Van Wassenaer and the Recorder in the Low Countries

Leclair, Jean-Marie;
Loeillet, Jean Baptiste;
Fiocco, Joseph-Hector;
Wassenaer, Unico Wilhelm van

Corti, Francesco;
Bosgraaf, Erik

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In Renaissance and Baroque, the recorder was one of the foremost and popular melody instruments of all. On this release, Erik Bosgraaf and Francesco Corti prove the artistic value of the instrument, and the wonderful repertoire written for it. • Bosgraaf and Corti take us on a journey to The Netherlands around 1700, where a thriving musical culture existed, mainly in the homes of the wealthy and cultured middle and upper class. The composers featured here are Van Wassenaer, Loeillet, Parcham, Schickhardt, Fiocco, Leclair and Van Noordt, all of them presented with Sonatas for recorder and harpsichord. • Erik Bosgraaf is one of the most remarkable recorder players of today. Equally at home in early as well as contemporary music he extends the limits of his instrument, achieving an extreme range of expression and unheard-of effects. He travels the world, giving his unorthodox concerts combining the old and the new, in his own inimitable way. Bosgraaf and his musical partner Francesco Corti already successfully recorded Handel and Telemann’s recorder sonatas.

Works:

• Fiocco, J H: Pièces de clavecin Op. 1: Suite No. 1
• Leclair, J-M: Sonata in G major, Op. 9, No. 7
• Loeillet, Jean Baptiste: Recorder Sonata in G major, Op. 1 No. 3
• Loeillet, Jean Baptiste: Sonata in A minor for two recorders, Op. 1 No. 1
• Parcham: Recorder Sonata in G major
• Schickhardt: Sonata No. 9 in E Major (from L'alphabet de la musique)
• Wassenaer: Recorder Sonata No. 1 in F major
• Wassenaer: Recorder Sonata No. 2
• Wassenaer: Recorder Sonata No. 3

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30-09-2019

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