4260085530373

Lost Times

Theo Plath & Aris Alexander Blettenberg

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Format: CD

Cat No: AVI8553037

Release Date:  13 August 2021

Label:  C-Avi

Packaging Type:  Digipak

No of Units:  1

Barcode:  4260085530373

Genres:  Classical  Chamber Music  

  • Description

    THEO PLATH is a young bassoon player who won the ARD competition in 2019, is now the principal on the HR Symphonie Orchestra Frankfurt. Limited by the range of scores for his instrument, he dreamt of playing those lovely romantic tunes as others do leading him to make these arrangements of famous chamber music pieces.

    "I always found that the music of Impressionism and Late Romanticism was an object of longing for me as a bassoonist; Saint-Saëns was one of the few composers of his time who helped to expand the repertoire of "one of these otherwise so neglected instruments. With this CD I have fulfilled my personal dream to revel in the music of Romanticism and Impressionism, an era otherwise mostly lost for the bassoon as a solo instrument."

    As a prizewinner at the renowned ARD International Music Competition in Munich in 2019, and as Principal Bassoon of Frankfurt HR Radio Symphony Orchestra, Theo Plath is fairly in demand as a soloist, and player for chamber music and orchestra.

    The year 2020 saw the release of his debut CD with bassoon concertos by Weber, Jolivet, Bitsch and Crusell, a recording he made with the German Radio Philharmonic Orchestra (Deutsche Radiophilharmonie) under the baton of Leo McFall.

    Theo has made appearances in solo bassoon concertos with the Munich Chamber Orchestra and the Frankfurt HR Radio Symphony Orchestra, among others, and in concert halls including Dortmund Konzerthaus and Hamburg Elbphilharmonie.

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. Saint-Saens: Sonata for Bassoon and Piano in G Major, Op. 168 (1921) - I. Allegretto moderato
      • 2. Saint-Saens: Sonata for Bassoon and Piano in G Major, Op. 168 (1921) - II. Allegro scherzando
      • 3. Saint-Saens: Sonata for Bassoon and Piano in G Major, Op. 168 (1921) - III. Molto adagio – Allegro moderato
      • 4. Debussy: Sonata for Violin and Piano in G Minor, L 140* (1916/17) - I. Allegro vivo
      • 5. Debussy: Sonata for Violin and Piano in G Minor, L 140* (1916/17) - II. Intermède. Fantasque et leger
      • 6. Debussy: Sonata for Violin and Piano in G Minor, L 140* (1916/17) - III. Finale. Tres anime
      • 7. Boulanger: Trois Pièces for Cello and Piano* (1914) - No. 1 Modéré (in E flat Minor)
      • 8. Boulanger: Trois Pièces for Cello and Piano* (1914) - No. 2 Sans Vitesse et à l’aise (in A Minor)
      • 9. Boulanger: Trois Pièces for Cello and Piano* (1914) - No. 3 Vite et nerveusement rythme (in C sharp Minor)
      • 10. Franck: Sonata for Violin and Piano in A Major, FWV 8* (1886) - I. Allegretto ben moderato
      • 11. Franck: Sonata for Violin and Piano in A Major, FWV 8* (1886) - II. Allegro
      • 12. Franck: Sonata for Violin and Piano in A Major, FWV 8* (1886) - III. Recitativo-Fantasia. Ben moderato - Largamento con fantasia
      • 13. Franck: Sonata for Violin and Piano in A Major, FWV 8* (1886) - IV. Allegretto poco mosso