VIVALDI: CONCERTOS & CANTATA WITH BASSOON - Berkhout, La Suave Melodia

This second CD with the highly esteemed baroque ensemble La Suave Melodia features Frans Berkhout on the baroque bassoon. This is a unique collection of concerti and even more so because of the small number of musicians accompanying. Next to that, Frans Berkhout plays a type of bassoon used in the time of Vivaldi. gives a strong and passionate For Frans Robert Berkhout (1950) the bassoon was love at first sight. From his sixteenth year Frans Robert received lessons from Brian Pollard, solo bassoonist of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, who also encouraged him to start playing on period instruments. For many years he played in several orchestras, e.g. the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, the Amsterdam Bach Soloists and the Combattimento Consort Amsterdam. As a baroque bassoon and dulcian player he joined many authentic ensembles such as the Leonhardt Consort, La Petite Bande and the Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century (Frans Brüggen). La Suave Melodia was formed in 1998 to explore the trio sonatas of Dietrich Buxtehude and the Pièces de Clavecin en Concerts of Jean-Philippe Rameau. They met with immediate success as prize-winners in the 1998 Van Wassenaer Concours for Early Music and have since been highly acclaimed in both the concert hall and the recording studio. Their first CD on the Etcetera label (with the world premiere of Johannes Schenck's Giardino Armonico) has been acclaimed as “one of the best new releases of the year 2007”, and “a magnificent recording”.

Concerto in A Minor RV 497 for bassoon, 2 violins, viola & continuo (violoncello, violone, theorbo, harpsichord)
1 Allegro molto 03:58
artists: 'Pieter Dirksen' 'Frans Robert Berkhout' ' La Suave Melodia' 'Georgia Browne' 'Clint van der Linde'
composers: 'Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)'
2 Andante molto 03:24
artists: 'Pieter Dirksen' 'Frans Robert Berkhout' ' La Suave Melodia' 'Georgia Browne' 'Clint van der Linde'
composers: 'Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)'
3 Allegro 02:54
artists: 'Pieter Dirksen' 'Frans Robert Berkhout' ' La Suave Melodia' 'Georgia Browne' 'Clint van der Linde'
composers: 'Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)'
Concerto in D Major RV 92 for flute, violin, bassoon & continuo (violone, guitar/theorbo, organ)
4 Allegro 04:06
artists: 'Pieter Dirksen' 'Frans Robert Berkhout' ' La Suave Melodia' 'Georgia Browne' 'Clint van der Linde'
composers: 'Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)'
5 Larghetto 03:51
artists: 'Pieter Dirksen' 'Frans Robert Berkhout' ' La Suave Melodia' 'Georgia Browne' 'Clint van der Linde'
composers: 'Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)'
6 Allegro 03:29
artists: 'Pieter Dirksen' 'Frans Robert Berkhout' ' La Suave Melodia' 'Georgia Browne' 'Clint van der Linde'
composers: 'Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)'
Concerto in D Minor RV 481 for bassoon, 2 violins, viola & continuo (violoncello, violone, theorbo, harpsichord/organ)
7 Allegro 03:40
artists: 'Pieter Dirksen' 'Frans Robert Berkhout' ' La Suave Melodia' 'Georgia Browne' 'Clint van der Linde'
composers: 'Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)'
8 Larghetto 04:44
artists: 'Pieter Dirksen' 'Frans Robert Berkhout' ' La Suave Melodia' 'Georgia Browne' 'Clint van der Linde'
composers: 'Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)'
9 Allegro molto 02:03
artists: 'Pieter Dirksen' 'Frans Robert Berkhout' ' La Suave Melodia' 'Georgia Browne' 'Clint van der Linde'
composers: 'Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)'
Cantata Qual per ignoto calle RV 677 for alto & coninuo (bassoon, theorbo, harpsichord)
10 Recitativo: Qual per ignoto calle 01:46
artists: 'Pieter Dirksen' 'Frans Robert Berkhout' ' La Suave Melodia' 'Georgia Browne' 'Clint van der Linde'
composers: 'Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)'
11 Aria (Andante): Quel passagier son io 05:21
artists: 'Pieter Dirksen' 'Frans Robert Berkhout' ' La Suave Melodia' 'Georgia Browne' 'Clint van der Linde'
composers: 'Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)'
12 Recitativo: Deh, più non regni 01:01
artists: 'Pieter Dirksen' 'Frans Robert Berkhout' ' La Suave Melodia' 'Georgia Browne' 'Clint van der Linde'
composers: 'Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)'
13 Aria (Allegro): Qual dopo lampi e turbini 04:39
artists: 'Pieter Dirksen' 'Frans Robert Berkhout' ' La Suave Melodia' 'Georgia Browne' 'Clint van der Linde'
composers: 'Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)'
Concerto in E Minor RV 484 for bassoon, 2 violins, viola & continuo (violoncello, violone, theorbo, harpsichord)
14 Allegro poco 04:28
artists: 'Pieter Dirksen' 'Frans Robert Berkhout' ' La Suave Melodia' 'Georgia Browne' 'Clint van der Linde'
composers: 'Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)'
15 Andante 03:29
artists: 'Pieter Dirksen' 'Frans Robert Berkhout' ' La Suave Melodia' 'Georgia Browne' 'Clint van der Linde'
composers: 'Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)'
16 Allegro 03:17
artists: 'Pieter Dirksen' 'Frans Robert Berkhout' ' La Suave Melodia' 'Georgia Browne' 'Clint van der Linde'
composers: 'Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)'
Concerto in G Minor RV 104 La Notte for flute, bassoon, 2 violins & continuo (violoncello, violone, guitar, harpsichord)
17 Largo 01:47
artists: 'Pieter Dirksen' 'Frans Robert Berkhout' ' La Suave Melodia' 'Georgia Browne' 'Clint van der Linde'
composers: 'Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)'
18 Fantasmi: Presto – Largo –Andante 01:45
artists: 'Pieter Dirksen' 'Frans Robert Berkhout' ' La Suave Melodia' 'Georgia Browne' 'Clint van der Linde'
composers: 'Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)'
19 Presto 01:11
artists: 'Pieter Dirksen' 'Frans Robert Berkhout' ' La Suave Melodia' 'Georgia Browne' 'Clint van der Linde'
composers: 'Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)'
20 Il Sonno: Largo 01:46
artists: 'Pieter Dirksen' 'Frans Robert Berkhout' ' La Suave Melodia' 'Georgia Browne' 'Clint van der Linde'
composers: 'Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)'
21 Allegro 02:56
artists: 'Pieter Dirksen' 'Frans Robert Berkhout' ' La Suave Melodia' 'Georgia Browne' 'Clint van der Linde'
composers: 'Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)'