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| The distinguished oboist joins with the period instruments orchestra for these Baroque masterworks. |
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| 1 Concerto for oboe, violin, strings & continuo in F major (reconstruction), BWV 1053R: [Allegro] |
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| 2 Concerto for oboe, violin, strings & continuo in F major (reconstruction), BWV 1053R: Siciliano |
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| 3 Concerto for oboe, violin, strings & continuo in F major (reconstruction), BWV 1053R: Allegro |
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| 4 Concerto for oboe, strings & continuo in D minor, TWV 51:d1: Adagio |
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| 5 Concerto for oboe, strings & continuo in D minor, TWV 51:d1: Allegro |
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| 6 Concerto for oboe, strings & continuo in D minor, TWV 51:d1: Adagio |
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| 7 Concerto for oboe, strings & continuo in D minor, TWV 51:d1: Allegro |
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| 8 Concerto for oboe d'amore, strings & continuo in G major, TWV 51:G3: Soave |
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| 9 Concerto for oboe d'amore, strings & continuo in G major, TWV 51:G3: Allegro |
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| 10 Concerto for oboe d'amore, strings & continuo in G major, TWV 51:G3: Adagio |
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| 11 Concerto for oboe d'amore, strings & continuo in G major, TWV 51:G3: Vivace |
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| 12 Concerto for oboe d'amore, strings & continuo in A major (reconstruction), BWV 1055R: [Allegro] |
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| 13 Concerto for oboe d'amore, strings & continuo in A major (reconstruction), BWV 1055R: Larghetto |
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| 14 Concerto for oboe d'amore, strings & continuo in A major (reconstruction), BWV 1055R: Allegro ma non tanto |
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Album Review
Played on period instruments, this disc of oboe and oboe d'amore concertos by Bach and Telemann is about as lovely as a clear, cool day in June -- and more tuneful. Although the Bach concertos are reconstructions based on harpsichord concertos and cantata sinfonias, they both sound wholly convincing as oboe works -- but isn't that always the case with Bach, the composer whose music more than any other's survives and even thrives in arrangements, transcriptions, and reconstructions? Telemann's concertos, on the other hand, were written for the oboe and its deeper voiced brother, and they both sound utterly beguiling. What makes the music work, of course, is not just the mastery of the composers but the mastery of the performers. Paul Goodwin is a wonderfully supple soloist on both instruments, with a tone that ranges from the dulcet to the plangent and a technique that ranges from the effortless to the flawless, and his performances here are joyful in the Allegros, sorrowful in the Adagios, and quite touching in the singular Siciliano and the lovely Larghetto. Accompanied with grace and soul by the six-player King's Consort -- violinists Roy Goodman and Miles Golding, violist Jane Norman, cellist Jane Coe, bassist Chi-Chi Nwanoku, and Robert King himself on harpsichord -- Goodwin's performances will enthrall anyone who knows the works and captivate anyone who doesn't.
Although recorded in 1987 and thus relatively early in the digital era, the sound of this Hyperion disc is surprisingly clean, crisp, deep, and warm. ~ James Leonard, All Music Guide
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