La Suave Melodia, Frans Robert Berkhout - Vivaldi: Concerti & Cantata with Bassoon (2008)
BAND/ARTIST: La Suave Melodia, Frans Robert Berkhout
- Title: Vivaldi: Concerti & Cantata with Bassoon
- Year Of Release: 2008
- Label: Etcetera
- Genre: Classical
- Quality: flac lossless (tracks)
- Total Time: 01:06:18
- Total Size: 307 mb
- WebSite: Album Preview
Tracklist
01. Concerto for bassoon, 2 violins, viola & continuo in A Minor, RV 497: I. Allegro molto
02. Concerto for bassoon, 2 violins, viola & continuo in A Minor, RV 497: II. Andante molto
03. Concerto for bassoon, 2 violins, viola & continuo in A Minor, RV 497: III. Allegro
04. Concerto for flute, violin, bassoon & continuo in D Major, RV 92: I. Allegro
05. Concerto for flute, violin, bassoon & continuo in D Major, RV 92: II. Larghetto
06. Concerto for flute, violin, bassoon & continuo in D Major, RV 92: III. Allegro
07. Concerto for bassoon, 2 violins, viola & continuo in D Minor, RV 481: I. Allegro
08. Concerto for bassoon, 2 violins, viola & continuo in D Minor, RV 481: II. Larghetto
09. Concerto for bassoon, 2 violins, viola & continuo in D Minor, RV 481: III. Allegro molto
10. Cantata Qual per ignoto calle, for alto & continuo, RV 677: I. Recitativo: Qual Per Ignoto Calle
11. Cantata Qual per ignoto calle, for alto & continuo, RV 677: II. Aria (Andante): Quel Passagier Son Io
12. Cantata Qual per ignoto calle, for alto & continuo, RV 677: III. Recitativo: Deh, Più Non Regni
13. Cantata Qual per ignoto calle, for alto & continuo, RV 677: IV. Aria (Allegro): Qual Dopo Lampi e Turbini
14. Concerto for bassoon, 2 violins, viola & continuo in E Minor, RV 484: I. Allegro poco
15. Concerto for bassoon, 2 violins, viola & continuo in E Minor, RV 484: II. Andante
16. Concerto for bassoon, 2 violins, viola & continuo in E Minor, RV 484: III. Allegro
17. Concerto, La Notte, for flute, bassoon, 2 violins & continuo in G Minor, RV 104: I. Largo
18. Concerto, La Notte, for flute, bassoon, 2 violins & continuo in G Minor, RV 104: II. Fantasmi: Presto - Largo - Andante
19. Concerto, La Notte, for flute, bassoon, 2 violins & continuo in G Minor, RV 104: III. Presto
20. Concerto, La Notte, for flute, bassoon, 2 violins & continuo in G Minor, RV 104: IV. Il Sonno: Largo
21. Concerto, La Notte, for flute, bassoon, 2 violins & continuo in G Minor, RV 104: V. Allegro
Vivaldi composed 39 concertos for bassoon and orchestra, as well as various other chamber-instrumental and vocal pieces involving a bassoon. The question of why he did it has never been answered by actual straightforward evidence, but conductor Pieter Dirksen, who wrote the booklet notes for this release, argues that they may have been commissioned by Bohemia's Count Wenzel von Morzin, who is known to have maintained a fine court orchestra, if not a fine bassoonist specifically. Morzin was the dedicatee of Vivaldi's La Cetra concertos, Op. 8, which included the Four Seasons. Support for Dirksen's idea comes from the similarly programmatic Concerto for flute, bassoon, two violins, and continuo, RV 104, "La Notte," which comes last on the disc. It's as daring a piece of musical representation as the Four Seasons, but is, of course, a much rarer find on disc. Vivaldi does nothing less than depict a night of bad sleep, with the bassoon seeming almost to take on the role of the subconscious at times. As for the rest of the concertos on disc, they show that whoever he or she was (another candidate would be a musician from the ranks of Vivaldi's orchestra of teenage girls at the Ospedale della Pietà), that person's skills were nonpareil. These are some of the most difficult concertos in the repertory, for any instruments. Blistering outer movements full of dramatic gestures corresponding to those of an opera seria soprano in full throat surround hypnotic slow movements, several of which are really gorgeous. Hear the Larghetto of the Concerto for bassoon and orchestra in D minor, RV 481 (track 8). Dutch bassoonist Frans Robert Berkhout is equally adept in these and in the brutal passagework and arpeggios of the outer movements; his playing is a real technical feat, with hairpin turns in the melody line accomplished without extraneous noise or audible sense of strain. Minuses include a rather heavy countertenor treatment in the one vocal work included (the awkward "concerti & cantata" title is at least accurate) and murky, watery sound, the result of recording music intended for crowded aristocratic rooms in an empty church instead. The small historical-instrument ensemble La Suave Melodia has a gentle sound at odds with the turbo-powered Italian groups who have recorded this same repertory; preferences between the two approaches are a matter of taste, but these readings do effectively put the spotlight on a very fine soloist. A strong choice even for a crowded shelf of Vivaldi concertos.
