 | Fasch, Johann Friedrich - Sonata in D Minor for Woodwind Quartet FaWV N:d2 Wind Quartet: Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon |
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| Composer : | Fasch, Johann Friedrich (1688 - 1758) | ||
| Instrumentation : | Wind Quartet: Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon | ||
| Style : | Baroque | ||
| Arranger : | MAGATAGAN, MICHAEL (1960 - ) | ||
| Publisher : | MAGATAGAN, MICHAEL | ||
| Copyright : | Public Domain | ||
| Added by magataganm, 12 Sep 2012 FaWV N:d2. Fasch did not publish any music during his lifetime, and sources for performances of Fasch have to be drawn from either original manuscripts or the few modern editions that have been prepared from his music. This is partly why this collection of Fasch's chamber music comes as a bit of a surprise as the core of his instrumental output is made up of orchestral music -- he has 87 "overture" suites, 64 concerti, and 19 symphonies. Fasch's surviving chamber output is modest by comparison -- 18 trio sonatas and 12 sonatas in four parts; the seven works here account for slightly more than one-fifth of Fasch's entire chamber music legacy. Most of the music was probably composed in the mid-1730s for a Collegium musicum that Fasch had founded in Zerbst in the 1710s, which went head to head for a time with similar ensembles led by Bach and Telemann. Of the seven pieces included, the Sonata in C for bassoon is the most interesting. Fasch manages to keep the bassoon out of its usual barking or percolating role and writes for it in the same flowing manner as one would for the flute -- the first-movement Largo is particularly lovely, and Epoca Barocca wisely includes a lute in the continuo to provide contrast with the low-throated solo instrument. The D minor Quadri for oboe, violin and bassoon is missing its alleged violin part however; Epoca Barocca reconstituted it through having the violin answer to the bassoon part. Although originally written for 2 Oboes, Obbligato Basson & Continuo , I created this arrangement for Woodwind Quartet (Flute, Oboe, Clarinet & Bassoon). | |||
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