Bach - Double Oboe & Violin Concerto [Vogel & Hahn/Kahane-Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra]This is the third time this work / disc has appeared in my Blog [2nd February 2010 & 11th October 2010], it is such a great little work [only 13 minutes long], the tunes and rhythms are stunning, and this recording is very lively and has a certain intimacy about it, it just proves that Bach is a genius across the whole spectrum of Classical music.
Hilary Hahn is an American Violinist, steadily making her way recording all the major Concertos, and throwing in a few surprises of unknowns along the way, she's now 32, still really young, she recorded this work in 2003, and like i've said before, the front cover [and back inlay] pic is a stunner [photo by Kasskara], a head and shoulders shot of Hahn, looking straight serious at the camera, lovely dark blue background, and the letting is very nicely done, a really great visual product.
This Concerto starts off great, and finishes even better, it was the third movement which really blew the cobwebs away, a tremendous rhythmic tour de force, lasting just 3:10, but packed with quality, the opening tutti has surges of sound for effect [0:00-0:25], and Vogel and Hahn come in, playing sparks off each other [0:26-1:11], Hahn impresses with some virtuoso playing [1:11-1:28], and what a beautiful sounding instrument the oboe is, a perfect Baroque sound, towards the end the whole lot comes together in a nice culmination [2:48-2:57], Bach really knows how to get us musically excited.
Here's Nigel Kennedy and Aisling Casey playing the third movement on YouTube.
