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Cantilena: Voices of Bach
Transcriptions for oboe
Albrecht Mayer (oboe)
The English Concert & Trinity Baroque
The most satisfying items on the disc are the eight chorales...which are all affectingly sung by Trinity Baroque under its director Julian Podger...In summary, this is an interesting concept...
Cantilena: Voices of Bach
Transcriptions for oboe
Albrecht Mayer (oboe)
The English Concert & Trinity Baroque
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The most satisfying items on the disc are the eight chorales...which are all affectingly sung by Trinity Baroque under its director Julian Podger...In summary, this is an interesting concept...
About
The world's leading oboist plays some of the great vocal melodies of J.S.Bach.
Principal oboist of the Berlin Philharmonic and a hugely successful recording artist in his native Germany, Albrecht Mayer is a world-renowned musician and winner of Germany's prestigious ECHO-Klassik as Instrumentalist of the Year.
His latest Decca solo album is a celebration of the music of J.S.Bach. The album includes works written specifically for wind instruments (both oboe and cor anglais) as well as great melodies from the choral works in new, arrangements.
Albrecht Mayer is joined by one of Europe's best-known baroque orchestras - The English Concert - who are among the world's finest chamber orchestras with a reputation for inspiring performances of Baroque music.
The album also features the award-winning specialist baroque choir Trinity Baroque.
Contents and tracklist
- Albrecht Mayer (oboe)
- Trinity Baroque, The English Concert
- Recorded: 2009-03-06
- Recording Venue: St. Paul's, Deptford
- Albrecht Mayer (oboe d amore)
- The English Concert
- Recorded: 2009-03-06
- Recording Venue: St. Paul's, Deptford
- Albrecht Mayer (oboe)
- Trinity Baroque, The English Concert
- Recorded: 2009-03-06
- Recording Venue: St. Paul's, Deptford
- Albrecht Mayer (oboe)
- Trinity Baroque, The English Concert
- Recorded: 2009-03-06
- Recording Venue: St. Paul's, Deptford
- Albrecht Mayer (oboe)
- Trinity Baroque, The English Concert
- Recorded: 2009-03-06
- Recording Venue: St. Paul's, Deptford
- Albrecht Mayer (cor anglais)
- The English Concert
- Recorded: 2009-03-06
- Recording Venue: St. Paul's, Deptford
- Albrecht Mayer (cor anglais)
- Trinity Baroque, The English Concert
- Recorded: 2009-03-06
- Recording Venue: St. Paul's, Deptford
- Albrecht Mayer (cor anglais)
- Trinity Baroque, The English Concert
- Recorded: 2009-03-06
- Recording Venue: St. Paul's, Deptford
- Albrecht Mayer (oboe)
- Trinity Baroque, The English Concert
- Recorded: 2009-03-06
- Recording Venue: St. Paul's, Deptford
- Albrecht Mayer (oboe)
- The English Concert
- Recorded: 2009-03-06
- Recording Venue: St. Paul's, Deptford
- Albrecht Mayer (oboe)
- Trinity Baroque, The English Concert
- Recorded: 2009-03-06
- Recording Venue: St. Paul's, Deptford
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Awards and reviews
July 2010
The most satisfying items on the disc are the eight chorales...which are all affectingly sung by Trinity Baroque under its director Julian Podger...In summary, this is an interesting concept sympathetically realised
June 2010
...this disc provides a pleasant listening experience. We can certainly relish Mayer's exceptional technique, especially his circular breathing, and his musicianship.
26th March 2010
Overall, a well-realised alliance of simpatico voicings.
28th February 2010
Bach has many voices, and this disc is a bold attempt by one of the world's leading oboists to sing many of them himself...He makes a gloriously rich sound, and the alto solo 'Widerstehe doch der Sünde', with its astonishing dissonances, works well.
