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Bach: Concertos for Recorder, Vol. 2 / Bosgraaf
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Bach: Concertos for Recorder, Vol. 2 / Bosgraaf

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Details

Composer
Johann Sebastian Bach
Artist
Erik Bosgraaf, Collegium Musicum Riga, Agnese Kannina, Maris Kupcs
Format
CD
Label
Brilliant Classics
Released
Oct 28, 2022
Catalog #
BRI96394
UPC
5028421963945

About

With a catalogue of acclaimed albums for Brilliant Classics stretching well into double figures, the Dutch recorder virtuoso Erik Bosgraaf goes back to Bach for his latest release, with an album of arrangements as imaginatively conceived and as stylishly executed as Volume 1 (94296), released in 2011, which won glowing reviews from the international music press. Bach wrote as inventively and idiomatically for the recorder throughout his career as he did for every other instrument at his disposal, but he left no concertos in which the instrument takes the spotlight.

Thus Bosgraaf and his colleagues have attempted to answer the question, what might Bach have done, or could he have done, if he had written concertos for the recorder? They have looked for inspiration to the cantatas, and not only those where Bach composed memorable recorder parts such as the Actus Tragicus. For example, the album’s opening G major concerto is compiled from a tenor aria of dazzling runs in BWV74, followed by the sorrowful opening Sinfonia of BWV12 (in which the oboe originally takes the starring role), and then another tenor aria from BWV81 which graphically illustrates the foaming waves of a stormy sea. In both aria transcriptions, Bosgraaf’s recorder takes over the vocal line, and paints vivid sound pictures with his remarkable palette of tone colors. A second concerto in D major draws its music from similar sources, followed by a Partita which the Dutch musicologist has arranged from movements of the Fifth French Suite. A further concerto is supplied by a relatively ‘straight’ transcription of the familiar (but sublime) A minor Concerto for violin, BWV1041.

