Bach - Double Oboe & Violin Concerto [Vogel & Hahn/Kahane-Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra]Well this is the very first time that a work by a certain artist has appeared in my Blog for the second time, [2nd February 2010], since i started my Blog at the beginning of the year, i knew this would eventually happen, this disc really is becoming treasurable, all four works on the disc are truly wonderful, they all have that baroque spirit about them, and it's a nice cozy chamber music recording, you can hear the individual voices in the group, unlike a soupy mega orchestra.
Again i feel i must point out about this certain disc, it has one of the most artistic photographs of any disc that i own [by Kasskara], a superb sharp shot on the front and back, the lettering / graphics are a joy to look at, very well laid out, this is how things should be, and the yellow DG logo sensibly reduced to a small box, well done DG.
On this listen i was so excited by the final movement of this Concerto, it has a real exuberance and life to it, the small chamber group quickly create a frothy baroque lather [0:00-0:25], and when the oboe and violin come in [0:26+], they seemingly play 'against' each other, but actually complementing each other and making great music together, later Hahn lets go and the violin does some breathtaking virtuoso somersaults [1:11-1:28], and later the oboe also has a virtuoso go [1:45-2:05], but it's just not in the same league, at the end the orchestra take the music out in a wonderful fashion [2:40-3:10], showing the oboe and violin what they can do, what a breathtaking three minutes, Bach really packs a punch.
Here's Hilary Hahn & Allan Vogel playing the third movement on YouTube.
