Ensemble Marsyas, an Edinburgh-based group, won first prize and the audience prize at the 2007 Brugge International Competition.
Performer Biography
Pamela Thorby, the recorder player, is known as 'the queen of the recorder' by BBC Radio 3 and has collaborated with jazz, folk, and pop artists.
Performer Biography
Peter Whelan, the bassoonist on this album, is the founder and artistic director of Ensemble Marsyas and has received a Gramophone Award for his recording of Vivaldi Bassoon Concertos.
Composer Biography
Fasch was considered for the Kapellmeister position in Leipzig after Johann Kuhnau's death, a role that was eventually offered to Johann Sebastian Bach.
Composition History
Fasch established a music exchange network among German courts, which helped him stay current with musical trends and increased the popularity of his own compositions.
Instruments
The instruments used in this recording are period reproductions, such as oboes after T. Stanesby (c.1730) and a bassoon after J.H. Eichentopf (c.1720).
Composer Biography
Johann Friedrich Fasch (1688-1758) was a pupil of Johann Kuhnau at St Thomas, Leipzig, and later studied law at university, a common practice for musicians of that era.
