Fasch: Instrumental Music

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Fasch proves more inventive and original in this selection than his relative unfamiliarity might suggest. Heart-warming - and a pair of brash horns are particularly jolly. Rather assertive 1989... — BBC Music Magazine, November 2013, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 10th Jun 2013
Catalogue No: 94673
Label: Brilliant Classics
Length: 2 hours 12 minutes

Fasch, J F: Overture (Suite) in D Minor

Work length33:38

$7.00

$9.10

Joachim Bischof, Werner Zeibig
Virtuosi Saxoniae
Ludwig Güttler

I. Ouverture [arr. M. Fechner]

Track length6:28

$1.00

$1.30

II. Air I [arr. M. Fechner]

Track length9:45

$2.00

$2.60

III. Gavotte [arr. M. Fechner]

Track length2:11

$1.00

$1.30

IV. Air II [arr. M. Fechner]

Track length6:52

$1.00

$1.30

V. Jardiniers [arr. M. Fechner]

Track length2:14

$1.00

$1.30

VI. Menuet I - Alternativement - Menuet II [arr. M. Fechner]

Track length6:08

$1.00

$1.30

Fasch, J F: Concerto for 2 Corno da caccia, 2 Oboes and Bassoon in D major

Work length11:13

$3.00

$3.90

Ludwig Güttler, Kurt Sandau, Andreas Lorenz, Wolfgang Klier, Hans-Peter Steger, Gunter Klier
Virtuosi Saxoniae

I. Allegro (Arr. M. Fechner)

Track length4:53

$1.00

$1.30

II. Andante (Arr. M. Fechner for chamber ensemble)

Track length2:24

$1.00

$1.30

III. Allegro (Arr. M. Fechner)

Track length3:56

$1.00

$1.30

Fasch, J F: Overture (Suite) in B Major

Work length25:01

$8.00

$10.40

Wolfgang Klier, Andreas Lorenz, Hans-Peter Steger, Ludwig Güttler, Kurt Sandau
Virtuosi Saxoniae

I. Ouverture [arr. E. Steinsdorf]

Track length7:01

$2.00

$2.60

II. Air I [arr. E. Steinsdorf]

Track length2:39

$1.00

$1.30

III. Bourree [arr. E. Steinsdorf]

Track length1:27

$1.00

$1.30

IV. Air II [arr. E. Steinsdorf]

Track length2:35

$1.00

$1.30

V. Menuett I - Menuett II [arr. E. Steinsdorf]

Track length4:25

$1.00

$1.30

VI. Air III [arr. E. Steinsdorf]

Track length2:36

$1.00

$1.30

VII. Passepied I - Passepied II [arr. E. Steinsdorf]

Track length4:18

$1.00

$1.30

Fasch, J F: Trio Sonata in G minor

Work length8:53

$4.00

$5.20

Burkhard Glaetzner, Ingo Goritzki, Thomas Reinhardt, Siegfried Pank, Achim Beyer, Christine Schornsheim

I. Largo (Arr. M. Fechner)

Track length2:02

$1.00

$1.30

II. Allegro un poco (Arr. M. Fechner)

Track length2:17

$1.00

$1.30

III. Largo (Arr. M. Fechner)

Track length2:10

$1.00

$1.30

IV. Allegro (Arr. M. Fechner)

Track length2:24

$1.00

$1.30

Fasch, J F: Trio Sonata in F major

Work length13:10

$5.00

$6.50

Burkhard Glaetzner, Ingo Goritzki, Thomas Reinhardt

I. Largo

Track length2:24

$1.00

$1.30

II. Allegro

Track length3:35

$1.00

$1.30

III. Largo

Track length3:00

$1.00

$1.30

IV. Allegro

Track length2:03

$1.00

$1.30

V. Allegro

Track length2:08

$1.00

$1.30

Fasch, J F: Trio Sonata in B-Flat Major

Work length10:25

$4.00

$5.20

Burkhard Glaetzner, Ingo Goritzki, Thomas Reinhardt, Siegfried Pank, Achim Beyer, Christine Schornsheim

