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Il Fondamento, Paul Dombrecht - J.F. Fasch: Ouvertures (2004)

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Il Fondamento, Paul Dombrecht - J.F. Fasch: Ouvertures (2004)

Il Fondamento, Paul Dombrecht - J.F. Fasch: Ouvertures (2004)
EAC | FLAC (image+.cue, log) | Covers Included | 01:10:56 | 482 MB
Genre: Classical | Label: Fuga Libera | Catalog: FUG502

The wonderful timbres of original Baroque instruments and the vigorous period interpretations by Paul Dombrecht and Il Fondamento go far to make this 2004 release a delightful listening experience, even if Johann Friedrich Fasch's music falls short of genius. Not that Fasch was considered a mediocrity in his time: despite his later reputation as a modest Prussian kapellmeister, he was widely traveled, well-educated, and popular in his youth; and he enjoyed the benefits brought by continued publication of his Ouvertures, even after settling down in Zerbst in 1722.

Paul Dombrecht, Il Fondamento, La Sfera del canto - Pro defunctis: Liturgy for the Death of the Baroque Era (2001)

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Paul Dombrecht, Il Fondamento, La Sfera del canto - Pro defunctis: Liturgy for the Death of the Baroque Era (2001)

Paul Dombrecht, Il Fondamento, La Sfera del canto - Pro defunctis: Liturgy for the Death of the Baroque Era (2001)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 371 Mb | Total time: 74:44 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Passacaille | PAS933 | Recorded: 2000

The setting by Alphonse D’Eve (1666-1727)‚ born in Brussels and Kapellmeister at the church of Our Lady in Antwerp‚ of the motet for the dead‚ O acerbi‚ is not without its moments. The plangent opening is striking‚ as is the use of high voices at the beginning of the final chorus‚ presumably to represent the heavenly hosts referred to in the text. If the music‚ thoroughly Italianate in style and often reminiscent of Vivaldi‚ is somewhat predictable – the cadences are rather formulaic and the sequential patterns overused – it is certainly worth dusting down: it represents the kind of work that must have been heard in so many of the larger musical institutions all over Europe in the early part of the 18th century.

Paul Dombrecht, Il Fondamento - Georg Friedrich Händel: Water Music; Georg Philip Telemann: Watermusic (1996)

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Paul Dombrecht, Il Fondamento - Georg Friedrich Händel: Water Music; Georg Philip Telemann: Watermusic (1996)

Paul Dombrecht, Il Fondamento - Georg Friedrich Händel: Water Music; Georg Philip Telemann: Watermusic (1996)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 401 Mb | Total time: 72:38 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Vanguard Classics ‎| 99713 | Recorded: 1995, 1996

Recordings of Handel’s Water Music come in floods, those of Telemann’s Wassermusik (more properly titled Hamburger Ebb und Fluth) in a gradually growing stream. Couplings of the two, however, are but a trickle, which is a surprise considering that their combined length is thoroughly convenient for CD. This recording was originally released in 1996, and thus predates its only direct rival, from the King’s Consort. The orchestral playing is of a good quality throughout, the Flemish period instrumentalists of Il Fondamento showing a healthy appetite for their task – who would not in such music?

Paul Dombrecht, Jos van Immerseel - The Virtuoso Romantic Oboe: Schumann, Kalliwoda, Pixis (1999)

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Paul Dombrecht, Jos van Immerseel - The Virtuoso Romantic Oboe: Schumann, Kalliwoda, Pixis (1999)

Paul Dombrecht, Jos van Immerseel - The Virtuoso Romantic Oboe: Schumann, Kalliwoda, Pixis (1999)
EAC | FLAC (image+.cue, log) | Covers Included | 51:40 | 242 MB
Genre: Classical | Label: Accent | Catalog: 78330

This CD is probably unique. The oboe was relegated in the romantic age as the clarinet gained favour. So there are few chamber works for oboe from this period, and those that exist are rarely recorded. But to have several of these pieces on one disc and played so well on period instruments makes this a real treat. The instruments are an 1850 Triebert oboe and Erard pianoforte. These are not so different technically from their modern counterparts, but in these musicians' hands they deliver a warm, distinctive sound that would be hard to emulate with modern instruments.