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Three pieces: a new concerto, an old friend in a (not very) different guise, and a repertory staple.
The 'new concerto' is a reconstruction by Francesco Zimei based on movements from three of... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 More…

Release Date: 12th Jan 2009
Catalogue No: GCD921204
Label: Glossa
Length: 55 minutes

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Bach, J S: Flute Concerto in B minor (reconstructed by F. Zimei)

Work length14:16

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Marcello Gatti (flute)
Ensemble Aurora
Enrico Gatti

I. [Allegro] (after Non sa che sia dolore, BWV 209: Sinfonia)

Track length5:51

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II. [Andante] (after Durchlauchtster Leopold, BWV 173a: Aria: Guldner Sonnen frohe Stunden)

Track length4:51

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III. [Allegro] (after Vereinigte Zwietracht der wechselnden Saiten, BWV207: Aria: Augustus' Namenstages Schimmer)

Track length3:34

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Bach, J S: Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D major, BWV1050

Work length17:53

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Marcello Gatti (flute), Enrico Gatti (violin)
Ensemble Aurora

I. Allegro

Track length7:33

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II. Adagio

Track length5:13

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III. Allegro

Track length5:07

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Bach, J S: Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B minor, BWV1067

Work length23:46

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Ensemble Aurora
Enrico Gatti

I. Ouverture

Track length10:23

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II. Rondeau

Track length1:46

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III. Sarabande

Track length3:00

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IV. Bourree I-II

Track length2:09

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V. Polonaise - Double

Track length3:43

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VI. Menuet

Track length1:18

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VII. Badinerie

Track length1:27

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After two recent incursions into the musical world of young Vivaldi, the excellent Italian violinist Enrico Gatti, together with his Ensemble Aurora, present, amazingly, a hitherto unpublished work by Johann Sebastian Bach. Using a series of arguments, set out in the cd booklet, the musicologist Francesco Zimei has reconstructed the 'lost' Flute Concerto in B minor.The inclusion of this work in the Neue Bach Ausgabe is currently being arranged. Zimei's meticulous and detailed study has as its starting point Bach's habit of reusing instrumental works for new vocal compositions. In this way, Zimei identifies as sources for the 'new' concerto the aria Zieht euren Fuß nur nicht zurücke BWV 207/3, the introductory sinfonia from the cantata Non sa che sia dolore BWV 209 and an aria included in the celebratory cantata Durchlauchtster Leopold BVW 173a. Once the results have been heard few doubts can remain about the provenance of this concerto. The brothers Gatti, Marcello is the flautist on this disc, complete their Bach recital with the earlier version of the fifth Brandenburg Concerto (the Triple Concerto in D major) and the famous Overture in B minor, works closely related both in content and intention with the new discovery which has motivated this recording.

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2010

Three pieces: a new concerto, an old friend in a (not very) different guise, and a repertory staple.
The 'new concerto' is a reconstruction by Francesco Zimei based on movements from three of Bach's secular cantatas. In his booklet-note, Zimei sets out the reasoning behind his choice: it reads convincingly and, more important, the result sounds convincing as well.
Orchestral JS Bach The 'old friend', billed as a Triple Concerto, is none other than the Fifth Brandenburg Concerto in an earlier version, BWV1050a. Most of us would be hard pressed to spot the difference – minor variations of figuration, mostly in the harpsichord part, and four bars less in the third movement – with two exceptions: there's no satisfying chord to herald the reprise in that movement, and the famous harpsichord cadenza consists of only 18 bars.
The 'repertory staple' is, of course, the Second Orchestral Suite. Marcello Gatti, Michele Barchi and the single strings of Ensemble Aurora are all superb, playing with grace and style. This disc is very warmly recommended.

April 2009

Marcello Gatti, Michele Barchi and the single strings of Ensemble Aurora are all superb, playing with grace and style. This disc is very warmly recommended.

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