Concertos for Recorder

Cavasanti plays different sizes of recorder, and the results are mainly convincing. One of the concertos, BWV 1056, has been allotted to the violin, the instrument for which, in all probability,... — BBC Music Magazine, November 2023, 4 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 5 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

Release Date: 28th Jul 2023
Catalogue No: GCDP31910
Label: Glossa
Length: 61 minutes

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Bach, J S: Oboe Concerto in F major, BWV1053

Work length18:18

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arr. for recorder
Lorenza Cavasanti, Cantica Symphonia, Giuseppe Maletto

I. Adagio

Track length7:42

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II. Siciliano

Track length4:14

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III. Allegro

Track length6:22

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Bach, J S: Cantata BWV76 'Die Himmel erzählen die Ehre Gottes': Sinfonia

Work length2:42

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Lorenza Cavasanti, Cantica Symphonia, Giuseppe Maletto

Bach, J S: Oboe Concerto in G minor, BWV1056

Work length10:28

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arr. for recorder
Lorenza Cavasanti, Cantica Symphonia, Giuseppe Maletto

I. Allegro

Track length3:32

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II. Largo

Track length3:06

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III. Presto

Track length3:50

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Bach, J S: Oboe d'amore Concerto in A major, BWV1055

Work length14:10

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arr. for recorder
Lorenza Cavasanti, Cantica Symphonia, Giuseppe Maletto

I. Allegro

Track length4:15

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II. Larghetto

Track length5:27

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III. Allegro ma non tanto

Track length4:28

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Bach, J S: Sonata (Cantata BWV 182)

Work length2:34

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Lorenza Cavasanti, Cantica Symphonia, Giuseppe Maletto

Bach, J S: Concerto for Two Violins in C minor, BWV 1060

Work length13:42

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arr. for recorder & violin
Lorenza Cavasanti, Cantica Symphonia, Giuseppe Maletto

I. Allegro

Track length5:01

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II. Adagio

Track length4:56

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III. Allegro

Track length3:45

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Although Bach obviously felt at home composing for the recorder and used it in important works such as the Brandenburg Concertos and several cantatas, he never composed a concerto for solo recorder - in fact, he only wrote original solo concertos for harpsichord and violin. The lack of solo concertos for the recorder can be remedied, however: it is precisely his concertos for harpsichord that Bach demonstrably transcribedhimself, although it is not always clear for which of the missing originals they were intended. Even f in some cases other instruments are more likely, it is atleast not objectionable to play some of these concertos with recorder. The ensemble Cantica Symphonia has chosen Bach's concertos BWV 1053 in D major, BWV 1055 in A major for its recorder player Lorenzo Cavasanti, while violinist Liana Mosca plays the concerto BWV 1056 in G minor. Both together play the Concerto BWV 1060 in C minor, originally for two harpsichords.

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November 2023

Cavasanti plays different sizes of recorder, and the results are mainly convincing. One of the concertos, BWV 1056, has been allotted to the violin, the instrument for which, in all probability, Bach had foremost in mind. Liana Mosca gives a sensitive performance with a lyrical account of the poetic Largo…Cantica Symphonia under Giuseppe Maletto provides sympathetic support.

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