Musicalische Schlemmerey (Clemens Schlemmer, Anne Schumann, Petra Burmann) - Canzoni fantasie (2023) [24/96]

The dulcian player Clemens Schlemmer and his ensemble »Musicalische Schlemmerey« with Anne Schumann (violin) and Petra Burmann (theorbo) explore the life of a composer of whom only very little is known today.

The Musicalische Schlemmerey" that the eponymous ensemble of bassoonist Clemens Schlemmer and his colleagues Anne Schumann and Petra Burmann have prepared for us here is as entertaining as it is nourishing and as instructive as it is delicate. At the centre of the action is the more or less nebulous person of the Spanish Augustinian monk Bartolomeo de Selma y Salaverde, who was born towards the end of the 16th century and died far from home around 1638 - more precisely: in Poland, where he had come via Innsbruck and Venice. And he did so not on a spiritual mission, but as a composer and excellent musician who apparently excelled particularly in the use of the bassoon instruments of the time. Not least with the Dulcian, which Clemens Schlemmer handles splendidly in the present production: the "dugout" among the bassoons, made from one piece, spreads a very peculiarly mild, enchanting, sometimes almost saxophonesque aura, which one could listen to for hours. Especially when the delicate, clear tones of a baroque violin and the unique foundations of the huge theorbo mingle with the action; the result is truly an exquisite Schlemmerey. Of course, it is not only the pious friar from Madrid who benefits from this: as if to mark his musical path, his canzonas and sonatas are accompanied by similar works by the Venetians Giovanni Battista Fontana (1589-1630) and Dario Castello (1602-1631) as well as their Polish colleague Adam Jarzębski (c. 1560-1649). In harmony, but by no means monotonous, as we discover after almost an hour…

Tracklist:
01. Salaverde- Canzon a doi soprano e basso- III. —
02. Fontana- Sonata No. 9 in F Major for Bassoon, Violin & Theorbo
03. Salaverde- Canzon a doi soprano e basso- IV. —
04. Castello- Sonate concertate in stil moderno, Book 2- Sopran è fagotto overo viola
05. Salaverde- Canzonie, fantasie et correnti- No. 5, Fantasia basso solo
06. Fontana- Sonata No. 10 in E Minor for Bassoon, Violin & Theorbo
07. Jarzębski- Concerto primo
08. Castello- Sonate concertate in stil moderno, Book 2- Sonata sesta à 2
09. Salaverde- Canzon a doi soprano e basso- I. —
10. Fontana- Sonata No. 12 in F Major for Bassoon, Violin & Theorbo
11. Jarzębski- In Deo speravit


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