Tracklist 19 tracks

  1. 1 I. Allegro 04:03
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Allegro
    Duration
    04:03
    Composer
    Erik Bosgraaf
    Performer
    Erik Bosgraaf, Agnese Kannina-Liepina, Māris Kupčs
    Ensemble
    Collegium Musicum Riga
    Conductor
    Erik Bosgraaf
  2. 2 II. Adagio assai 02:20
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Adagio assai
    Duration
    02:20
    Composer
    Erik Bosgraaf
    Performer
    Erik Bosgraaf, Agnese Kannina-Liepina, Māris Kupčs
    Ensemble
    Collegium Musicum Riga
    Conductor
    Erik Bosgraaf
  3. 3 III. Allegro 02:25
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Allegro
    Duration
    02:25
    Composer
    Erik Bosgraaf
    Performer
    Erik Bosgraaf, Agnese Kannina-Liepina, Māris Kupčs
    Ensemble
    Collegium Musicum Riga
    Conductor
    Erik Bosgraaf
  4. 4 Aria in G Major (after J.S. Bach's BWV 120 and 1019a) 04:36
    Track
    4
    Title
    Aria in G Major (after J.S. Bach's BWV 120 and 1019a)
    Duration
    04:36
    Composer
    Erik Bosgraaf
    Performer
    Erik Bosgraaf, Agnese Kannina-Liepina, Māris Kupčs
    Ensemble
    Collegium Musicum Riga
    Conductor
    Erik Bosgraaf
  5. 5 Kommt, eilet und laufet, BWV 249, "Easter Oratorio": Sinfonia (arr. E. Bosgraaf for recorder and orchestra) 03:18
    Track
    5
    Title
    Kommt, eilet und laufet, BWV 249, "Easter Oratorio": Sinfonia (arr. E. Bosgraaf for recorder and orchestra)
    Duration
    03:18
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Erik Bosgraaf, Agnese Kannina-Liepina, Māris Kupčs
    Ensemble
    Collegium Musicum Riga
    Conductor
    Erik Bosgraaf
  6. 6 I. Allegro 02:46
    Track
    6
    Title
    I. Allegro
    Duration
    02:46
    Composer
    Erik Bosgraaf
    Performer
    Erik Bosgraaf, Agnese Kannina-Liepina, Māris Kupčs
    Ensemble
    Collegium Musicum Riga
    Conductor
    Erik Bosgraaf
  7. 7 II. Siciliano 05:52
    Track
    7
    Title
    II. Siciliano
    Duration
    05:52
    Composer
    Erik Bosgraaf
    Performer
    Erik Bosgraaf, Agnese Kannina-Liepina, Māris Kupčs
    Ensemble
    Collegium Musicum Riga
    Conductor
    Erik Bosgraaf
  8. 8 III. Allegro 05:07
    Track
    8
    Title
    III. Allegro
    Duration
    05:07
    Composer
    Erik Bosgraaf
    Performer
    Erik Bosgraaf, Agnese Kannina-Liepina, Māris Kupčs
    Ensemble
    Collegium Musicum Riga
    Conductor
    Erik Bosgraaf
  9. 9 Ich hatte viel Bekummernis, BWV 21: Sinfonia (arr. E. Bosgraaf for recorder and orchestra) 02:52
    Track
    9
    Title
    Ich hatte viel Bekummernis, BWV 21: Sinfonia (arr. E. Bosgraaf for recorder and orchestra)
    Duration
    02:52
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Erik Bosgraaf, Agnese Kannina-Liepina, Māris Kupčs
    Ensemble
    Collegium Musicum Riga
    Conductor
    Erik Bosgraaf
  10. 10 I. Allemande 03:13
    Track
    10
    Title
    I. Allemande
    Duration
    03:13
    Composer
    Thiemo Wind
    Performer
    Erik Bosgraaf
  11. 11 II. Courante 01:45
    Track
    11
    Title
    II. Courante
    Duration
    01:45
    Composer
    Thiemo Wind
    Performer
    Erik Bosgraaf
  12. 12 III. Sarabande 04:15
    Track
    12
    Title
    III. Sarabande
    Duration
    04:15
    Composer
    Thiemo Wind
    Performer
    Erik Bosgraaf
  13. 13 IV. Bourrée 01:24
    Track
    13
    Title
    IV. Bourrée
    Duration
    01:24
    Composer
    Thiemo Wind
    Performer
    Erik Bosgraaf
  14. 14 I. Allegro 03:12
    Track
    14
    Title
    I. Allegro
    Duration
    03:12
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Erik Bosgraaf, Agnese Kannina-Liepina, Māris Kupčs
    Ensemble
    Collegium Musicum Riga
    Conductor
    Erik Bosgraaf
  15. 15 II. Andante 05:11
    Track
    15
    Title
    II. Andante
    Duration
    05:11
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Erik Bosgraaf, Agnese Kannina-Liepina, Māris Kupčs
    Ensemble
    Collegium Musicum Riga
    Conductor
    Erik Bosgraaf
  16. 16 III. Allegro assai 03:25
    Track
    16
    Title
    III. Allegro assai
    Duration
    03:25
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Erik Bosgraaf, Agnese Kannina-Liepina, Māris Kupčs
    Ensemble
    Collegium Musicum Riga
    Conductor
    Erik Bosgraaf
  17. 17 Christ lag in Todes Banden, BWV 4, Versus 1: Christ lag in Todes Banden (arr. E. Bosgraaf for recorder and orchestra) 01:28
    Track
    17
    Title
    Christ lag in Todes Banden, BWV 4, Versus 1: Christ lag in Todes Banden (arr. E. Bosgraaf for recorder and orchestra)
    Duration
    01:28
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Erik Bosgraaf, Agnese Kannina-Liepina, Māris Kupčs
    Ensemble
    Collegium Musicum Riga
    Conductor
    Erik Bosgraaf
  18. 18 Wir danken dir, Gott, wir danken dir, BWV 29: Sinfonia (arr. E. Bosgraaf for recorder and orchestra) 03:45
    Track
    18
    Title
    Wir danken dir, Gott, wir danken dir, BWV 29: Sinfonia (arr. E. Bosgraaf for recorder and orchestra)
    Duration
    03:45
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Erik Bosgraaf, Agnese Kannina-Liepina, Māris Kupčs
    Ensemble
    Collegium Musicum Riga
    Conductor
    Erik Bosgraaf
  19. 19 Das Orgelbüchlein, BWV 599-644: O Mensch, bewein dein Sünde gross, BWV 622 (arr. E. Bosgraaf for recorder and orchestra) 04:47
    Track
    19
    Title
    Das Orgelbüchlein, BWV 599-644: O Mensch, bewein dein Sünde gross, BWV 622 (arr. E. Bosgraaf for recorder and orchestra)
    Duration
    04:47
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Erik Bosgraaf, Agnese Kannina-Liepina, Māris Kupčs
    Ensemble
    Collegium Musicum Riga
    Conductor
    Erik Bosgraaf