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Daniel Smith, Antonio Vivaldi, English Chamber Orchestra
Vivaldi: The 37 Bassoon Concertos
Genre: Classical

Track Listings (24) - Disc #1
1. First Movement: Allegro
2. Second Movement: Andante
3. Third Movement: Allegro
4. First Movement: Allegro Molto
5. Second Movement: Largo
6. Third Movement: Allegro
7. First Movement: Allegro
8. Second Movement: Largo
9. Third Movement: Allegro
10. First Movement: Allegro - Thomas Martin
11. Second Movement: Largo - Thomas Martin
12. Third Movement: Allegro - Thomas Martin
13. First Movement: Allegro
14. Second Movement: Largo
15. Third Movement: Allegro
16. First Movement: Allegro Non Molto
17. Second Movement: Largo
18. Third Movement: Allegro
19. First Movement: Allegro
20. Second Movement: Largo
21. Third Movement: Allegro
22. First Movement: Allegro
23. Second Movement: Largo
24. Third Movement: Allegro
Track Listings (24) - Disc #2
1. First Movement: Allegro
2. Second Movement: Largo
3. Third Movement: Allegro Molto
4. First Movement: Allegro
5. Second Movement: Largo
6. Third Movement: Allegro
7. First Movement: Allegro
8. Second Movement: Largo
9. Third Movement: Allegro
10. First Movement: Allegro
11. Second Movement: Larghetto
12. Third Movement: Allegro
13. First Movement: Allegro Non Molto
14. Second Movement: Largo
15. Third Movement: Allegro
16. First Movement: Allegro Non Molto
17. Second Movement: Andante Molto
18. Third Movement: Allegro
19. First Movement: Allegro
20. Second Movement: Larghetto
21. Third Movement: Allegro Molto
22. First Movement: Allegro
23. Second Movement: Largo
24. Third Movement: Allegro
Track Listings (22) - Disc #3
1. First Movement: Largo - Andante Molto
2. Second Movement: I Fantasimi (Presto)
3. Third Movement: II Sonno (Andante Molto)
4. Fourth Movement: Sorge L'Aurora (Allegro)
5. First Movement: Allegro
6. Second Movement: Largo
7. Third Movement: Allegro
8. First Movement: Allegro Non Molto
9. Second Movement: Adagio
10. Third Movement: Allegro Non Molto
11. First Movement: Allegro
12. Second Movement: Largo
13. Third Movement: Allegro
14. First Movement: Allegro
15. Second Movement: Larghetto
16. Third Movement: Allegro
17. First Movement: Presto
18. Second Movement: Largo
19. Third Movement: Allegro
20. First Movement: Allegro Molto
21. Second Movement: Larghetto
22. Third Movement: Allegro
Track Listings (21) - Disc #4
1. First Movement: Allegro Non Molto
2. Second Movement: Largo
3. Third Movement: Allegro
4. First Movement: Allegro
5. Second Movement: Largo
6. Third Movement: Allegro
7. First Movement: Allegro Ma Poco
8. Second Movement: Largo
9. Third Movement: Allegro
10. First Movement: Allegro Poco
11. Second Movement: Andante
12. Third Movement: Allegro
13. First Movement: Allegro Ma Poco
14. Second Movement: Larghetto
15. Third Movement: Allegro
16. First Movement: Allegro
17. Second Movement: Andantino (Quasi Menuetto)
18. Third Movement: Allegro
19. First Movement: Allegro Non Molto
20. Second Movement: Largo
21. Third Movement: Allegro
Track Listings (21) - Disc #5
1. First Movement: Allegro Molto
2. Second Movement: Andante Molto
3. Third Movement: Allegro
4. First Movement: Allegro Non Molto
5. Second Movement: Andante
6. Third Movement: Allegro Molto
7. First Movement: Presto
8. Second Movement: Larghetto
9. Third Movement: Allegro
10. First Movement: Allegro
11. Second Movement: Largo
12. Third Movement: Allegro
13. First Movement: Allegro
14. Second Movement: Larghetto
15. Third Movement: Allegro
16. First Movement: Allegro
17. Second Movement: Largo
18. Third Movement: Menuetto
19. First Movement: Allegro
20. Second Movement: Largo
21. Third Movement: Allegro

CD Details

All Artists: Daniel Smith, Antonio Vivaldi, English Chamber Orchestra, d. Smith, Engl.Ch.O., Zagreb S.
Title: Vivaldi: The 37 Bassoon Concertos
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: Asv Living Era
Release Date: 2/26/2002
Genre: Classical
Styles: Chamber Music, Forms & Genres, Concertos, Historical Periods, Baroque (c.1600-1750), Classical (c.1770-1830), Instruments, Reeds & Winds
Number of Discs: 5
SwapaCD Credits: 5
UPC: 743625055221

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CD Reviews

Ambitious, but should be better

Andrew D Ludwig | Tucson, AZ United States | 03/05/2003

(2 out of 5 stars)

"The orchestral ensembles are a nice addition for us bassoonists who are used to hearing these with only piano accompaniment. Yet it's hard to overlook the slapped together performance of Daniel Smith. His intonation and tone are simply wretched throughout most of the the collection. He exemplifies the "farting bedpost" variety of bassoon sound that most people work their whole lives to control and develop into a beautiful technique. This collection is a nice reference considering the large catalog of Vivaldi bassoon concerti which are too often overlooked, but I can't recommend it as an example of well crafted bassoon playing"

Are you kidding?

William A. Short | Austin, TX USA | 03/23/2006

(1 out of 5 stars)

"Daniel Smith exhibits a standard of bassoon playing that is currently surpassed by a rather large number of high school bassoonists; that he has the financial ability to continue making recordings in no way indicates that he should do so. His intonation is, as another reviewer aptly put it, wretched; his technique is sufficiently poor to completely distract from whatever rare musical idea he may exhibit. A great number of the diminuendi, crescendi, and other dynamic contrasts are clearly digitally added. Rhythm is sloppy and often distorted according to the technical difficulty of the passage. His sound is, in a word, unfortunate. Fortunately, the accompaniment is, in general, well-played.

If you enjoy the Vivaldi bassoon concertos, please check out Thunemann's excellent recording of them; other fine bassoonists far more worthy of the additional income include, in no particular order, Richard Ranti, David McGill, Dag Jensen, Kristin Wolfe Jensen, Arthur Weisberg, Bernard Garfield, Judith LeClair, Nadina Mackie Jackson and the entire Caliban Bassoon Quartet, Frank Morelli, Barrick Stees, Leonard Sharrow, Sol Schoenbach, George Sakakeeny, Christopher Millard, Pascal Gallois, Paolo Carlini, Milan Turkovic, Masahito Tanaka, Paul Hanson and Michael Rabinowitz for the jazz-inclined, Laurent Lefevre, Stephane Levesque, William Ludwig, Valeri Popov, Kathleen Reynolds, Christopher Weait, Knut Sonstevold, and Robert Williams."

Hideous

G. Logen | Stanwood, WA USA | 01/15/2005

(1 out of 5 stars)

"Don't you dare buy this CD- unless you are looking for an example of what a bassoon should never sound like. Tone is just disgusting and articulations are mud throughout the entire collection. Seeing a picture of Smith, and now hearing some of his music, Harry Potter's Gilderoy Lockhart comes to my mind."