A TREASURY OF GERMAN BAROQUE MUSIC

JOHANN JOACHIM QUANTZ (1697-1773) Trio Sonata in C major for recorder, transverse flute and continuo

DIETERICH BUXTEHUDE (c.1637-1707) Praeludium in C major, BuxWV 137 for organ

GEORG PHILIPP TELEMANN (1681-1767) Trio Sonata in A major, TWV 42:A2 for two transverse flutes and continuo

JOHANN PACHELBEL (1653-1706) Fantasia in D minor for organ

JOHANN FRIEDRICH FASCH (1688-1758) Sonata in G major for transverse flute, two recorders and continuo

VINCENT LÜBECK (1654-1740) Preambulum in C minor, No. 2 for organ

GEORG PHILIPP TELEMANN Sonata in E minor, TWV 40:146 for two transverse flutes

JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH (1685-1750) An Wasserflüssen Babylon, BWV 653 for organ

JOHANN JOACHIM QUANTZ Duet in A minor, Op.2, No.2 for 2 transverse flutes

JOHANN PACHELBEL Arietta with Variations in F major for organ

THE HANOVERIAN ENSEMBLE

john Solum, Transverse Flute

Richard Wyton, Transverse Flute & Recorder

Nina Stern, Recorder

Arthur Fiacco, Cello

Kent Tritle, Organ & Harpsichord

fritts Organ, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, New York

Performing On Period Instruments

In selecting the music for this recording, our great interest was to choose works which would provide an hour or so of pleasurable listening. While many classical recordings are encyclopedic, consisting of one genre by a single composer, this one is notably different, consisting of a variety of works by seven different composers. The selection is also based upon the instrumentation of our chamber group, including the versatility of Kent Tritle as both an organist and harpsichordist. The inclusion of a number of solo organ works was also influenced by the fact that the hall in which we record – Mary Anna Fox Martel Recital Hall in Skinner Hall of Music at Vassar College – happens to have a superb tracker organ by Paul Fritts, the design of which is based upon historic German Baroque models. We also have chosen to include two of the handful of existing chamber works which combine the transverse flute (Querflöte) with the recorder (Blockflöte).

In this recording chamber works alternate with solo organ works. All of the chamber works involve wind-blown flute-type instruments. The organ, too, is a wind-blown instrument, the source of the wind coming from a set of bellows rather than the lungs of a wind player. Listeners will therefore be able to compare the organ’s wide variety of tonal effects and power with the nuanced expressive palette of the transverse flutes and recorders.

MSR Classics MS1380