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Mattheson: "der Brauchbare Virtuoso" - Flute Sonatas

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Composer
MATTHESON, JOHANNES
Artist
Baroni, Valetti, Skalka, Börner
Format
CD
Discs
2
Label
Alpha
Released
Sep 01, 2007
Catalog #
ALPHA035
UPC
3760014190353

About

The performances are a sheer delight

Johannes Mattheson’s writings on musical taste and fashion are universally quoted by historians of the Baroque, yet his own music is very little known and even less recorded. The 12 sonatas of Der brauchbare Virtuoso are an ear-opener. They’re advertised as for flute or violin, a common sales technique. Most are in four movements – slow-fast-slow-fast – and they are very good indeed. Mattheson ardently advocated the primacy of melody, and his slow movements float beguilingly past the ear, sometimes delaying moments of repose with Corellian skill, elsewhere shaping phrases like the singing of a human voice. Fast movements are driven by impeccable harmonic logic. The performances are a sheer delight. Diana Baroni and Pablo Valetti create a remarkable range of colours. They play to the limits of expressiveness, yet with great persuasion – the ‘honest virtuosi’ of the title. Their sparkling ornaments decorate but never distort, lyrical lines while fast movements have an élan, even nonchalance, which only absolute technical mastery can deliver. Börner and Skalka complete the picture with a remarkable range of continuo colours and textures. The inventiveness of the playing spills over into imaginative editing – improvisatory introductions, and an added obbligato and flute-violin dialogue to allow everyone to join in the final sonata. Commended unreservedly.

