A little treat for lovers of the baroque oboe - slow movement from a concerto by Vivaldi; played by the greatest oboist of whom I know - Heinz Holliger - and the lyrical and resonant strings of I Musici. The continuo harpsichordist is also improvising some lovely things.
The melody is very simple and the orchestral accompaniment likewise; but Vivaldi was a master of string textures, and the deployment of occasional unexpected harmonic shifts.
The writing for oboe offers tremendous scope for such a fine and creative soloist to generate a continuous melodic line, and introduce subtle decorations and dynamics (changes of volume).
It's about as structurally-simple as classical music can be; and (in this performance) very beautiful to my ear.
1 comment:
Thanks for sharing.
-Lucas
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