{"product_id":"duality-zimmermann-vanhal-bassoon-concertos","title":"Duality - Zimmermann \u0026 Vanhal: Bassoon Concertos","description":"Two composers. Two bassoonists. Two premieres. One big musical feast.  The bassoon as a solo instrument does not appear all that often  in the concerto literature, but a concerto for two bassoons is truly rare,  being something that could arise only in the environment of an ensemble  that possessed two soloists on that instrument. One such double concerto  has been played for many years under the name of the important Czech  composer Jan Krtitel Vanhal. But what if it had really been composed  by someone else? The question has been raised by Ondrej sindelar, a player  of the classical bassoon, who has found the same concerto bearing the name  of Anton Zimmermann in one of Prague's archives. The two works differ from  each other only in the slow movement. Theft? Plagiarism? A copyist's error?  Collegial assistance? We are left with the unsolved mysteries of authorship  and of whether the two masters may have met. Vanhal's travels took him  from Hradec Kralove to Vienna, Italy, Hungary, and Croatia. Having established  himself professionally in Hradec Kralove, Zimmermann went on to a successful  career in Pressburg (Bratislava) in the service of Archbishop Jozef Batthyany.  What is important, however, is that Ondrej sindelar has now joined his former  teacher, the bassoon wizard Sergio Azzolini, to record Zimmermann's version  of the double concerto in it's world premiere, supplemented by a solo  concerto by Zimmermann (another premiere) and one of Vanhal's three  preserved concertos. Noteworthy music that is previously undiscovered  in the hands of wonderful soloists and orchestra - that's a real musical feast.","brand":"Supraphon","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":45960276312298,"sku":"099925437527","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0614\/3423\/3066\/files\/4491459-3522676.jpg?v=1778196375","url":"https:\/\/arkivmusic.com\/products\/duality-zimmermann-vanhal-bassoon-concertos","provider":"ArkivMusic","version":"1.0","type":"link"}