CD1
Antonín Reichenauer* (c. 1694-1730) - Quartet in G minor for Violin, Cello, Bassoon and Basso continuo (Rk 18) 12:52
1. I. Adagio 3:04
2. II. Allegro 4:11
3. III. Adagio 3:18
4. IV. Tempo di Menuet 2:15
Johann Friedrich Fasch (1688-1758) - Quartet in D major for Flute, Violin, Bassoon and Basso continuo (FaWV N:D1) 10:29
5. I. Largo 3:19
6. II. Allegro 1:54
7. III. Largo 2:16
8. IV. Allegro 2:48
František Jiránek* (1698-1778) - Trio sonata in B flat major for Two Violins and Basso continuo (Jk 27) 11:18
9. I. Largo 4:19
10. II. Allegro 3:43
11. III. Allegretto 3:09
Christian Gottlieb Postel* (c. 1697-1730) - Trio sonata in A major for Two Violins and Basso continuo 8:53
12. I. [Adagio] 2:30
13. II. Allegro ma non presto 3:11
14. III. Adagio 1:40
15. IV. Allegro 1:21
Johann Friedrich Fasch - Concerto in C major for Flute, Violin, Bassoon and Basso continuo (FaWV L:C3) 7:04
16. I. Allegro 2:28
17. II. Largo 2:15
18. III. Allegro 2:14
Johann Georg Orschler* (1698-1767/70) - Trio in F minor for Two Violins and Basso continuo 14:14
19. I. Intrada 3:19
20. II. Siciliana 3:09
21. III. Menuet - Trio 1:48
22. IV. Fuga 5:44
CD2
Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741) - Trio in G minor for Violin, Lute and Basso continuo (RV 85) 7:13
1. I. Andante molto 3:02
2. II. Larghetto 2:44
3. III. Allegro 1:26
Antonín Reichenauer* - Trio sonata in B flat major for Violin, Cello and Basso continuo (Rk 20) 9:59
4. I. Adagio 2:25
5. II. Fuga. Presto 1:56
6. III. Siciliana. Allegretto 2:36
7. IV. Allegro 3:00
František Ignác Antonín Tůma* (1704-1774) - Partita in C major for Flute and Basso continuo 9:57
8. I. Intrada 3:27
9. II. Adagio 2:38
10. III. Menuet I, II 2:10
11. IV. Bourlesque 1:35
Antonio Caldara (1670-1736) - Sonata in A major for Violin and Basso continuo 8:21
12. I. Andante 5:08
13. II. Allegro + Giga - Allegro 3:08
Johann Friedrich Fasch - Concerto in D major for Two Flutes, Strings and Basso continuo (FaWV L:D9) 11:24
14. I. Allegro 4:14
15. II. Andante 3:11
16. III. Allegro 3:58
*World Premiere Recordings
Sergio Azzolini - bassoon, Lenka Torgersen - violin, Helena Zemanová - violin Collegium Marianum (on period instruments), artistic direction: Jana Semerádová
Recorded in the Church of Our Lady, Queen of Angels in Prague, July 2012 (CD1), June 2003 and September 2005 (CD2).
Whereas Vivaldi needs no introduction whatsoever and other names (Caldara, Fasch, Tůma) are familiar to lovers of Baroque music, even specialists have only been getting to know the remarkable oeuvres of Reichenauer and Jiránek over the past few years, owing in large part to Supraphon's Music From Eighteenth-Century Prague series. Prague is that which all these composers had in common; for some of them the city represented a significant part of their career, for others a short episode or merely a way station. The Czech capital was a melting pot in which Dresden, Vienna, Naples and Venice came together and the influences of all the major European musical centres were recast. In aristocrats' exquisite palaces, and to the delight of their masters, these superlative artists performed their own chamber music, whose originality and splendour we can rediscover today. The CD blends the refinement and spontaneous musicality of the renowned Collegium Marianum with the Italian vivacity of their special guest, the phenomenal bassoonist Sergio Azzolini.
The splendour and refinement of the music that resounded in Prague Baroque palaces.
(Supraphon 2012)
| Property | Value |
| format | CD audio |
| original instruments | Yes |
