Fasch; Müller; Telemann - Lustige Feldmusik
A pleasurable exploration of German music for oboe band
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Composer or Director: Johann Michael Müller, Johann Caspar Ferdinand Fischer
Genre:
Orchestral
Label: Ricercar
Magazine Review Date: 5/2011
Media Format: CD or Download
Media Runtime: 0
Mastering:
Stereo
Catalogue Number: RIC304

Tracks:
Composition | Artist Credit |
---|---|
Suite |
Johann Caspar Ferdinand Fischer, Composer
Johann Caspar Ferdinand Fischer, Composer |
(12) Sonatas for Oboe, Winds and Continuo |
Johann Michael Müller, Composer
Johann Michael Müller, Composer |
Author: Lindsay Kemp
As is often the case with this repertoire, the performers have had to be a little creative – the suite by Johann Fischer recorded here is taken over from a piece for string orchestra, the Partie by Telemann is an arrangement by an anonymous contemporary of an oboe sonata from his Kleine Cammer-Music, and informed guesswork has been necessary to identify the instruments Fasch intended by the terms “oboe de Silve” (oboes da caccia?) and “Chalcedon” (bassoon?) – but the sonatas by Johann Michael Müller and the concerto by Christoph Förster are genuine originals. All are works of attractiveness and quality, and if the better-known Telemann and Fasch predictably emerge as showing the greatest accomplishment and individuality (Fasch’s Concerto contains a rather lovely and graceful Air), the other composers certainly merit their moment in the spotlight – the lively Müller especially.
In this, their debut recording, the 10‑piece Lingua Franca give performances in which expert ensemble-playing, a reliable feel for style and a warm, soft-edged sound happily combine to offer the listener a relaxing and rather mellow pleasure – like smoking one of those old long-stemmed pipes, perhaps.
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