Vivaldi: Recorder Concertos available on March 05 2016 from Amazon for 14.26
EAN bar code 7318599920351 ξ1 registered March 05 2016
Product category is Audio
Manufacturered by BIS
Product weight is 0.26 lbs.
The Swedish recorder virtuoso Dan Laurin has demonstrated his remarkable versatility on some thirty recordings on BIS, ranging from a nine-disc set with 17th-century composer Jacob van Eyck's complete Der Fluyten Lust-hof to the recent Rock that Flute, with music for recorder and strings written in 2013 by the Dutch composer Chiel Meijering. During a recording career that stretches over almost 30 years, Laurin keeps returning to one particular set of works, however: the concertos by Antonio Vivaldi. Three of the works (the Concertos RV 441, 443 and 444) included on his latest release he has recorded more than once before, with ensembles such as the Drottningholm Baroque Ensemble, Bach Collegium Japan and Arte dei Suonatori. For his latest 'take' on these favourites Laurin has joined forces with the young and vibrant Norwegian string ensemble 1B1 (shorthand for Ensemble Bjergsted 1). As he explains in his own liner notes for the present disc, he was inspired by his work on transcribing and performing Vivaldis Four Seasons: A close reading of RV441 and RV443445 reveals great similarities between these works and The Four Seasons: sudden changes of moods, turbulent emotions, burlesque whims mixed with sublime beauty and elegance My aim here is to explore the recorder concertos with the same freedom and spontaneity that characterize the modern-day approach to the Seasons. Laurins recording of the Seasons has been called undoubtedly the best transcription to date (Diapason) and never hackneyed, but instead invigoratingly fresh and vibrant (Clarino), verdicts which can only fuel the expectations concerning this his latest version of the recorder concertos.
Amazon has the reviews for two different products run together. This album actually was recorded on a sopranino. I seem to be in the minority, but I actually like the sound of a cute little sopranino.The musicianship is wonderful, as it is on all Dan Laurin albums.Bach Collegium = sopraninoDrottningholm Baroque Ensemble = altoBoth albums are discussed on Mr. Laurin's website. He generally does not like playing the sopranino, and had one made for this album.I love both albums..
