Domenico Maria Dreyer: Sonatas for Recorder and Basso Continuo
4/2/2021, 30 Tracks, 1:08:42
Featuring
Isaac Makhdoomi
Sebastian Bausch
Domenico Maria Dreyer
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Compositional Technique
Dreyer's sonatas feature strong contrasts between profound slow movements and fiery, virtuosic fast movements, creating an enthralling drama.
Interpretation
This recording aims to convey the improvisatory performance practice common in the Italian Baroque, where musicians would extensively ornament a composer's score.
Composition History
The eight sonatas on this album represent the entire known surviving musical output of Domenico Maria Dreyer, though he likely composed many more works.
Instruments
At the beginning of the 18th century, oboes and recorders were so similar in playing technique that they were often played by the same musicians, making their repertoires interchangeable.
Composer Biography
Domenico Maria Dreyer, an oboist and composer, served in the court orchestra of Tsarina Anna Ivanovna in St. Petersburg, alongside his brother Giovanni Filippo Maria Dreyer, a respected castrato singer.
Performer Biography
Isaac Makhdoomi, the recorder player, has performed as a soloist in a recording of Bach's Brandenburg Concertos with the Brandenburg State Orchestra.
