Sergio Azzolini, Florian Heyerick, Kirchheimer BachConsort - Graupner: Jauchzet ihr Himmel, erfreue dich Erde. Bassoon Cantatas (2020)
XLD | FLAC | Tracks (Cue & Log) ~ 488 Mb | Total time: 119:05 | Scans included
Classical | Label: CPO | 555 353-2 | Recorded: 2020
During the eighteenth century the knowledge that the bassoon could very well rise up to the virtuosic spheres was reserved for only rather small circles of hearers. In April 1736 a new bassoon star in the person of Johann Christian Klotsch came from Zerbst to Darmstadt. Christoph Graupner must have been extremely delighted to work with this talented musician; Klotsch had only recently been under contract in Darmstadt when he was given multiple opportunities to demonstrate his bassoonist’s skill in the Sunday cantatas. Since Graupner loved to experiment with innovative tone colors, he increasingly placed the bassoon in the spotlight in his cantatas. This development reached its height in 1741 with bassoon parts of concerto character in sixteen different cantatas.