C.P.E. Bach: Oboe Concertos - Starr, Boysen, Musica Poetica (2012)
C.P.E. Bach: Oboe Concertos - Starr, Boysen, Musica Poetica (2012)
EAC Rip | Flac (Tracks + cue + log) | 1 CD | Full Scans | 282 MB
Genre: Classical | Label: Brilliant Classics | Catalog Number: 94298
EAC Rip | Flac (Tracks + cue + log) | 1 CD | Full Scans | 282 MB
Genre: Classical | Label: Brilliant Classics | Catalog Number: 94298
C.P.E. Bach’s two surviving oboe concertos both began as keyboard concertos that were later transcribed for oboe; their intended performer was probably Johann Christian Fischer, a virtuoso based in Potsdam in the mid 1760s. This would perhaps account for their technical and immensely challenging solo lines, which suggest that, like his father, Carl Philipp Emmanuel revelled in pushing instruments and performers to their limits.
The highpoints of both concertos are their slow movements, which feature music of such beauty and chromatic melancholy – achieve by muting the oboe with sheep’s wool – that the emotion is profoundly moving. The concertos are complemented by the Pastorale in A minor and Sonata in G minor. Although the Pastorale is of uncertain authorship and may have been composed by C.P.E Bach’s brother Wilhelm Friedemann, the Sonata can be dated to the mid 1730s.
Like the concertos, this work has a highly effective slow movement, in this case the opening movement, containing music of great beauty and high emotional charge. A fast movement follows, and the work concludes with a virtuosic set of variations.
Composer: Carl Philipp Emmanuel Bach
Performer: Anna Starr, Joaquim Guerra Codina
Conductor: Jörn Boysen
Orchestra/Ensemble: Musica Poetica
Reviews: The two concerti and the sonata are the only works that Carl Philipp Emanuel composed for solo oboe; the short Pastorale included here may have been the work of another composer. Furthermore, the two concerti were arranged by C. P. E. himself from two of his keyboard concerti, Wq 39 and Wq 40, respectively.
There have been more than a few recordings of these works, involving both modern and period instruments. Oboists clearly like them, and they make an agreeable impression on the listener. Outer movements are perky, even a bit droll at times, and the slow middle movements possess a contrasting depth of feeling. (Conductor Jörn Boysen goes so far as to claim that, in the Adagio ma non troppo of Wq 165, “long chromatic lines are twisted into each other so that the listener almost feels a sympathetic physical pain upon hearing it.” Fanciful, perhaps, but I can hear what he means.) The sonata is even more changeable in its moods, but overall, what sticks in one’s memory is not pain but pleasure, and the feeling that one has been in the presence of an accomplished, good-natured raconteur.
Anna Starr’s instrument has an appealingly full and somewhat quacky tone. A modern instrument would be easier to control, but the instrument’s (and Starr’s) personality comes forward here. This is not generic playing, by any means. Musica Poetica is a small ensemble of two violins, viola, cello, and double bass. (In the Pastorale, Starr is joined by bassoonist Joaquim Guerra Codina.) In other words, this is hardly big-band Bach. Even so, it doesn’t sound ascetic, thanks to the lively playing of Boysen and his group of strings.
Listeners who want a more orchestral sound might prefer a Naxos disc featuring oboist József Kiss and the Ferenc Erkel Chamber Orchestra. Heinz Holliger also recorded the concertos for Philips. Still, I am very satisfied with Starr and Musica Poetica, and I expect that I will return to this inexpensive CD many times in the future.
Tracklisting:
1. Sonata for Oboe and Basso Continuo in G minor, Wq 135/H 549 by Carl Philipp Emmanuel Bach
Performer: Anna Starr (Baroque Oboe)
Conductor: Jörn Boysen
Orchestra/Ensemble: Musica Poetica
Period: Classical
Written: ?1735; Germany
2. Concerto for Oboe in E flat major, Wq 165/H 468 by Carl Philipp Emmanuel Bach
Performer: Anna Starr (Baroque Oboe)
Conductor: Jörn Boysen
Orchestra/Ensemble: Musica Poetica
Period: Classical
Written: ?1765; Berlin, Germany
3. Concerto for Oboe in B flat major, Wq 164/H 466 by Carl Philipp Emmanuel Bach
Performer: Anna Starr (Baroque Oboe)
Conductor: Jörn Boysen
Orchestra/Ensemble: Musica Poetica
Period: Classical
Written: ?1765; Berlin, Germany
4. Pastorale in A minor, Wq deest by Carl Philipp Emmanuel Bach
Performer: Anna Starr (Baroque Oboe), Joaquim Guerra Codina (Bassoon)
Conductor: Jörn Boysen
Orchestra/Ensemble: Musica Poetica
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