Frans Bruggen

VA - Frans Brüggen Edition Vol. 1-12
Baroque | Easy CD-DA, APE, Cue | No Log | 12 CD, covers | 3.809 MB | RS
Teldec B000026LQB | 2002

This is a monumental collection of Frans Bruggen performing a variety of pre-baroque, baroque and rococco works for recorder(s). Frans Bruggen put the recorder on the map as a solo instrument, and no one before or since has made such a huge impact. Many recorder players have burst onto the scene since, but I dare to say no one has matched Bruggen's musicality and expressiveness. Unfortunately, this 12-CD set appears to be out-of-print and hard-to-find as used copies as well.

In the Telemann mountains, much of the topography remains terra incognita because most of Telemann's music remains an undiscovered country. But whatever future generations of hardy musicologists may uncover, it is unlikely that Telemann's Nouveaux Quatuors en Six Suites published in Paris in 1738 will be displaced as among his output's highest peaks.

Brüggen plays wonderfully. He has total command of his instrument: vibrato, dynamics, flying through the vivace passages with no misplaced note. The accompaniment is also excellent

Frans Bruggen - Das Alte Werk (2013) {12CD Set Warner Classics 2564 65836-1}
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Classical / Baroque / Recorder / Flute

This monumental set of recordings, originally on Das Alte Werk LP, collects Frans Bruggen performing a variety of pre-baroque, baroque and rococco works for recorder(s). Frans Bruggen put the recorder on the map as a solo instrument, and no one before or since has made such a huge impact, nor had Bruggen's musicality and expressiveness. Once the world's most famous recorder player, today Frans Brüggen is considered among the foremost experts in the performance of eighteenth century music. He studied the recorder with Kees Otten and flute at the Amsterdam Muzieklyceum. In addition, he took courses in musicology at the University of Amsterdam.

VA - Recorder Sonatas and Concertos - Frans Brüggen
Baroque | APE, Cue | No Log | 1 CD, covers | 346 MB | RS
Teldec 4509-97474-2 | 1995

This is the last CD of the Frans Brüggen Edition. It contains a very rare interpretation of the Concerto in E minor of Telemann with "The Chamber Orchestra of Amsterdam" conducted by André Rieu in 1962.

VA - French Recorder Sonatas - Frans Brüggen Edition Vol. 7
Baroque | Easy CD-DA, APE, Cue | No Log | 1 CD, covers | 213 MB | RS
Teldec 4509-97469 | 1995

Only François Couperin is a known composer in this CD, but the pieces are played by three of the greatest executors of baroque music: Frans Brüggen, Anner Bylsma and Gustav Leonhardt.
François Couperin's 'Le rossignol-en-amour' is a character piece notable for its poetic tone-painting, with the nightingale's singing depicted by numerous ornaments, some of which are described as accents plaintifs. Although originally written for the harpsichord, Couperin himself suggested entrusting the upper voice to a flute, a practice that would "ensure a greater effect, provided only that it is well played". Frans Brüggen's decision to use a sopranino recorder, with its silvery higher register, further adds to the charm of the work.

Franciscus (30 October 1934 – 13 August 2014) was a Dutch conductor, recorder player and baroque flautist.

This is a St Matthew Passion which should please many readers. Bruggen’s interpretation is eloquent, thoughtful in matters of style and expressive content, and it benefits from a textural clarity which few competitors can rival. All aspects of Bach’s miraculous score are taken into account.

Johann Sebastian Bach - Chamber and Orchestral Music - Frans Brüggen Edition Vol.11
Baroque | Easy CD-DA, APE, Cue | No Log | 1 CD, covers | 308 MB | RS
TELDEC 4509-97472-2 | 1995

"I've always considered Frans Brugen to be for the recorder what Gustav Leonhardt is for the harpsichord, that is, the standard by which
everyone who came after is measured. This volume from the Frans Bruggen Edition is delightful. He plays both recorder and transvere flute exquisitely. Highly recommended."