Heinichen: Dresden Concerti

Heinichen: Dresden Concerti
Musica Antiqua Köln - Reinhard Goebel
Archiv 437 549-2 A H2 (2 CDs)
Archiv 474 892-2 (2 CDs)

Contents:

Johann David Heinichen (1683-1729):
- Concerto in F major Seibel 234 (horn I/II, violin solo, oboe solo, flute solo; strings, oboes; b.c.)
- Concerto in F major Seibel 235 (oboe solo, violin solo, flute I/II, horn I/II; strings, oboes, recorders, flutes; b.c.)
- Concerto in G major Seibel 215 (recorder I/II, oboe I/II, violin solo; strings; b.c.)
- Concerto in G major Seibel 214 (flute I/II, oboe I/II, violin solo; strings; b.c.)
- Concerto in D major Seibel 226 (flute, oboe, violin, cello, theorbo; strings; b.c.)
- Concerto in G major Seibel 213 (violin solo, flute I/II, oboe I/II; strings; b.c.)
- Concerto in F major Seibel 233 (horn I/II, flute I/II; strings, oboes; b.c.)
- Concerto in C major Seibel 211 (recorder I-III; strings, oboes, flutes; b.c.)
- Concerto in F major Seibel 231 (horn I/II, flute I/II; strings, oboes; b.c.)
- Concerto in F major Seibel 232 (flute I/II, oboe solo I/II, bassoon I/II, violin solo, cello I/II; strings, oboes; b.c.)
- Concerto in G major Seibel 217 (flute solo I/II, violin solo I/II, cello solo I/II, bassoon solo I/II; strings, oboes; b.c.)
- Concerto in G major Seibel 214 (flute I/II, oboe I/II, violin solo; strings, oboes; b.c.)
- Serenata di Moritzburg in F major Seibel 204 (horn I/II, flute I/II, oboe I/II; strings; b.c.)
- Sonata in A major Seibel 208 (flute I/II, oboe I-III; strings; b.c.)
- Concert Movement in C minor Seibel 240 (oboe solo, violin solo; strings; b.c.)

Playing time: 70'45, 66'04

Performers: Anton Steck, Wolfgang von Kessinger, Florian Geldsetzer, Andrea Keller, Werner Ehrhardt, Katharina Wolff, Kreta Maria Kentala, Thomas Pietsch (violin); Laura Johnson (violin, viola); Claudia Steeb, Raimund Nolte, Andreas Gerhardus, Reinhard Goebel (viola); Phoebe Carrai, Markus Möllenbeck, Dorothea Wolff (cello); Dane Roberts, Jürgen Fichtner (violone); Michael Dücker (theorbo); Andreas Spering (harpsichord); Jed Wentz, Marion Moonen, Cordula Breuer (flute); Marion Verbruggen, Bart Spanhove, Joris van Goethem (recorder); Michael Niesemann, Alison Gangler, Les Vox (oboe); Wolfgang Dey (flute, oboe); Charles Putnam, Renée Allen (horn); Adrian Rovatkay, Henriette Bakker (bassoon).

Recording date: 2 and 3/1992.

Comments: Great festive music from a great composer rediscovered by Reinhard Goebel. These concertos are outstanding pieces of music, to be considered at the same level as Bach's and Handel's concerti. A selection (Seibel 234, 213, 235, 233, 208, 240 and 231) has been reissued as "Concerti Grandi" (Archiv 437 849-2 A H (1 CD)), and then as a part of the "Bach & seine Zeit" mid-price box (Archiv 459 361-2 A X10 (10 CDs)). The complete recording was recently reissued in the "Gramophone Awards Collection" (DG Gramophone Awards Collection 474 892-2 (2 CDs)).

Another Musica Antiqua Köln vocal recording devoted to Heinichen:

Heinichen: Lamentationes, Passionsmusik
Musica Antiqua Köln - Reinhard Goebel
Archiv 447 092 (2 CDs)

Other recordings:

Heinichen: Concertos and Overtures
Il Fondamento - Paul Dombrecht
Passacaille 921
Heinichen: Dresden Wind Concerti
Stadler Herrle / Fiori Musicali - Thomas Albert
CPO 999 637
Heinichen: Concerti, etc.
Klosterkirche Weissenau - Laura Cerutti
Ambitus 96879

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