine in high relief.
--Gary Lemco
A happy combination of Neapolitan and German Baroque music played on period instruments by masters of the idiom, to make a long CD short. Jeanne Lamon has directed Tafelmusik since 1981, and she and her gifted players are, dare I say, old hands at the this music. Christina Mahler plies a lovely cello for the D Minor Concerto of Leonardo Leo (1694-1744), a sweetly vocal work. The two Vivaldi concertos bounce and vibrate in typically Lombardic fashion, the big works being the E Minor Concerto from L’estro armonico.
Bach never wrote solo wind concertos, so the G Major concerto is an arrangement of cantata movements (Nos. 100, 70 and 30), spliced together by Lamon and oboe player John Abberger to form an affectionate, plaintive piece which dances and sings to the Greater Glory of God. The Locatelli concerto grosso is in the Roman manner, a loving homage to Corelli’s Op. 6. The Allegro movement lies only a step away from Handel’s Water Music. Handel himself finds moving representation in the A Minor Concerto Grosso, a piece often programmed by Otto Klemperer to much more romantic effect. The bouncy concerto by Johann Fasch (1688-1758) is a delightful find, with Dominic Teresi making the bassoon perform nice leaps and turns, often accompanied by the two oboes, which serve both as a continuo and trio. Recorded 5-8 October 2004 at the Humbercrest United Church, this hearty program should delight the Baroque purist and audiophile alike, since the individual instruments shine in high relief.
--Gary Lemco
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