This album of music for oboe and strings by Bach involves mostly hypothetical reconstructions from various times, with a concerto by Alessandro Marcello and a couple of oboe solos from choral pieces to round out the program. Most of the music here is better known in versions for keyboard and orchestra. But nothing about these facts reduces its beauty or even its historical authenticity; there are strong indications that several of Bach's keyboard concertos were based on lost originals for wind instruments, and in any event ...
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This album of music for oboe and strings by Bach involves mostly hypothetical reconstructions from various times, with a concerto by Alessandro Marcello and a couple of oboe solos from choral pieces to round out the program. Most of the music here is better known in versions for keyboard and orchestra. But nothing about these facts reduces its beauty or even its historical authenticity; there are strong indications that several of Bach's keyboard concertos were based on lost originals for wind instruments, and in any event arrangements of all kinds were common within Bach's oeuvre. Bach himself arranged a good deal of Italian music for new instrumental combinations, and indeed he arranged the Marcello concerto heard here for solo harpsichord. What is heard here is the original concerto, and it's unclear what's meant by the inclusion of Bach's name in the track list in connection with this work. Veteran Swiss oboist Heinz Holliger, however, will make you forget such issues with his gorgeous performance...
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