Mathis Stier, the bassoon soloist on this album, won second prize and the audience prize at the 2019 ARD Music Competition and has been the solo bassoonist of the WDR Symphony Orchestra since 2016.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's famous quote, "I simply follow my own feelings," highlights his focus on emotion in his creative process, rather than contemporary trends or critical opinions.
Composer Biography
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart composed his Bassoon Concerto in B flat major KV 191 at the age of 18, after returning from a visit to Italy, making it his first concerto for wind instruments.
Historical Context
The generation after Bach, including Johann Wilhelm Hertel and Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, emphasized 'sentiment' and subjective feelings, reacting against a strictly rational mindset during the Enlightenment.
Compositional Technique
The bassoon is closely related to the oboe d'amore due to their shared double-reed sound production, making the adaptation of Bach's oboe d'amore concerto for bassoon a natural choice.
Interpretation
The Concerto in G major BWV 1055R by Johann Sebastian Bach is an arrangement for solo bassoon by Mathis Stier, adapted from Bach's original Concerto in A major for Oboe d'amore.
Recording & Production
This album was recorded in August 2021 at WDR Funkhaus and is a co-production with Deutschlandfunk Kultur.
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