Wiener Kontrabasskonzerte · Hoffmeister · Pichl · Vanhal · Forgotten Treasures Vol. 3

APE+CUE | 1 CD | Booklet | 266 MB | 2006


Canadian bassist David Sinclair's new CD is an outstanding release, musically, technically and historically. Featuring three concertos from the second half of the eighteenth century, it is the first recording of the Hofmeister Concerto and first recording of the Vanhal on Viennese violine (Lars Baunkilde recorded the Pichl on Viennese violine in 1997).

It is superbly recorded in Super Audio (surely the first solo bass CD in this format) on Annette Schumacher's wonderful Ars Produktion label. The balance has been carefully considered in every movement and the accompaniment from fellow bassist and conductor Michael Willens directing the Cologne-based ensemble Kölner Akademie is sensitive and supportive. It's wonderfully illuminating to hear these concertos as they were originally conceived and here performed by a virtuoso of the order of David Sinclair [...]

This is a CD that will appeal to a wide range of bass players, other musicians and technophiles as it is so much more than a historical document to those interested in the Viennese violine - it is superbly performed and produced and we can only hope it is not another 12 years before we hear from David Sinclair again. --Review by Robert Nairn, ISB - Volume 30, Number 3


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