VIVALDI, BACH & HANDEL: Bassoon Concertos & Sonatas - Vaclav Vonasek, Barocco sempre giovane

Vivaldi, Händel, Bach - Concertos & Sonatas / Václav Vonášek

Not only violinists are eternally grateful to Antonio Vivaldi for the sheer abundance of concert works he bequeathed. The instrument he wrote for with the second greatest frequency is the bassoon (!), for which he created about forty concertos. Two of the most celebrated bookend Václav Vonášek's debut recording and are supplemented by pieces by other 18th-century masters, J. S. Bach, C. P. E. Bach and G. F. Handel. Vonášek has primarily arranged for the bassoon compositions intended for the flute, as was customary in the Baroque period. They demonstrate the soloist's exceptional qualities, for which he has garnered a number of accolades - first prizes at the International Double Reed Society competition (Melbourne, 2004) and the Prague Spring international competition (2009), third prize at the ARD Competition in Munich (2008). Václav Vonášek, accompanied by the distinguished young ensemble Barocco sempre giovane, makes the bassoon sing, unleashes a tempest and conjures up the dreamy atmosphere of the night...

The bassoon in the hands of a true master - virtuosic, colourful, enchanting!
Reviews
“[Vonášek is] an agile and stylistically apt performer with an attractive tone throughout the instrument’s com­pass…These crisp, well recorded performances augur well for the group’s colla­boration with Supraphon.“
MusicWeb International, July 2013

Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto for Bassoon, Strings and Basso Continuo in A minor, RV 497
1. Allegro molto 03:41
2. Andante molto 03:29
3. Allegro 02:39
Johann Sebastian Bach
Sonata for Bossoon and Basso continuo in A major (orig. Flute Sonata in E major, BWV 1035)
4. Adagio ma non troppo 02:23
5. Allegro 02:58
6. Siciliano 03:13
7. Allegro assai 03:01
Georg Friedrich Händel
8. "Dopo notte". Aria from the Opera Ariodante, HWV 33 06:46
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
Sonata in D minor for Bassoon Solo (orig. Flute sonata in A minor)
9. Poco adagio 04:17
10. Allegro 02:44
11. Allegro 02:13
Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto for Bassoon, Strings and Basso continuo "La Notte" in B flat major, RV 501
12. Largo 01:49
13. Presto. I Fantasmi 01:19
14. Presto - Adagio 00:34
15. Largo. Il sonno 02:11
16. Allegro. Il sorge l'Aurora 02:49