Fasch, J.F.: Orchestral Suites

Featuring

Pál Németh
Capella Savaria
Johann Friedrich Fasch

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Composer's Artistic Vision

Fasch considered the work of his friend, Kapellmeister Telemann, a constant model, especially for overtures, as he stated in his 1757 autobiography.

Compositional Technique

The overtures on this album feature traditional French overture elements like triad motives and dotted rhythms in their slow opening sections, with fast middle sections alternating between fugal, homophonic, and solo passages.

Compositional Technique

The 'Plaisanterie' movements in Fasch's suites are characterized by light rhythms and wide interval leaps, indicating a humorous or entertaining piece.

Performer Biography

Pál Németh, the conductor of Capella Savaria, graduated from the Budapest Liszt Academy of Music as a flautist and conductor, and has won the Liszt award in 1991.

Instruments

The recording features historical instruments, including an oboe copied from a 1725 T. Stanesby jr. London instrument and another from a 1726 J. H. Eichentopf Leipzig instrument.

Composer Biography

Johann Friedrich Fasch, the composer, received crucial musical impulses during his training in Leipzig, where he studied under Johann Kuhnau and founded a student Collegium musicum.