Heinichen: Dresden Wind Concertos /Fiori Musicali * Albert

Johann David Heinichen (Artist), Fiori Musicali (Artist), Thomas Albert (Artist), Laurence Dean (Artist), Martin Stadler (Artist), Hariett Herrle (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 30, 1999)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Cpo Records
• ASIN: B000031WHS
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #141,195 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Concerto For Two Oboes And Orchestra In E Minor s. 222: Vivace

2. Concerto For Two Oboes And Orchestra In E Minor s. 222: Adagio

3. Concerto For Two Oboes And Orchestra In E Minor s. 222: Allegro

4. Concerto For Transverse Flute And Orchestra In D Major S. 225: Untitled

5. Concerto For Transverse Flute And Orchestra In D Major S. 225: Andante

6. Concerto For Transverse Flute And Orchestra In D Major S. 225: Allegro

7. Concerto For Oboe And Orchestra In G Minor S. 237: Allegro

8. Concerto For Oboe And Orchestra In G Minor S. 237: Untitled

9. Concerto For Oboe And Orchestra In G Minor S. 237: Vivace

10. Concerto For Transverse Flute, Violin, And Orchestra In E Minor S. 218: Allegro

11. Concerto For Transverse Flute, Violin, And Orchestra In E Minor S. 218: Adagio

12. Concerto For Transverse Flute, Violin, And Orchestra In E Minor S. 218: Presto - Adagio

13. Concerto For Transverse Flute, Violin, And Orchestra In E Minor S. 218: Allegro

14. Concerto For Oboe And Orchestra In A Minor S. 212: Untitled

15. Concerto For Oboe And Orchestra In A Minor S. 212: Largo - Adagio

16. Concerto For Oboe And Orchestra In A Minor S. 212: Allegro

17. Concerto For Oboe,Trasverse Flute, And Orchestra In G Minor S. 238: Allegro

18. Largo

19. Untitled

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2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Music by a Largely Forgotten Baroque Master, November 30, 2010

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Doug - Haydn Fan (California) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Heinichen: Dresden Wind Concertos /Fiori Musicali * Albert (Audio CD)

These Heinichen concertos mix elements of both the Venetian style and the more Germanic models of his day. Heinichen traveled extensively, spending profitable years as a student and opera composer in Leipzig and later traveling and writing opera in Venice. The son of August the Strong (love that title!)thought highly of Heinichen's abilities, and encouraged the composer to take up a position in Dresden. Heinichen must have proven a considerable talent, for the Dresden Court soon after tapped him as court music director over their established and well respected in-house composer Lotti. (Who soon after left!)

These compositions find Heinichen moving easily in pure Vivaldi style - as in the Concerto for Oboe s.237, which boasts a sensational aria-like second movement backed by plucked strings, a Heinichen specialty. A remarkable piece of lyricism, explaining Heinichen's marked success in the opera houses of his day. The other concertos convey more a blend of styles, though the Italianate features do predominate. Heinichen wrote a serious text on thorough-bass, a major theoretical work of the first half of the eighteenth century. You can hear his learning on display in each of these works, but Heinichen wears his pedantry lightly, and the music never falls into the dreaded routine often afflicting too much of the music of this period.

If not the finest musical intelligence or most imaginative mind of his age, Heinichen was a highly accomplished composer, and these performances given proof to his rise to fame and high post in Dresden. Sadly, Heinichen died relatively young at 45. Limitations placed on the distribution of court music at Dresden served to weaken the composer's stature.

The concertos on this set were recorded in November 1998. Historical performance considerations are up to date as of that date. I find these concertos improve with repeated listening - a mark of Heinichen's cunning use of middle voices, the composer writing with four integral voices.

A major release of some of his most glorious music for orchestra can be heard on another 2-Cd set.Heinichen: Dresden Concerti

3 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars What a beautiful piece of music ..., October 20, 2008

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Dr. Stephen A. Stuart "stephenacworth" (Ottawa) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Heinichen: Dresden Wind Concertos /Fiori Musicali * Albert (Audio CD)

This is a little-known composer whose work is becoming more widely available. I would highly recommend this album to anyone.