Composer: Carl Friedrich Abel
Performer: Bruno Delepelaire, Christoph Hartmann
Orchestra: Berliner Barock Solisten
Conductor: Kristof Polonek
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Hänssler
Catalogue: HC22022
Release: 2022
Size: 384 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Cello Concerto in C Major, WK 60
01. I. Allegro maestoso
02. II. Adagio ma non troppo
03. IIIa. Allegro
04. IIIb. Rondeau. Tempo di minuetto
Sinfonia concertante for Oboe Quartet in B-Flat Major, WK 42
05. I. Allegro
06. II. Adagio
07. III. Allegro ma non troppo
Sinfonia concertante for Oboe Quartet in D Major, WK 43
08. I. Allegro ma non troppo
09. II. Adagio ma non tanto
10. III. Allegro
Cello Concerto in B-Flat Major, WK 52
11. I. Moderato
12. II. Adagio ma non troppo
13. III. Allegro
It is a constant source of amazement that to this very day, musical gems even by famous composers often fail to receive the exposure they deserve or have even – despite modern digital access – been unjustly consigned to oblivion. The four works by Carl Friedrich Abel presented here are just such treasures, and two of them – the Sinfonie concertanti WKO 42 and WKO 43 – are released on record for the very first time to mark the composer’s tercentenary in 2023. The reason for this is surely that Abel’s activity and fame as a gambist and as a composer for his instrument has obscured the fact that he wrote these four important concertante works for the violoncello. The present recording seeks to help restore the reputation that these works deserve.