Graupner's total surviving output comprises some 2,000 separate works, including ten operas, a hundred symphonies, a thousand cantatas, 85 orchestral suites and 44 concertos. A significant part of his orchestral output consists of concertos and suites with diverse, sometimes very curious instruments in the solo ensembles. Among the rarer solo instruments he favored were the flÃ»te d'amour, a flute pitched a third lower than the normal transverse flute, and the viola d'amore, an instrument roughly the same size and shape as a viola but with resonating free strings in addition to the (usually) seven strings played with the bow. Combining the traverse and hunting horn in the same concerto, or the viola d'amore and the chalumeau, was extremely exceptional for the period.

Tracklist:

Suite For Flute, Viola D'amore And Chalumeau In F Major, Gwv 450: I. Ouverture
Suite For Flute, Viola D'amore And Chalumeau In F Major, Gwv 450: II. Air En Gavotte
Suite For Flute, Viola D'amore And Chalumeau In F Major, Gwv 450: III. Hornepipe
Suite For Flute, Viola D'amore And Chalumeau In F Major, Gwv 450: IV. Air En Sarabande
Suite For Flute, Viola D'amore And Chalumeau In F Major, Gwv 450: V. Air En Polonaise
Suite For Flute, Viola D'amore And Chalumeau In F Major, Gwv 450: VI. Air En Menuet
Suite For Viola D'amore And Bassoon In G Major, Gwv 458: I. Overture
Suite For Viola D'amore And Bassoon In G Major, Gwv 458: II. Air
Suite For Viola D'amore And Bassoon In G Major, Gwv 458: III. Tempo Di Sarabande
Suite For Viola D'amore And Bassoon In G Major, Gwv 458: IV. Tempo Di Bourree I-II
Suite For Viola D'amore And Bassoon In G Major, Gwv 458: V. Air: Largo
Suite For Viola D'amore And Bassoon In G Major, Gwv 458: VI. Menuet I-II
Suite For Flute, Viola D'amore, 2 Chalumeaux And Horn In F Major, Gwv 451: I. Overture
Suite For Flute, Viola D'amore, 2 Chalumeaux And Horn In F Major, Gwv 451: II. Air
Suite For Flute, Viola D'amore, 2 Chalumeaux And Horn In F Major, Gwv 451: III. Sarabande
Suite For Flute, Viola D'amore, 2 Chalumeaux And Horn In F Major, Gwv 451: IV. Menuet
Suite For Flute, Viola D'amore, 2 Chalumeaux And Horn In F Major, Gwv 451: V. Marche
Suite For Flute, Viola D'amore, 2 Chalumeaux And Horn In F Major, Gwv 451: VI. Chaconne

UPC: 761195122020
Label: Ondine
Release Date: 11.19.13
Format: CD

Finnish Baroque Orchestra - Orchestral Suites (CD)