I. Andante (Arr. M. Fechner)

Track length2:14

$1.00

$1.30

II. Allegro (Arr. M. Fechner)

Track length2:04

$1.00

$1.30

III. Largo (Arr. M. Fechner)

Track length2:38

$1.00

$1.30

IV. Allegro (Arr. M. Fechner)

Track length3:29

$1.00

$1.30

Fasch, J F: Trio Sonata in D minor

Work length11:29

$4.00

$5.20

Burkhard Glaetzner, Ingo Goritzki, Siegfried Pank, Achim Beyer, Christine Schornsheim

I. Andante (Arr. M. Fechner)

Track length1:57

$1.00

$1.30

II. Un poco allegro (Arr. M. Fechner)

Track length3:16

$1.00

$1.30

III. Largo (Arr. M. Fechner)

Track length2:29

$1.00

$1.30

IV. Allegro (Arr. M. Fechner)

Track length3:47

$1.00

$1.30

Fasch, J F: Sonata for 2 Oboes and 2 Bassoons in F major

Work length7:21

$4.00

$5.20

Burkhard Glaetzner, Ingo Goritzki, Thomas Reinhardt, Lutz Klepel

I. Andante

Track length2:13

$1.00

$1.30

II. Allegro

Track length1:31

$1.00

$1.30

III. Largo

Track length1:48

$1.00

$1.30

IV. Allegro

Track length1:49

$1.00

$1.30

Fasch, J F: Trio Sonata in F major

Work length11:07

$4.00

$5.20

Burkhard Glaetzner, Ingo Goritzki, Thomas Reinhardt, Siegfried Pank, Achim Beyer, Christine Schornsheim

I. Largo (Arr. M. Fechner)

Track length2:14

$1.00

$1.30

II. Allegro (Arr. M. Fechner)

Track length4:08

$1.00

$1.30

III. Largo (Arr. M. Fechner)

Track length2:18

$1.00

$1.30

IV. Allegro (Arr. M. Fechner)

Track length2:27

$1.00

$1.30

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Fame is a strange thing. Although Johann Friedrich Fasch was highly esteemed by his contemporaries and the generations of musicians who followed him, in the concert repertoire of today he is grouped together with many minor masters who wrote a lot of works that sadly communicate very little. Yet music scholar Johann Adolf Scheibe put Fasch into the same class as Telemann, and J.S. Bach possessed copies of several of the composer's works. This release therefore aims to expose the genius of Fasch, and in doing so to help restore appreciation for what has become a largely forgotten corpus of deftly written, utterly absorbing music.

Fasch made his name largely through his overtures, works which in the 17th and 18th centuries referred to a series of dance movements prefaced by an extensive introduction of pompous gravity. Two are explored in this release - the Overture in D minor and the Overture in B flat 'a due cori', arranged by M. Fechner and E. Steinsdorff respectively - and they are followed by a selection of Fasch's sonatas for two oboes and bassoon, with and without basso continuo, works whose details (such as free, fantasy-like episodes to be played at a slow pace) reveal a rich field for experimentation. A Concerto in D and a Sonata for 2 oboes and 2 bassoons also feature, and overall one is struck by this composer's highly personal style of chamber music -- a stark contrast to the ingratiating melodies and harmonic suavity of his large-scale instrumental pieces.

Recorded during 1986--87, the overtures and Concerto in D are played by esteemed ensemble Virtuosi Saxoniae (all members of the Staatskapelle Dresden) under the directorship of renowned trumpeter Ludwig Güttler. The sonatas complete the all-German line-up of musicians; renowned oboists Burkhard Glaetzner and Ingo Goritzki feature among others.

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November 2013

Fasch proves more inventive and original in this selection than his relative unfamiliarity might suggest. Heart-warming - and a pair of brash horns are particularly jolly. Rather assertive 1989 sound.

Fasch: Instrumental Music

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