Albrecht Mayer - In Venice
A modern player goes Baroque to offer up a dish of Venetian delights
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Composer or Director: Alessandro Marcello, Antonio Vivaldi, Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni, Antonio Lotti, Giovanni Benedetto Platti, Benedetto Marcello
Genre:
Orchestral
Label: Universal Classics & Jazz
Magazine Review Date: 11/2008
Media Format: CD or Download
Media Runtime: 0
Mastering:
Stereo
Catalogue Number: 478 0313DH
Tracks:
Composition | Artist Credit |
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(12) Concerti for Violin and Strings, '(Il) cimento dell'armonia e dell'inventione', Movement: No. 4 in F minor, 'Winter', RV297 |
Antonio Vivaldi, Composer
Albrecht Mayer, Oboe Antonio Vivaldi, Composer |
Concerto for Oboe and Strings |
Antonio Vivaldi, Composer
Albrecht Mayer, Oboe Antonio Vivaldi, Composer |
Concerto 'per Oboé' |
Giovanni Benedetto Platti, Composer
Albrecht Mayer, Oboe Giovanni Benedetto Platti, Composer |
Canzona: Se morto mi brami perché mi non m'uccidi |
Benedetto Marcello, Composer
Albrecht Mayer, Oboe Benedetto Marcello, Composer |
Concerto for Oboe d'amore and Strings |
Antonio Lotti, Composer
Albrecht Mayer, Oboe Antonio Lotti, Composer |
(12) Concerti a cinque, Movement: No. 2 in D minor |
Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni, Composer
Albrecht Mayer, Oboe Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni, Composer |
Author: David Vickers
It feels a little strange to hear the timbre of a modern oboe accompanied by small “Baroque” forces including only single strings, theorbo and keyboard. Mayer’s fluent and smooth playing in the Vivaldi concerto seems a bit old-fashioned, and the central Larghetto features noble use of dotted string accompaniment and a prominent organ continuo: this could almost be Karajan conducting the so-called “Albinoni’s Adagio”. Mayer’s playing is packed to the hilt with rubato but his handling of lines is attractively poetic. His playing initially seems to dominate the rest of the instruments, but the balance of sound improves.
Alessandro Marcello’s D minor Concerto, reputedly among the earliest concertos for oboe, has a much finer and subtler blend between the soloist and his New Seasons Ensemble. The musicians give a vivacious performance of Antonio Lotti’s Oboe d’amore Concerto, which is perhaps the most striking and melodically charming of the five works. Best of all, there is a tender performance of an Adagio that really is composed by Albinoni.
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