Vivaldi - Five Concertos for Bassoon, Strings and Basso Continuo - Valery Popov (bassoon)

ID: MELCD1002098 (EAN: 4600317120987)  | 1 CD | ADD
Vydano: 2013

LABEL:

Melodiya

Kolekce:

Baroque

Podkolekce:

Fagot

Skladatel:

VIVALDI, Antonio

Interpreti:

POPOV, Valery (bassoon)

Soubory:

Belorussian Chamber Orchestra

Dirigenti:

POLIANSKY, Valery

Dal informace:

Firma Melodiya is happy to present a rare gem of Baroque music - concertos for bassoon and strings by Vivaldi.

Mostly known for his violin compositions, Vivaldi paid homage to virtually all musical instruments that existed in Italy’s everyday music life of the time. Five bassoon pieces stand out among his numerous concertos for wind instruments.

An unusual combination of bassoon and strings inspired Vivaldi to create amazingly plastic and picturesque works. Composed in virtuoso concerto traditions, they demand supreme mastery from a performer. The finesse and elegance of their melodic patterns rooted in Italian bel canto, their strongly pronounced concerto element with a multitude of solo and tutti, forte and piano shades so typical of Vivaldi won’t leave a responsive listener indifferent. Vivaldi’s concertos are performed by Valery Popov, a brilliant virtuoso bassoonist, one of the best representatives of Russian performing school of wind instruments. Coming of a family of musicians, a prize winner of international competitions, a long-standing soloist of the USSR State Academic Symphony Orchestra, and a professor of the Moscow Conservatory, he has made more than a hundred recordings of Baroque, classical and contemporary music. This recording made at the music festival in Polotsk, Belarus, in 1989 also features the Minsk Chamber Orchestra led by Valery Polyansky.


Vivaldi:
Bassoon Concerto, RV 496 in G minor
Bassoon Concerto, RV 475 in C major
Bassoon Concerto, RV 500 in A minor
Bassoon Concerto, RV 486 in F major
Bassoon Concerto, RV 484 in E minor

Valery Popov (bassoon)
The State Chamber Orchestra of the Belorussian SSR, Valery Polyansky

A rare gem of Baroque music - concertos for bassoon and strings by Antonio Vivaldi. Vivaldi's concertos are performed by bassoon virtuoso Valery Popov, one of the best representatives of the Russian performing school of wind instruments. Mr. Popov has made more than a hundred recordings of Baroque, classical and contemporary music. This recording, made at the music festival in Polotsk, Belarus, in 1989 also features the Minsk Chamber Orchestra led by Valery Polyansky.