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Sebastian Bodinus - Musicalische Divertissements [Parts 5 + 6] - Camerata Köln

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Sebastian Bodinus - Musicalische Divertissements [Parts 5 + 6] - Camerata Köln

Sebastian Bodinus - Musicalische Divertissements
Classical, Baroque | 1 CD | EAC | FLAC, CUE, LOG | Scans | 316 MB | Rapidshare
Recorded: 6-8 Jan. 2003, DLF Sendesaal | Released: 2005 | Label: cpo 999 945 | TT: 59:22
Camerata Köln (Karl Kaiser - Transverse Flute I, Michael Schneider - Recorder and Transverse Flute II, Ulrich Hübner - Baroque Horn, Sabine Lier - Violin, Ingeborg Scherer - Viola, Julianne Borsodi - Violoncello, Christian Zincke - Violone, Yasunori Imamura - Theorbe and Baroque Guitar, Sabine Bauer - Claviorganum)

This disc is remarkable in more than one way. First of all, Sebastian Bodinus is anything but a household name, but nevertheless this 'minor master' appears to have written first-rate music, as this recording proves. Secondly, the divertissements presented here have nothing to do with the divertimenti of the classical period. They are quartets: pieces consisting of three equal upper parts and basso continuo, and combining elements of the sonata da chiesa, the concerto and the suite. The quartet was very rare in the time Bodinus composed his: the 1720s and 1730s. According to Johann Joachim Quantz "the use of it never became very common; as a consequence, it also cannot have been so familiar to everybody". The best-known composer of quartets was Georg Philipp Telemann, whose Quadri, published in 1730, were perhaps models for Bodinus' quartets, which belong to a six-part collection of trios and quartets, which he started to write in 1726.

Very little is known about Sebastian Bodinus. He was born in 1700 in Saxe-Gotha; the exact place and date of his birth are unknown. He was educated as violinist, and in 1718 he entered the service of Margrave Carl III Wilhelm of Baden-Durlach. At his court in Karlsruhe the margrave also engaged Johann Melchior Molter, who became music director in 1722. At several stages of his life Bodinus worked elsewhere, but he always returned to Karlsruhe, where he was appointed concertmaster in 1728. In 1759 he died in a madhouse in Pforzheim.

It is not surprising that Bodinus, being a violinist, composed and published several collections of solo sonatas for his instrument. In the booklet Quantz is quoted as writing: "Nowadays composing a solo is no longer regarded as involving any special skill. Almost everyone occupies himself with it." Bodinus may have been aware of this, and set out to compose trios and quartets. The fifth and sixth parts of his collection of Divertissements consist of three quartets each, with three different scorings. Not only the writing of three upper parts is uncommon, but also the choice of instruments. In particular the horn was seldom used in chamber music, and the viola mostly appeared in pieces for strings only. Although the instruments are treated equally, the violin often plays a concertizing role, reflecting the profession of the composer.

There is much variety in the way Bodinus has composed these six quartets. The horn part in the Sonata III in D is much more elaborate than in the Sonata I in D, where it also keeps silent in the slow movement. The two quartets with two flute parts are also very different. In the Sonata II in A the violin has a virtuosic solo part, whereas the two transverse flutes, mostly playing parallel to each other, are acting like the tutti in a solo concerto. In the Sonata I in D, on the other hand, the two flutes are treated independently. This is underlined here by playing one of the flute parts on the recorder - a questionable decision. The two quartets with viola are reminiscent of the quartets by Telemann, in particular the Sonata III in e minor. The slow movements of both quartets are very expressive: in the e minor quartet the flute and violin are involved in a dialogue, whereas the viola is acting like a basso continuo. In the slow movement of the Sonata II in G the flute is taking the lead, supported by violin and viola. The booklet says that both slow movements are 'senza basso' (without a basso continuo part), but then why do I hear a guitar in the adagio of the Sonata III? All three quartets are in three movements, but the two Sonatas with horn open with a binary movement, consisting of a slow and a fast section.

I have enjoyed this disc immensely. This is simply excellent music, and it is a complete mystery to me why these pieces have never been recorded before. Therefore I strongly recommend this recording, not only because of the music, but also because of the playing of the Camerata Köln. The ensemble delivers very lively and sensitive interpretations, which show a deep understanding of the character of German instrumental music of the 18th century. From a technical point of view all instruments are well recorded. It is only in the first movement of the Sonata III in e minor that the viola is not clearly audible. (Johan van Veen, musica-dei-donum.net, 2009)

Tracklist:

Quartette des Musicalischen Divertissements fünffter Theil aus III in das Gehör gerichteten Quadro oder vierstimmigen Sonaten
01-03 Sonata I in D major
04-06 Sonata II in A major
07-09 Sonata II in E minor

Quartette des Musicalischen Divertissements sechster Theil aus III in das Gehör gerichteten Quadro oder vierstimmigen Sonaten
10-12 Sonata I in D major
13-15 Sonata II in G major
16-18 Sonata III in D major


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