Sammartini / Stegmann / Friggi- Concertos for Recorder & Oboe (CD)
Robert Woodcock was not a professional musician. He was a painter and ships were his favorite subjects: many of those are now displayed in National Maritime Museum in Greenwich and testify to his skills. He did not make a living out of music, yet he played the oboe and in 1727 he published a collection of twelve concertos. In the 1720s London's public was mesmerized by the newly-imported Italian concerto and by the virtuosity of the several wind players who performed on the English stages on different instruments. Woodcock, who scored his music for sixth-flute (a soprano recorder in D), oboe, and traverso with string accompaniment, wrote some of the music played by those virtuosi. He was a contemporary of Handel and it is not by chance that one of his pieces was for a long time attributed to Handel. On this new release, Ensemble Odyssee presents the complete recorder and oboe concertos by Woodcock together with some lesser-known orchestra works by Charles Dieupart and Sammartini's celebrated recorder concerto in a new and fresh performance.
Tracklist:
- Recorder Concerto In F Major: I. Allegro
- Recorder Concerto In F Major: II. Siciliano
- Recorder Concerto In F Major: III. Allegro Assai
- Concerto À 5 In A Major
- Concerto No. 11 For Oboe In C Minor: I. Largo
- Concerto No. 11 For Oboe In C Minor: II. Allegro
- Concerto No. 11 For Oboe In C Minor: III. Adagio
- Concerto No. 11 For Oboe In C Minor: IV. Minuets I & II
- Concerto No. 1 For Sixth Flute In E Major: I. Largo
- Concerto No. 1 For Sixth Flute In E Major: II. Allegro
- Concerto No. 1 For Sixth Flute In E Major: III. Adagio
- Concerto No. 1 For Sixth Flute In E Major: IV. Minuets I & II
- Concerto No. 10 For Oboe In E Minor: I. Adagio
- Concerto No. 10 For Oboe In E Minor: II. Allegro
- Concerto No. 10 For Oboe In E Minor: III. Andante
- Concerto No. 10 For Oboe In E Minor: IV. Allegro
- Recorder Concerto No. 3 In D Major: I. Allegro
- Recorder Concerto No. 3 In D Major: II. Siciliana
- Recorder Concerto No. 3 In D Major: III. Vivace
- Concerto No. 12 For Oboe In E-Flat Major: I. Adagio E Staccato
- Concerto No. 12 For Oboe In E-Flat Major: II. Allegro
- Concerto No. 12 For Oboe In E-Flat Major: III. Adagio E Sempre Piano
- Recorder Concerto No. 2 In A Major: I. Allegro
- Recorder Concerto No. 2 In A Major: II. Adagio
- Recorder Concerto No. 2 In A Major: III. Minuets I & II
- Sonata In E Minor: I. Andante
- Sonata In E Minor: II. Largo
- Sonata In E Minor: III. Vivace
- Sonata In E Minor: IV. Grave E Staccato
- Sonata In E Minor: V. Allegro
Robert Woodcock was not a professional musician. He was a painter and ships were his favorite subjects: many of those are now displayed in National Maritime Museum in Greenwich and testify to his skills. He did not make a living out of music, yet he played the oboe and in 1727 he published a collection of twelve concertos. In the 1720s London's public was mesmerized by the newly-imported Italian concerto and by the virtuosity of the several wind players who performed on the English stages on different instruments. Woodcock, who scored his music for sixth-flute (a soprano recorder in D), oboe, and traverso with string accompaniment, wrote some of the music played by those virtuosi. He was a contemporary of Handel and it is not by chance that one of his pieces was for a long time attributed to Handel. On this new release, Ensemble Odyssee presents the complete recorder and oboe concertos by Woodcock together with some lesser-known orchestra works by Charles Dieupart and Sammartini's celebrated recorder concerto in a new and fresh performance.
Tracklist:
- Recorder Concerto In F Major: I. Allegro
- Recorder Concerto In F Major: II. Siciliano
- Recorder Concerto In F Major: III. Allegro Assai
- Concerto À 5 In A Major
- Concerto No. 11 For Oboe In C Minor: I. Largo
- Concerto No. 11 For Oboe In C Minor: II. Allegro
- Concerto No. 11 For Oboe In C Minor: III. Adagio
- Concerto No. 11 For Oboe In C Minor: IV. Minuets I & II
- Concerto No. 1 For Sixth Flute In E Major: I. Largo
- Concerto No. 1 For Sixth Flute In E Major: II. Allegro
- Concerto No. 1 For Sixth Flute In E Major: III. Adagio
- Concerto No. 1 For Sixth Flute In E Major: IV. Minuets I & II
- Concerto No. 10 For Oboe In E Minor: I. Adagio
- Concerto No. 10 For Oboe In E Minor: II. Allegro
- Concerto No. 10 For Oboe In E Minor: III. Andante
- Concerto No. 10 For Oboe In E Minor: IV. Allegro
- Recorder Concerto No. 3 In D Major: I. Allegro
- Recorder Concerto No. 3 In D Major: II. Siciliana
- Recorder Concerto No. 3 In D Major: III. Vivace
- Concerto No. 12 For Oboe In E-Flat Major: I. Adagio E Staccato
- Concerto No. 12 For Oboe In E-Flat Major: II. Allegro
- Concerto No. 12 For Oboe In E-Flat Major: III. Adagio E Sempre Piano
- Recorder Concerto No. 2 In A Major: I. Allegro
- Recorder Concerto No. 2 In A Major: II. Adagio
- Recorder Concerto No. 2 In A Major: III. Minuets I & II
- Sonata In E Minor: I. Andante
- Sonata In E Minor: II. Largo
- Sonata In E Minor: III. Vivace
- Sonata In E Minor: IV. Grave E Staccato
- Sonata In E Minor: V. Allegro