Mattheson: "der Brauchbare Virtuoso" - Flute Sonatas

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Label
Alpha
Release Date
September 1, 2007
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      MATTHESON, JOHANNES
    • PERFORMER
      Baroni, Valetti, Skalka, Börner
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      September 01, 2007
    • UPC
      3760014190353
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      ALPHA035
    • LABEL
      Alpha
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      2
    • GENRE
      Chamber Music & Recitals
    Works ⌄

    1. I. Intrada

      Composer: Johann Mattheson

    2. II. Tempo di Gavotta

      Composer: Johann Mattheson

    3. III. Adagio

      Composer: Johann Mattheson

    4. IV. Allegro

      Composer: Johann Mattheson

    5. V. Adagio

      Composer: Johann Mattheson

    6. VI. Aria

      Composer: Johann Mattheson

    7. I. (a tempo)

      Composer: Johann Mattheson

    8. II. Allegro

      Composer: Johann Mattheson

    9. III. Tempo di Corrente

      Composer: Johann Mattheson

    10. IV. Tempo di Giga

      Composer: Johann Mattheson

    11. I. Adagio

      Composer: Johann Mattheson

    12. II. Allegro

      Composer: Johann Mattheson

    13. III. Grave

      Composer: Johann Mattheson

    14. IV. Giga

      Composer: Johann Mattheson

    15. I. Adagio

      Composer: Johann Mattheson

    16. II. Allegro

      Composer: Johann Mattheson

    17. III. Aria

      Composer: Johann Mattheson

    18. IV. Double I

      Composer: Johann Mattheson

    19. V. Double II

      Composer: Johann Mattheson

    20. VI. Double III

      Composer: Johann Mattheson

    21. VII. Giga

      Composer: Johann Mattheson

    22. I. Adagio

      Composer: Johann Mattheson

    23. II. Allemande

      Composer: Johann Mattheson

    24. III. Adagio

      Composer: Johann Mattheson

    25. IV. Giga

      Composer: Johann Mattheson

    26. I. Andante

      Composer: Johann Mattheson

    27. II. Corrente

      Composer: Johann Mattheson

    28. III. Giga

      Composer: Johann Mattheson

    29. IV. Aria

      Composer: Johann Mattheson

    30. V. Menuet

      Composer: Johann Mattheson

    31. I. Andante e cantabile

      Composer: Johann Mattheson

    32. II. Presto

      Composer: Johann Mattheson

    33. III. Loure

      Composer: Johann Mattheson

    34. IV. Gavotta

      Composer: Johann Mattheson

    35. I. Adagio

      Composer: Johann Mattheson

    36. II. Allemande

      Composer: Johann Mattheson

    37. III. Largo

      Composer: Johann Mattheson

    38. IV. Giga

      Composer: Johann Mattheson

    39. I. Adagio

      Composer: Johann Mattheson

    40. II. Allegro

      Composer: Johann Mattheson

    41. III. Adagio

      Composer: Johann Mattheson

    42. IV. Giga

      Composer: Johann Mattheson

    43. I. Vivace

      Composer: Johann Mattheson

    44. II. Adagio

      Composer: Johann Mattheson

    45. III. Allemande

      Composer: Johann Mattheson

    46. IV. Corrente

      Composer: Johann Mattheson

    47. V. Giga

      Composer: Johann Mattheson

    48. I. Adagio

      Composer: Johann Mattheson

    49. II. Presto

      Composer: Johann Mattheson

    50. III. Adagio

      Composer: Johann Mattheson

    51. IV. Allegro

      Composer: Johann Mattheson

    52. I. Alla Corelli

      Composer: Johann Mattheson

    53. II. Corrente

      Composer: Johann Mattheson

    54. III. Sarabanda

      Composer: Johann Mattheson

    55. IV. Giga

      Composer: Johann Mattheson


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