Notes and Editorial Reviews
Antonio Rosetti began his career as a double bassist at the Oettingen-Wallerstein court but then slowly but surely rose to the post of chapel master of this court ensemble and to the status of a widely renowned orchestral conductor. His seven extant bassoon concertos, four of which Eckart Hübner recorded some years ago for cpo (cpo 999 936-2 / 7172829), show that even as a composer he continued to be especially fond of bass instruments, and the three new productions on this CD now mean that a complete recording is available.
Once again the concertos are stamped by wonderful melodic invention and exhibit part writing of the highest virtuosity in the solo part as well as a refined instrumentation. Hübner once again
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plays »with a wonderfully well-rounded, very noble tone and lyrical cantabile reflection« (Financial Times). Rosetti’s concertos are presented together with Mozart’s earliest concerto for a wind instrument. The then eighteen-year-old composer immediately succeeded in producing a work doing complete justice to the character of the solo instrument and was already at the height of his compositional powers.
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Works on This Recording
1.
Concerto for Bassoon in B flat major, C 72 by Antonio Rosetti
Performer:
Eckart Hübner (Bassoon)
Conductor:
Eckart Hübner
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Kurpfaelzisches Kammerorchester
Period: Classical
2.
Concertino for Bassoon in E flat major, C 68 by Antonio Rosetti
Performer:
Eckart Hübner (Bassoon)
Conductor:
Eckart Hübner
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Kurpfaelzisches Kammerorchester
Period: Classical
3.
Concerto for Bassoon in C major, C 67 by Antonio Rosetti
Performer:
Eckart Hübner (Bassoon)
Conductor:
Eckart Hübner
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Kurpfaelzisches Kammerorchester
Period: Classical
4.
Concerto for Bassoon in B flat major, K 191 (186e) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performer:
Eckart Hübner (Bassoon)
Conductor:
Eckart Hübner
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Kurpfaelzisches Kammerorchester
Period: Classical
Written: 1774; Salzburg, Austria
Sound Samples
Bassoon Concerto in B flat major, C72: I. Allegro moderato
Bassoon Concerto in B flat major, C72: II. Adagio
Bassoon Concerto in B flat major, C72: III. Rondo: Moderato
Bassoon Concertino in E flat major, C68: I. Allegretto molto comodo
Bassoon Concertino in E flat major, C68: II. Adagio assai
Bassoon Concertino in E flat major, C68: III. Spiritoso, ma non tanto
Bassoon Concerto in C major, C67: I. Allegro moderato
Bassoon Concerto in C major, C67: II. Lagro
Bassoon Concerto in C major, C67: III. Rondo
Bassoon Concerto in B flat major, K. 191: I. Allegro
Bassoon Concerto in B flat major, K. 191: II. Andante ma adagio
Bassoon Concerto in B flat major, K. 191: III. Rondo: Tempo di menuetto
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