Concerto Barocco / Matthias Havinga, Seldom Sene

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Label
Brilliant Classics
Release Date
January 1, 2021
Format
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      VARIOUS
    • PERFORMER
      Seldom Sene, Havinga
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      January 01, 2021
    • UPC
      5028421961811
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      BRI96181
    • LABEL
      Brilliant Classics
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. I. Allegro

      Composer: Antonio Vivaldi

      Ensemble: Seldom Sene

      Performer: Matthias Havinga

    2. II. Largo

      Composer: Antonio Vivaldi

      Ensemble: Seldom Sene

      Performer: Matthias Havinga

    3. III. Allegro

      Composer: Antonio Vivaldi

      Ensemble: Seldom Sene

      Performer: Matthias Havinga

    4. I. Allegro

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Seldom Sene

      Performer: Matthias Havinga

    5. II. Largo

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Seldom Sene

      Performer: Matthias Havinga

    6. III. Giga

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Seldom Sene

      Performer: Matthias Havinga

    7. I. Vivace

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Seldom Sene

      Performer: Matthias Havinga

    8. II. Largo

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Seldom Sene

      Performer: Matthias Havinga

    9. III. Allegro

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Seldom Sene

      Performer: Matthias Havinga

    10. IV. Minuetto

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Seldom Sene

      Performer: Matthias Havinga

    11. V. Gavotte

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Seldom Sene

      Performer: Matthias Havinga

    12. I. Allegro

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Seldom Sene

      Performer: Matthias Havinga

    13. II. Adagio ma non tanto

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Seldom Sene

      Performer: Matthias Havinga

    14. III. Allegro

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Seldom Sene

      Performer: Matthias Havinga

    15. Canzon No. 28, SSWV 66, "Canzon super O Nachbar Roland"

      Composer: Samuel Scheidt

      Ensemble: Seldom Sene

    16. Sonata a 5 (arr. for recorder ensemble and organ)

      Composer: Antonio Bertali

      Ensemble: Seldom Sene

      Performer: Matthias Havinga

    17. I. Larghetto e staccato

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Seldom Sene

      Performer: Matthias Havinga

    18. II. Allegro

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Seldom Sene

      Performer: Matthias Havinga

    19. III. Adagio

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Seldom Sene

      Performer: Matthias Havinga

    20. IV. Andante

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Seldom Sene

      Performer: Matthias Havinga


As the forerunner of the piano and violin concertos, the concerto grosso is all about give and take. Not only one against many but also one, two or three musicians conversing with each other and with a larger ensemble in a genre that celebrates intimacy, diversity and virtuosity. The form inspired collections of instrumental masterpieces by the greatest names of the Baroque era, and it’s an ideal environment for the relaxed mastery of Seldom Sene. Ever since the ensemble’s debut release in 2014 (Taracea, 94871), it has continued to fulfill imaginative recording projects with the same ‘commitment, technical versatility, unanimity of ensemble and near-immaculate tuning on display’ (Gramophone) in that first album. In their booklet notes, Stephanie Brandt of Seldom Sene and Matthias Havinga explain that the challenge of arranging this repertoire was to create a wide variety of sound colors through the intelligent use of different types of recorders and the stops of harpsichord and organ. The Sixth Brandenburg Concerto of Bach is an obvious candidate for Seldom Sene’s performance, having originally been written for a similarly homogeneous ensemble of lower strings. In Handel’s lovely Organ Concerto Op.4 No.1 Havinga retains the solo part while the recorder quintet plays the role of orchestra and basso continuo. The roles are reversed in Vivaldi’s Concerto Grosso Op.3 No.10, where the harpsichord accompanies the recorders’ flights of fancy. There is also an originally scored rarity: the Sonata for five winds and organ by the Italian-born Viennese court composer Antonio Bertali.