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Album Summary
Performers
Tadashi Sasaki (Guitar)- Takashi Ochi (Mandolin)
- Elfi Germesin (Guitar)
- Silvia Ochi (Mandolin)
- Elfi Germesin (Guitar)
- Pierre Feit (Oboe)
- Reimer Peters (Viola d'amore)
- Tadashi Sasaki (Lute)
- Diethelm Jonas (Oboe)
- Reimer Peters (Viola d'amore)
Notes & Reviews:
The cellists of the Berlin Philharmonic offer a fireworks display with rare sounds and previously unheard material. This collection gives an insight into their early years and their discovery by the recording industry. Presented here is the program of the Berlin Festwochen concert , performed during the fall of 1975 in the Nationalgalerie, Berlin.
Reviews
No Such Thing As Too Much Vivaldi
Antonio Vivaldi – MUSIC FOR MANDOLINS – Acanta
Mandolin orchestras are an acquired taste and, to the casual listener, can often seem more like a novelty act than a serious endeavor, perhaps due to their association with the amateur (albeit enthusiastic) mandolin societies of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
These notions of mandolin orchestras as being novel and/or quaintly amateurish are completely refuted in about the first 30 seconds of this CD, which is a welcome re-issue of a 1975 recording by the Deutsche Zupforchester (German ‘plucked’ orchestra).
The late Siegfried Behrend organized and conducted the band, which here plays his arrangements of Vivaldi concerti for mandolin, lute and oboe and features performances by the great mandolin virtuoso, Takashi Ochi.
The result is a chance to hear familiar (cynics might say overly familiar) music cast in a new setting, without the vibrato laden sound associated with modern orchestral performance practices.
While it might require a little getting used to at first, the Deutsche Zupforchester’s take on Vivaldi’s music will reward the open-minded listener with a unique, often beautiful and never less than interesting listening experience.
Thanks to the people at Acanta for making this recording available again.
Highly Recommended 91/2 out of 10 Oscar O. Veterano
Submitted on 07/17/12 by Oscar O. Veterano
Mandolin orchestras are an acquired taste and, to the casual listener, can often seem more like a novelty act than a serious endeavor, perhaps due to their association with the amateur (albeit enthusiastic) mandolin societies of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
These notions of mandolin orchestras as being novel and/or quaintly amateurish are completely refuted in about the first 30 seconds of this CD, which is a welcome re-issue of a 1975 recording by the Deutsche Zupforchester (German ‘plucked’ orchestra).
The late Siegfried Behrend organized and conducted the band, which here plays his arrangements of Vivaldi concerti for mandolin, lute and oboe and features performances by the great mandolin virtuoso, Takashi Ochi.
The result is a chance to hear familiar (cynics might say overly familiar) music cast in a new setting, without the vibrato laden sound associated with modern orchestral performance practices.
While it might require a little getting used to at first, the Deutsche Zupforchester’s take on Vivaldi’s music will reward the open-minded listener with a unique, often beautiful and never less than interesting listening experience.
Thanks to the people at Acanta for making this recording available again.
Highly Recommended 91/2 out of 10 Oscar O. Veterano
Submitted on 07/17/12 by Oscar O. Veterano
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Works Details
Vivaldi, Antonio : Concerto in C major, RV 558 - Performers: Tadashi Sasaki (Guitar); Takashi Ochi (Mandolin); Elfi Germesin (Guitar); Silvia Ochi (Mandolin)
- Conductor: Siegfried Behrend
- Ensemble: Das Deutsche Zupforchester
- Running Time: 10 min. 26 sec.
- Period Time: Baroque
- Form: Concerto
- Written: 1740
Vivaldi, Antonio : Chamber Concerto for Lute and 2 Violins in D major, RV 93 - Performers: Elfi Germesin (Guitar); Silvia Ochi (Mandolin); Tadashi Sasaki (Guitar); Takashi Ochi (Mandolin)
- Conductor: Siegfried Behrend
- Ensemble: Das Deutsche Zupforchester
- Running Time: 7 min. 17 sec.
- Period Time: Baroque
- Form: Concerto
- Written: 1716
Vivaldi, Antonio : Concerto for oboe, strings & continuo in C major, RV 448 - Performer: Pierre Feit (Oboe)
- Conductor: Siegfried Behrend
- Ensemble: Das Deutsche Zupforchester
- Running Time: 6 min. 36 sec.
- Period Time: Baroque
- Form: Concerto
- Written: by 1742
Vivaldi, Antonio : Concerto for Mandolin in C major, RV 425 - Performer: Takashi Ochi (Mandolin)
- Conductor: Siegfried Behrend
- Ensemble: Das Deutsche Zupforchester
- Running Time: 7 min. 7 sec.
- Period Time: Baroque
- Form: Concerto
- Written: by 1742
Vivaldi, Antonio : Concerto for Viola d'Amore and Lute in D minor, RV 540 - Performers: Reimer Peters (Viola d'amore); Tadashi Sasaki (Lute)
- Conductor: Siegfried Behrend
- Ensemble: Das Deutsche Zupforchester
- Running Time: 11 min. 50 sec.
- Period Time: Baroque
- Written: 1740
Vivaldi, Antonio : Double Oboe Concerto for 2 oboes, strings & continuo in C major, RV 534 - Performers: Diethelm Jonas (Oboe); Pierre Feit (Oboe)
- Conductor: Siegfried Behrend
- Ensemble: Das Deutsche Zupforchester
- Running Time: 6 min. 23 sec.
- Period Time: Baroque
- Written: by 1742
