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Christoph Graupner

Trio Sonatas

Members of the Finnish Baroque Orchestra
Sirkka-Liisa Kaakinen-Pilch, viola d'amore, violin & leader

ODE 1240-2 · CD · October 2014

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Track listing

20 tracks · 58:47

Listen to samples on selected tracks.

Christoph Graupner

  1. Trio for viola d?amore, chalumeau and cembalo, GWV 210 9:29
  2. 1 Largo 2:03
  3. 2 Adagio 2:19
  4. 3 Andante 2:28
  5. 4 Vivace 2:39
  6. Trio for two violins and cembalo, GWV 203 6:48
  7. 5 Vivace 2:18
  8. 6 Largo 2:15
  9. 7 Allegro 2:15
  10. Trio for bassoon, chalumeau and cembalo, GWV 201 9:25
  11. 8 Largo e giusto 2:23
  12. 9 Allegro 3:42
  13. 10 Largo - Allegro 3:15
  14. Trio for flute, viola d?amore and cembalo, GWV 207 11:26
  15. 11 Senz' acceleranza 5:19
  16. 12 Largo 3:07
  17. 13 Allegro, ma non presto 3:00
  18. Trio for two violins and cembalo, GWV 208 10:54
  19. 14 Largo 2:48
  20. 15 Allegro 3:19
  21. 16 Largo 1:57
  22. 17 Vivace 2:50
  23. Trio for flute, viola d?amore and cembalo, GWV 217 10:50
  24. 18 Largo - Vivace 4:01
  25. 19 Largo e sostenuto 1:48
  26. 20 Vivace 5:01

About this recording

Finnish Baroque Orchestra's second release of Christoph Graupner's (1683-1760) music continues to reveal delightful masterpieces by the Baroque master, who during his lifetime was even more well-known than his colleague Johann Sebastian Bach. After the acclaimed release of Graupner's orchestral works (ODE 1220-2; The Finnish broadcasting company YLE Record of the Year 2013), this new album focuses on some of the chamber works by Graupner - the Trio Sonatas.

Graupner was extremely productive as a composer, with a catalogue of over 2'000 works varying from orchestral works to cantatas, concertos and chamber music. He also possessed a unique personal style of writing music and often favoured certain rarer instruments in his works. Among these are the viola d'amore as well as the chalumeau, both instruments being heard also on this disc.

From his contemporaries Graupner's music stands out with its exceptional command of melody and harmony.

Features

Sleeve notes in English and Finnish.
A DXD Recording.

Press

The meticulous accuracy of blend and tuning, skilfully combined here with rustic high-spiritendess, has created a disc as much pioneering as it is enjoyable.

Caroline Gill, Gramophone, February 2015

The artists

Sirkka-Liisa Kaakinen-Pilch

Sirkka-Liisa Kaakinen-Pilch is an unusually versatile violinist. Though she plays music of every era, the emphasis in her repertoire is on the 17th to 19th centuries. She also plays the viola and viola d’amore and leads the orchestra or conducts from the front desk.

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Orchestral Suites

Finnish Baroque Orchestra · Sirkka-Liisa Kaakinen-Pilch, violin & conductor · Petra Aminoff, transverse flute · Tindaro Capuano, chalumeau · Asko Heiskanen, chalumeau* · Sirkka-Liisa Kaakinen-Pilch, viola d'amore · Krzysztof Stencel, baroque horn · Jani Sunnarborg, bassoon

ODE 1220-2 · CD · Oct 2013

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