Starter Packs

Complete your collection with these curated titles, grouped at a special discount.

Shop Now
Concerto Barocco / Matthias Havinga, Seldom Sene
Brilliant Classics

Concerto Barocco / Matthias Havinga, Seldom Sene

$13.99

Details

Composer
VARIOUS
Artist
Seldom Sene, Havinga
Format
CD
Label
Brilliant Classics
Released
Jan 01, 2021
Catalog #
BRI96181
UPC
5028421961811

About

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.

Tracklist 20 tracks

  1. 1 I. Allegro 03:29
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Allegro
    Duration
    03:29
    Composer
    Antonio Vivaldi
    Performer
    Matthias Havinga
    Ensemble
    Seldom Sene
  2. 2 II. Largo 02:13
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Largo
    Duration
    02:13
    Composer
    Antonio Vivaldi
    Performer
    Matthias Havinga
    Ensemble
    Seldom Sene
  3. 3 III. Allegro 03:04
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Allegro
    Duration
    03:04
    Composer
    Antonio Vivaldi
    Performer
    Matthias Havinga
    Ensemble
    Seldom Sene
  4. 4 I. Allegro 03:09
    Track
    4
    Title
    I. Allegro
    Duration
    03:09
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Matthias Havinga
    Ensemble
    Seldom Sene
  5. 5 II. Largo 03:15
    Track
    5
    Title
    II. Largo
    Duration
    03:15
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Matthias Havinga
    Ensemble
    Seldom Sene
  6. 6 III. Giga 01:53
    Track
    6
    Title
    III. Giga
    Duration
    01:53
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Matthias Havinga
    Ensemble
    Seldom Sene
  7. 7 I. Vivace 01:57
    Track
    7
    Title
    I. Vivace
    Duration
    01:57
    Composer
    George Frideric Handel
    Performer
    Matthias Havinga
    Ensemble
    Seldom Sene
  8. 8 II. Largo 02:13
    Track
    8
    Title
    II. Largo
    Duration
    02:13
    Composer
    George Frideric Handel
    Performer
    Matthias Havinga
    Ensemble
    Seldom Sene
  9. 9 III. Allegro 01:51
    Track
    9
    Title
    III. Allegro
    Duration
    01:51
    Composer
    George Frideric Handel
    Performer
    Matthias Havinga
    Ensemble
    Seldom Sene
  10. 10 IV. Minuetto 01:32
    Track
    10
    Title
    IV. Minuetto
    Duration
    01:32
    Composer
    George Frideric Handel
    Performer
    Matthias Havinga
    Ensemble
    Seldom Sene
  11. 11 V. Gavotte 02:41
    Track
    11
    Title
    V. Gavotte
    Duration
    02:41
    Composer
    George Frideric Handel
    Performer
    Matthias Havinga
    Ensemble
    Seldom Sene
  12. 12 I. Allegro 06:21
    Track
    12
    Title
    I. Allegro
    Duration
    06:21
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Matthias Havinga
    Ensemble
    Seldom Sene
  13. 13 II. Adagio ma non tanto 04:11
    Track
    13
    Title
    II. Adagio ma non tanto
    Duration
    04:11
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Matthias Havinga
    Ensemble
    Seldom Sene
  14. 14 III. Allegro 05:26
    Track
    14
    Title
    III. Allegro
    Duration
    05:26
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Matthias Havinga
    Ensemble
    Seldom Sene
  15. 15 Canzon No. 28, SSWV 66, "Canzon super O Nachbar Roland" 05:29
    Track
    15
    Title
    Canzon No. 28, SSWV 66, "Canzon super O Nachbar Roland"
    Duration
    05:29
    Composer
    Samuel Scheidt
    Ensemble
    Seldom Sene
  16. 16 Sonata a 5 (arr. for recorder ensemble and organ) 02:39
    Track
    16
    Title
    Sonata a 5 (arr. for recorder ensemble and organ)
    Duration
    02:39
    Composer
    Antonio Bertali
    Performer
    Matthias Havinga
    Ensemble
    Seldom Sene
  17. 17 I. Larghetto e staccato 04:26
    Track
    17
    Title
    I. Larghetto e staccato
    Duration
    04:26
    Composer
    George Frideric Handel
    Performer
    Matthias Havinga
    Ensemble
    Seldom Sene
  18. 18 II. Allegro 05:20
    Track
    18
    Title
    II. Allegro
    Duration
    05:20
    Composer
    George Frideric Handel
    Performer
    Matthias Havinga
    Ensemble
    Seldom Sene
  19. 19 III. Adagio 00:56
    Track
    19
    Title
    III. Adagio
    Duration
    00:56
    Composer
    George Frideric Handel
    Performer
    Matthias Havinga
    Ensemble
    Seldom Sene
  20. 20 IV. Andante 03:17
    Track
    20
    Title
    IV. Andante
    Duration
    03:17
    Composer
    George Frideric Handel
    Performer
    Matthias Havinga
    Ensemble
    Seldom Sene