01. Concerto for bassoon, 2 violins, viola & continuo in A Minor, RV 497: I. Allegro molto
02. Concerto for bassoon, 2 violins, viola & continuo in A Minor, RV 497: II. Andante molto
03. Concerto for bassoon, 2 violins, viola & continuo in A Minor, RV 497: III. Allegro
04. Concerto for flute, violin, bassoon & continuo in D Major, RV 92: I. Allegro
05. Concerto for flute, violin, bassoon & continuo in D Major, RV 92: II. Larghetto
06. Concerto for flute, violin, bassoon & continuo in D Major, RV 92: III. Allegro
07. Concerto for bassoon, 2 violins, viola & continuo in D Minor, RV 481: I. Allegro
08. Concerto for bassoon, 2 violins, viola & continuo in D Minor, RV 481: II. Larghetto
09. Concerto for bassoon, 2 violins, viola & continuo in D Minor, RV 481: III. Allegro molto
10. Cantata Qual per ignoto calle, for alto & continuo, RV 677: I. Recitativo: Qual Per Ignoto Calle
11. Cantata Qual per ignoto calle, for alto & continuo, RV 677: II. Aria (Andante): Quel Passagier Son Io
12. Cantata Qual per ignoto calle, for alto & continuo, RV 677: III. Recitativo: Deh, Più Non Regni
13. Cantata Qual per ignoto calle, for alto & continuo, RV 677: IV. Aria (Allegro): Qual Dopo Lampi e Turbini
14. Concerto for bassoon, 2 violins, viola & continuo in E Minor, RV 484: I. Allegro poco
15. Concerto for bassoon, 2 violins, viola & continuo in E Minor, RV 484: II. Andante
16. Concerto for bassoon, 2 violins, viola & continuo in E Minor, RV 484: III. Allegro
17. Concerto, La Notte, for flute, bassoon, 2 violins & continuo in G Minor, RV 104: I. Largo
18. Concerto, La Notte, for flute, bassoon, 2 violins & continuo in G Minor, RV 104: II. Fantasmi: Presto - Largo - Andante
19. Concerto, La Notte, for flute, bassoon, 2 violins & continuo in G Minor, RV 104: III. Presto
20. Concerto, La Notte, for flute, bassoon, 2 violins & continuo in G Minor, RV 104: IV. Il Sonno: Largo
21. Concerto, La Notte, for flute, bassoon, 2 violins & continuo in G Minor, RV 104: V. Allegro
Vivaldi composed 39 concertos for bassoon and orchestra, as well as various other chamber-instrumental and vocal pieces involving a bassoon. The question of why he did it has never been answered by actual straightforward evidence, but conductor Pieter Dirksen, who wrote the booklet notes for this release, argues that they may have been commissioned by Bohemia's Count Wenzel von Morzin, who is known to have maintained a fine court orchestra, if not a fine bassoonist specifically. Morzin was the dedicatee of Vivaldi's La Cetra concertos, Op. 8, which included the Four Seasons. Support for Dirksen's idea comes from the similarly programmatic Concerto for flute, bassoon, two violins, and continuo, RV 104, "La Notte," which comes last on the disc. It's as daring a piece of musical representation as the Four Seasons, but is, of course, a much rarer find on disc. Vivaldi does nothing less than depict a night of bad sleep, with the bassoon seeming almost to take on the role of the subconscious at times. As for the rest of the concertos on disc, they show that whoever he or she was (another candidate would be a musician from the ranks of Vivaldi's orchestra of teenage girls at the Ospedale della Pietà), that person's skills were nonpareil. These are some of the most difficult concertos in the repertory, for any instruments. Blistering outer movements full of dramatic gestures corresponding to those of an opera seria soprano in full throat surround hypnotic slow movements, several of which are really gorgeous. Hear the Larghetto of the Concerto for bassoon and orchestra in D minor, RV 481 (track 8). Dutch bassoonist Frans Robert Berkhout is equally adept in these and in the brutal passagework and arpeggios of the outer movements; his playing is a real technical feat, with hairpin turns in the melody line accomplished without extraneous noise or audible sense of strain. Minuses include a rather heavy countertenor treatment in the one vocal work included (the awkward "concerti & cantata" title is at least accurate) and murky, watery sound, the result of recording music intended for crowded aristocratic rooms in an empty church instead. The small historical-instrument ensemble La Suave Melodia has a gentle sound at odds with the turbo-powered Italian groups who have recorded this same repertory; preferences between the two approaches are a matter of taste, but these readings do effectively put the spotlight on a very fine soloist. A strong choice even for a crowded shelf of Vivaldi concertos.
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