Johann Caspar Ferdinand Fischer's series of suites, Les Journal du Printemps, Op. 1, comes from the very early days of Western orchestral music, appearing in print by 1695 and probably not predating that year by much. Notated in six parts, the printed edition provides only scant clues as to its realization, and a surviving manuscript copy none at all. In this performance, L'Orfeo Barockorchester under conductor Michi Gaigg, employs an orchestra of 10 violins, 4 violas, bass, and viola da gamba in addition to a couple of ...
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Johann Caspar Ferdinand Fischer's series of suites, Les Journal du Printemps, Op. 1, comes from the very early days of Western orchestral music, appearing in print by 1695 and probably not predating that year by much. Notated in six parts, the printed edition provides only scant clues as to its realization, and a surviving manuscript copy none at all. In this performance, L'Orfeo Barockorchester under conductor Michi Gaigg, employs an orchestra of 10 violins, 4 violas, bass, and viola da gamba in addition to a couple of woodwinds and some percussion; it is a full, rich sound. Although Fischer's set contains eight suites, L'Orfeo Barockorchester only includes seven as that is what will fit on a CD. Although referred to as "Simfonies" in the manuscript, these are Baroque orchestral suites, like those of Telemann or Bach, but the style is entirely French, reflecting the influence of Lully and bearing a vague similarity to Handel, whose work in this vein came later.The vagaries of the score material...
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