This album was recorded in June 1987 and originally issued on Hyperion CDA66267.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Telemann's philosophy for publishing music was commercially driven: he believed that music that is easy to play serves more people than difficult pieces.
Composition History
Bach's Oboe Concerto in F major is reconstructed using movements from a harpsichord concerto (BWV1053) and two cantatas (BWV169 and BWV49), which used parts of the original oboe concerto.
Composer Biography
During his lifetime, Telemann was considered the predominant musical figure in Germany, not Bach, due to his commercial instincts and prolific output.
Composition History
The two Bach oboe concertos on this album are reconstructions of original works, reversing Bach's own process of reworking earlier compositions into later versions.
Composition History
Sir Donald Tovey, a musicologist, recognized as early as 1936 that Bach's A major harpsichord concerto was well-suited for the oboe d'amore if keyboard embellishments were removed.
Instruments
The oboe used by Paul Goodwin on this recording was made by Paul Hailperin in 1986, modeled after an instrument by Paulhahn from 1720.
