Art of the Recorder-Volume. 1/12 [Import]

Frans Bruggen (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

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• Audio CD (August 5, 2002)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Teldec
• ASIN: B000026LQB
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #863,903 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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5.0 out of 5 stars The most important compilation of recorder recordings, August 16, 2009

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Wai Kit Leung (CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Art of the Recorder-Volume. 1/12 (Audio CD)

This is a monumental collection, originally on LP, of Frans Bruggen performing a variety of pre-baroque, baroque and rococco works for recorder(s). Frans Bruggen put the recorder on the map as a solo instrument, and no one before or since has made such a huge impact. Many recorder players have burst onto the scene since, but I dare to say no one has matched Bruggen's musicality and expressiveness. Unfortunately, this 12-CD set appears to be out-of-print and hard-to-find as used copies as well.

Capriccio has recently put out a 8-CD set of recorder music played by Michael Schneider. That set is the closet one can get to this Bruggen set, in terms of breadth of repetoire. You may get it as an import: European Baroque Sonatas