Performance: *****
Sound: *****

-- BBC Music Magazine

Tracklist 55 tracks

  1. Disc 1
  2. 1 I. Intrada 03:02
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Intrada
    Duration
    03:02
    Composer
    Johann Mattheson
  3. 2 II. Tempo di Gavotta 00:37
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Tempo di Gavotta
    Duration
    00:37
    Composer
    Johann Mattheson
  4. 3 III. Adagio 00:35
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Adagio
    Duration
    00:35
    Composer
    Johann Mattheson
  5. 4 IV. Allegro 02:46
    Track
    4
    Title
    IV. Allegro
    Duration
    02:46
    Composer
    Johann Mattheson
  6. 5 V. Adagio 01:57
    Track
    5
    Title
    V. Adagio
    Duration
    01:57
    Composer
    Johann Mattheson
  7. 6 VI. Aria 02:32
    Track
    6
    Title
    VI. Aria
    Duration
    02:32
    Composer
    Johann Mattheson
  8. 7 I. (a tempo) 01:59
    Track
    7
    Title
    I. (a tempo)
    Duration
    01:59
    Composer
    Johann Mattheson
  9. 8 II. Allegro 02:18
    Track
    8
    Title
    II. Allegro
    Duration
    02:18
    Composer
    Johann Mattheson
  10. 9 III. Tempo di Corrente 01:37
    Track
    9
    Title
    III. Tempo di Corrente
    Duration
    01:37
    Composer
    Johann Mattheson
  11. 10 IV. Tempo di Giga 02:04
    Track
    10
    Title
    IV. Tempo di Giga
    Duration
    02:04
    Composer
    Johann Mattheson
  12. 11 I. Adagio 01:19
    Track
    11
    Title
    I. Adagio
    Duration
    01:19
    Composer
    Johann Mattheson
  13. 12 II. Allegro 01:33
    Track
    12
    Title
    II. Allegro
    Duration
    01:33
    Composer
    Johann Mattheson
  14. 13 III. Grave 01:42
    Track
    13
    Title
    III. Grave
    Duration
    01:42
    Composer
    Johann Mattheson
  15. 14 IV. Giga 01:58
    Track
    14
    Title
    IV. Giga
    Duration
    01:58
    Composer
    Johann Mattheson
  16. 15 I. Adagio 00:51
    Track
    15
    Title
    I. Adagio
    Duration
    00:51
    Composer
    Johann Mattheson
  17. 16 II. Allegro 00:52
    Track
    16
    Title
    II. Allegro
    Duration
    00:52
    Composer
    Johann Mattheson
  18. 17 III. Aria 00:58
    Track
    17
    Title
    III. Aria
    Duration
    00:58
    Composer
    Johann Mattheson
  19. 18 IV. Double I 00:52
    Track
    18
    Title
    IV. Double I
    Duration
    00:52
    Composer
    Johann Mattheson
  20. 19 V. Double II 00:54
    Track
    19
    Title
    V. Double II
    Duration
    00:54
    Composer
    Johann Mattheson
  21. 20 VI. Double III 00:57
    Track
    20
    Title
    VI. Double III
    Duration
    00:57
    Composer
    Johann Mattheson
  22. 21 VII. Giga 01:30
    Track
    21
    Title
    VII. Giga
    Duration
    01:30
    Composer
    Johann Mattheson
  23. 22 I. Adagio 02:57
    Track
    22
    Title
    I. Adagio
    Duration
    02:57
    Composer
    Johann Mattheson
  24. 23 II. Allemande 02:51
    Track
    23
    Title
    II. Allemande
    Duration
    02:51
    Composer
    Johann Mattheson
  25. 24 III. Adagio 01:14
    Track
    24
    Title
    III. Adagio
    Duration
    01:14
    Composer
    Johann Mattheson
  26. 25 IV. Giga 02:02
    Track
    25
    Title
    IV. Giga
    Duration
    02:02
    Composer
    Johann Mattheson
  27. 26 I. Andante 01:49
    Track
    26
    Title
    I. Andante
    Duration
    01:49
    Composer
    Johann Mattheson
  28. 27 II. Corrente 01:33
    Track
    27
    Title
    II. Corrente
    Duration
    01:33
    Composer
    Johann Mattheson
  29. 28 III. Giga 01:31
    Track
    28
    Title
    III. Giga
    Duration
    01:31
    Composer
    Johann Mattheson
  30. 29 IV. Aria 02:28
    Track
    29
    Title
    IV. Aria
    Duration
    02:28
    Composer
    Johann Mattheson
  31. 30 V. Menuet 00:32
    Track
    30
    Title
    V. Menuet
    Duration
    00:32
    Composer
    Johann Mattheson
  32. Disc 2
  33. 1 I. Andante e cantabile 01:42
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Andante e cantabile
    Duration
    01:42
    Composer
    Johann Mattheson
  34. 2 II. Presto 01:41
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Presto
    Duration
    01:41
    Composer
    Johann Mattheson
  35. 3 III. Loure 01:57
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Loure
    Duration
    01:57
    Composer
    Johann Mattheson
  36. 4 IV. Gavotta 00:22
    Track
    4
    Title
    IV. Gavotta
    Duration
    00:22
    Composer
    Johann Mattheson
  37. 5 I. Adagio 02:24
    Track
    5
    Title
    I. Adagio
    Duration
    02:24
    Composer
    Johann Mattheson
  38. 6 II. Allemande 02:35
    Track
    6
    Title
    II. Allemande
    Duration
    02:35
    Composer
    Johann Mattheson
  39. 7 III. Largo 04:54
    Track
    7
    Title
    III. Largo
    Duration
    04:54
    Composer
    Johann Mattheson
  40. 8 IV. Giga 01:30
    Track
    8
    Title
    IV. Giga
    Duration
    01:30
    Composer
    Johann Mattheson
  41. 9 I. Adagio 02:13
    Track
    9
    Title
    I. Adagio
    Duration
    02:13
    Composer
    Johann Mattheson
  42. 10 II. Allegro 01:44
    Track
    10
    Title
    II. Allegro
    Duration
    01:44
    Composer
    Johann Mattheson
  43. 11 III. Adagio 02:57
    Track
    11
    Title
    III. Adagio
    Duration
    02:57
    Composer
    Johann Mattheson
  44. 12 IV. Giga 01:13
    Track
    12
    Title
    IV. Giga
    Duration
    01:13
    Composer
    Johann Mattheson
  45. 13 I. Vivace 00:50
    Track
    13
    Title
    I. Vivace
    Duration
    00:50
    Composer
    Johann Mattheson
  46. 14 II. Adagio 02:01
    Track
    14
    Title
    II. Adagio
    Duration
    02:01
    Composer
    Johann Mattheson
  47. 15 III. Allemande 01:45
    Track
    15
    Title
    III. Allemande
    Duration
    01:45
    Composer
    Johann Mattheson
  48. 16 IV. Corrente 01:51
    Track
    16
    Title
    IV. Corrente
    Duration
    01:51
    Composer
    Johann Mattheson
  49. 17 V. Giga 01:04
    Track
    17
    Title
    V. Giga
    Duration
    01:04
    Composer
    Johann Mattheson
  50. 18 I. Adagio 04:02
    Track
    18
    Title
    I. Adagio
    Duration
    04:02
    Composer
    Johann Mattheson
  51. 19 II. Presto 01:03
    Track
    19
    Title
    II. Presto
    Duration
    01:03
    Composer
    Johann Mattheson
  52. 20 III. Adagio 00:49
    Track
    20
    Title
    III. Adagio
    Duration
    00:49
    Composer
    Johann Mattheson
  53. 21 IV. Allegro 01:35
    Track
    21
    Title
    IV. Allegro
    Duration
    01:35
    Composer
    Johann Mattheson
  54. 22 I. Alla Corelli 02:45
    Track
    22
    Title
    I. Alla Corelli
    Duration
    02:45
    Composer
    Johann Mattheson
  55. 23 II. Corrente 01:58
    Track
    23
    Title
    II. Corrente
    Duration
    01:58
    Composer
    Johann Mattheson
  56. 24 III. Sarabanda 01:59
    Track
    24
    Title
    III. Sarabanda
    Duration
    01:59
    Composer
    Johann Mattheson
  57. 25 IV. Giga 01:36
    Track
    25
    Title
    IV. Giga
    Duration
    01:36
    Composer
    Johann Mattheson