The giant Sony Classical label was an odd home for this 2007 recording of cello concertos of the 18th century, but that in no way diminishes its quality. Cellist Jan Vogler plays four concertos that span the second half of the century, and three of them are world premieres; even the sole item existing on recordings, the Cello Concerto in A major, Wq 172, of Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, is by no means a common item. The originality of the repertoire is likely the work of veteran German Bach conductor Reinhard Goebel, who leads ...
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The giant Sony Classical label was an odd home for this 2007 recording of cello concertos of the 18th century, but that in no way diminishes its quality. Cellist Jan Vogler plays four concertos that span the second half of the century, and three of them are world premieres; even the sole item existing on recordings, the Cello Concerto in A major, Wq 172, of Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, is by no means a common item. The originality of the repertoire is likely the work of veteran German Bach conductor Reinhard Goebel, who leads the Munich Chamber Orchestra and contributes a fuzzy set of booklet notes. A chronological ordering of the works, with the concerto by Augsburg composer Friedrich Hartmann Graf placed third, might have been helpful. But all the music has the happy combination of obscurity and value. The album's Concerti Brillanti title might suggest showpiece works in the manner of Tartini or one of the other mid-century violin virtuosi, but that gives the wrong idea; the music is ambitious rather...
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