It almost all depends on how much one likes listening to the recorder. A later incarnation of the pan pipes and an earlier incarnation of the flute, the recorder has all the technical possibilities the pan pipes lack and all the organic warmth the flute lacks. But that still does not mean that the recorder is a particularly interesting instrument. ...
The opening Overture (Suite) in A minor is one of Telemann's most ambitious concerted works, running to seven distinct dance movements in 30 minutes. The rhythmic shifts in the "Air ā l'Italien" are pretty abrupt and really catch your attention. Of the three concertos, the Double Concerto in A minor for flauto dolce and viola da gamba is a ...
Vivaldi's Four Seasons violin concertos, arguably the most often performed works in the entire repertory of classical music, stand apart from the rest of his output by virtue of their very popularity. Every group of performers feels the necessity of adding something to the dialogue that surrounds the work. Here Swedish recorder player Dan Laurin ...
Writing an extended secular oratorio in this day and age is a quixotic enterprise for all but the most renowned or well-connected composers; the genre, which requires soloists, chorus, and orchestra, is expensive to produce and is not much in favor with orchestras and audiences. Daniel Börtz, one of Sweden's leading composers, has the standing ...
These "evergreens from the pleasure garden" are excerpts from the complete version of Jacob van Eyck's Der fluyten lust-hof (The Pleasure Garden of the Flute) put on disc by Swedish recorder player Dan Laurin in 1999. To stroll through that garden, Laurin notes, "requires a good physique"; the complete set of solo recorder pieces clocks in at 10 ...
Bis' Early Italian Chamber Music is a collection of early chamber sonatas for recorder and continuo played by Dan Laurin accompanied by Masaaki Suzuki. It consists of 14 pieces, mostly single-movement sonatas, canzone, a couple of works referred to as "Sinfonias," and one Ricercar dating from 1585 that at least predate and in some cases prefigure ...
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