Vivaldi: Bassoon Concertos; Tartini: Flute Concerto (2007)

Performance practice in Vivaldi's concertos has come a long way since 1973 and 1974, when this selection of basssoon concertos (plus a Tartini flute concerto) was recorded. But of course these recordings themselves represented a huge advance on the symphony orchestras that had previously lumbered through Vivaldi, and if it hadn't been for I Musici and bassoonist Klaus Thunemann, there wouldn't be other recordings of the bassoon concertos to appreciate today. A good deal of the booklet is devoted to the original engineering ... Read More

Performance practice in Vivaldi's concertos has come a long way since 1973 and 1974, when this selection of basssoon concertos (plus a Tartini flute concerto) was recorded. But of course these recordings themselves represented a huge advance on the symphony orchestras that had previously lumbered through Vivaldi, and if it hadn't been for I Musici and bassoonist Klaus Thunemann, there wouldn't be other recordings of the bassoon concertos to appreciate today. A good deal of the booklet is devoted to the original engineering of these recordings, which were made in the much-touted but now vanished "quad sound" of the 1970s. One can understand why the engineers who worked on these reissues got excited about them; they have plenty of detail and an unusual all-enveloping quality in the strings. But for the modern listener the results are underwhelming. Thunemann is a facile bassoonist who is undaunted by the considerable technical challenges of these concertos (they are among Vivaldi's most difficult in... Read Less

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