莫札特/韋伯: 巴松管協奏曲集 布拉姆·凡·桑貝克 巴松管 歐格林裘克 指揮 瑞典室內管弦樂團 Bram van Sambeek, Alexei Ogrintchouk / Mozart, Weber & Du Puy - Bassoon Concertos

巴松管協奏曲集(莫札特/  韋伯 / 杜普伊(世界首錄))
布拉姆·凡·桑貝克 巴松管  
阿雷西．歐格林裘克  指揮
瑞典室內管弦樂團

如同布拉姆·凡·桑貝克在他的新唱片說明文字裡說”巴松管音樂家認為莫札特的降B大調協奏曲是此類曲目登峰造極的作品” 莫札特是個鮮明對比的人物, 他了解巴松管當作表達廣泛情緒和態度的一種工具的潛力-從開玩笑和嬉戲到夢幻的曲調. 另外一位顯露出對這樂器有特殊了解的人是韋伯, 他的F大調協奏曲在所有巴松管熱門曲目中不會落後莫札特太多. 但所有的巴松管音樂家都會同意, 雖然此類曲目和鋼琴或小提琴比會比較短, 巴松管很可惜一直很少被作曲家使用.

因此不難想像當凡·桑貝克偶然遇到一件少為人知的巴松管協奏曲時有多興奮. 他在斯德哥爾摩的一間圖書館詢問瑞典歌手/指揮家兼作曲家, 無所不能的艾德瓦·杜普伊(1770-1822)的一首巴松管五重奏. 但是卻陰錯陽差的收到一份有杜普伊簽名的c小調巴松管協奏曲手稿. 在了解這發現的重要性後, 凡·桑貝克編寫了一個現代化的版本, 並描述”在目前僅有少數重要的巴松管協奏曲作品, 這件值得有一席之地”. 他將此作品與莫札特和韋伯的並列在此專輯中呈現給全世界, 並由他的同事和長期合作夥伴雙簧管音樂家阿雷西．歐格林裘克指揮廣受好評, 熱情贊助的瑞典室內管弦樂團.

As Bram van Sambeekwrites in the liner notes to his new disc, bassoonists consider Mozart’s Concerto in B flat major the absolute pinnacle of their repertoire. A man of great contrasts himself, Mozart recognised the potential of the bassoon as a vehicle for expressing a wide range of moods and attitudes –from the joking and playful to the dreamily tuneful. Another composer who showed a special understanding for the instrument was Carl Maria von Weber, whose Concerto in F majordoesn’t come far behind Mozart’s on the list of all-time bassoon hits. But as all bassoonists would agree, that list is on the short side –compared to the piano or the violin, the bassoon has been sadly underused by composers.

How much easier then to imagine van Sambeek’sexcitement when, by chance, he came across an unknown bassoon concerto. From a library in Stockholm he had requested a quintet for bassoon and strings by the Swiss-born, Swedish-based singer-conductor-composer and jack-of-most-trades ÉdouardDu Puy(c. 1770—1822) but, by mistake, he was sent a copy of the autograph manuscript for Du Puy’s‘Concerto pour le Basson’ in C minor. Recognising the importance of the discovery, van Sambeekorganised for a modern edition to be made. Describing it as ‘a work which deserves a place amongst the few important bassoon concertos that we have’, he has now chosen to present it to the world alongside Mozart and von Weber, with spirited support from the acclaimed Swedish Chamber Orchestraconducted by his colleague and long-time collaborator, the oboist Alexei Ogrintchouk.