Clas Pehrsson [Import]

Johann David Heinichen (Composer), Joseph Bodin de Boismortier (Composer), Alessandro Scarlatti (Composer), Samuel Scheidt (Composer), Clement Woodcock (Composer), William [Composer] Byrd (Composer), Peter Warlock (Composer), Georg Philipp Telemann (Composer), Drottningholm Baroque Ensemble (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: Drottningholm Baroque Ensemble
• Composer: Johann David Heinichen, Joseph Bodin de Boismortier, Alessandro Scarlatti, Samuel Scheidt, Clement Woodcock, et al.
• Audio CD (July 12, 1993)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Bis
• ASIN: B00000165O
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #619,295 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Concerto à 8 for 4 recorders & strings: Allegro

2. Concerto à 8 for 4 recorders & strings: Pastorell

3. Concerto à 8 for 4 recorders & strings: Adagio

4. Concerto à 8 for 4 recorders & strings: Allegro assai

5. Concerto for 5 tenor recorders in D minor: Adagio

6. Concerto for 5 tenor recorders in D minor: Allegro

7. Concerto for 5 tenor recorders in D minor: Allegro

8. Concerto for 5 tenor recorders in D minor: Adagio

9. Concerto for 5 tenor recorders in D minor: Allegro

10. Concerto for 5 tenor recorders in D minor: Allegro

11. Sinfonie di concerto grosso No. 10 for flute, 2 violins, viola, cello & continuo in A minor: Allegro

12. Sinfonie di concerto grosso No. 10 for flute, 2 violins, viola, cello & continuo in A minor: Adagio

13. Sinfonie di concerto grosso No. 10 for flute, 2 violins, viola, cello & continuo in A minor: Fuga

14. Sinfonie di concerto grosso No. 10 for flute, 2 violins, viola, cello & continuo in A minor: Piano

15. Sinfonie di concerto grosso No. 10 for flute, 2 violins, viola, cello & continuo in A minor: Allegro

16. Cantus 28

17. Browning My Dere, for 5 recorders

18. Browning a 5, for instrumental consort ('The Leaves Bee Greene')

19. Capriol Suite for piano, 4 hands or string orchestra: Basse-Danse

20. Capriol Suite for piano, 4 hands or string orchestra: Pavane

See all 28 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Music for Recorder Ensemble from the 16th to the 20th Centuries, August 10, 2005

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Leslie Richford (Selsingen, Lower Saxony) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Clas Pehrsson (Audio CD)

First, some further information about the contents of this CD. The pieces by Heinichen, Alessandro Scarlatti and Telemann are standard-style baroque works for one or more recorders and strings. The solo part is played by Clas Pehrsson on diverse historical recorder types, assisted by his Musica Dolce recorder ensemble and the Drottningholm Baroque Ensemble. The Browning by Woodcock is from the 16th century, the pieces by Byrd and Scheidt are from the early 17th century, all played by Musica Dolce. The two concertos by Boismortier were, in fact, written for transverse flutes and are here played in a transcription for alto and tenor recorders. Peter Warlock's Capriol Suite, finally, was written in the 1920's for string orchestra and is here played in Stanley Taylor's transcription for recorder ensemble. Although this is a modern piece, it begins with several renaissance-style dances and, in the end, it is only the last movement, entitled "Mattachins", which sounds more modern.

As usual, BIS document the CD extremely well, and the booklet informs the listener that the recording sessions took place between 1974 and 1976 at Wik Castle in Sweden. Of course, these are analogue recordings, and if you listen closely, you will hear a little distortion at one or two points. Also, there is some "pre-echoing" from the tapes to be heard between tracks.

Having said all that, I should add that Clas Pehrsson and his team do a wonderful job of presenting this highly unusual material. Thank God that BIS keep most of their old recordings on the market - this one is worth its weight in gold, both for the music and for its documentary value as a testimony to the beginnings of the Early Music Movement in Sweden.