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Site review by Polly Nomial June 21, 2007
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Performance: Sonics (MC): |
Another synthesised MCH/stereo disc from Capriccio highlighting a name that will be largely unfamiliar to many except specialists in the Classical repertoire. There are three concertos played here:
Piano concerto in G major (Christine Schornsheim, Berliner Barock-Compagney in 2000)
Oboe concerto in F major (Burkhard Glaetzner, Kammerorchester "Carl Phillipp Emanuel Bach", Hartmut Haenchen in 1984)
Horn concerto in E flat major (Andrew Joy, Kölner Rundfunkorchester, Johannes Goritzki in 1997)
The piano concerto is a pleasant, whilst not distinctive, work but for all the grace of Schornsheim on her fortepiano, the opening Allegro molto is most definitely more Allegro grazioso - more "fire" could have helped carry the listeners interest. A brief but lovely Romance separates the two outer movements; the Rondaeu finale is an Allegretto that is given far too weighty a treatment from all concerned - a serious misreading of the score and the material behind the notes if ever I've heard it.
Fortunately the oboe concerto fares much better from both a performance and compositional perspective - it is intrinsically more interesting and performed more in keeping with the directions indicated. Glaetzner's tone is penetrating, not the creamy variety that other German oboists cultivate, and this is appropriate for the music. Unlike the account of the piano concerto, the Allegretto finale is genuinely light of touch from the performers - amazing considering that the earlier recording is made on modern instruments not "historical" instruments.
The horn concerto suffers a somewhat rough and ready response from the orchestra and conductor that quite undermines Andrew Joy's musical response to this pleasant but far from front-rank composer. Sadly, this performance and the piano concertos' mean that this disc is not really recommendable. Those only interested in the oboe concerto may purchase safely. If nothing else, this disc is a salutary reminder that style is more than the instruments used...
The sound is adequate but the synthesised MCH layer is far from ideal.
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