Sergio Azzolini
A dazzling personality, he is a real phenomenon on the bassoon. A fantastic, virtuoso musician, Sergio Azzolini was born in Bolzano, close to the Austrian border, in 1967. It was there that he started to learn the bassoon, which he would later master in Hanover with Klaus Thunemann. At the same time, he became the solo bassoonist for the European Community Youth Orchestra. Passionate about his instrument and its different historical incarnations, he would collect bassoons from all different eras, moving from one to the other with stunning facility, depending on what music he is performing.
Much sought-after by baroque ensembles, he regularly plays with Christophe Coin's Baroque Ensemble of Limoges, but also with the Aura Soave from Cremona, the Sonatori della Gioiosa Marca, and Cologne's La Stravaganza. Sergio Azzolini is also a conductor and has directed a number of lyrical productions such as La Fida ninfa by Vivaldi, Galuppi's Nozze di Dorina, Montezuma by Graun and Mozart's Marriage of Figaro. With his unkempt hair, his shapeless suits and his prodigious virtuosity, the Italian musician gives to the bassoon, normally such a low-profile instrument, a front-rank role, moving, exuberant and poetic.
Antonio Vivaldi certainly got it right when he wrote nearly 50 concertos for this instrument, bringing out all of its deep melancholy. What's more, half of this body of work is in a minor key, itself a rare thing in the music of the generally-optimistic Red Priest. Sergio Azzolini and the Cremonan ensemble L’Aura Soave, have recorded all of these works for NAÏVE. The first volumes which have been released so far paint a Vivaldi with a great expressive depth.
Sergio Azzolini has other surprises up his sleeve as well: two albums dedicated to the Concertos of Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, one of the 18th Century's most enchanting, and most troubled composers. Another marvel is Mozart's Concerto for Bassoon in B-flat Major. Mocking and exquisite in its first movement, the bassoon becomes harrowing in the andante which follows, before inviting the listener to a dance in the final rondo, in the form of a minuet. It is said that Mozart wrote several concertos which are lost today. Surely it is time to set things right in the libraries... The performance that Sergio Azzolini gives on an authentic instrument from Mozart's lifetime (1790) creates a velvety sound very close to the human voice.
Sergio Azzolini regularly plays with clarinettist Sabine Meyer's Bläserensemble, the Trio Maurice Bourgue and several other groups who use period instruments. He teaches bassoon and chamber music at the Basel Academy of Music.
François Hudry/QOBUZ/November 2017
Artistas semelhantes
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Vivaldi: Concerti per fagotto V
Sergio Azzolini, L'Onda Armonica
Classical - Lançado por naïve classique em 16 de abr. de 2021
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Vivaldi : Concerti per fagotto
Sergio Azzolini, L'aura Soave Cremona
Concertos for wind instruments - Lançado por naïve classique em 10 de mai. de 2010
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Vivaldi : Concerti per fagotto IV
Sergio Azzolini, L'Onda Armonica
Concertos for wind instruments - Lançado por naïve em 6 de nov. de 2015
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Vivaldi: Concerti per fagotto II
Classical - Lançado por naïve classique em 24 de out. de 2011
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Vivaldi: Concerti per fagotto III
Classical - Lançado por naïve classique em 19 de nov. de 2012
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Vivaldi: Concerti per fagotto e oboe
Sergio Azzolini, Sonatori De La Gioiosa Marca, Hans Peter Westermann
Classical - Lançado por naïve classique em 15 de jun. de 2004
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Soave Sia Il Vento (Mozart. Chamber Music for Winds and Strings)
Ensemble Midtvest, Sergio Azzolini
Classical - Lançado por Musica Novantiqua em 1 de set. de 2023
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Haydn, W.F. Bach & C.P.E. Bach: Trios for Oboe, Bassoon & Piano
Sergio Azzolini, Maurice Bourgue, Kimiko Imani
Classical - Lançado por Sony Classical - Sony Music em 13 de jul. de 2018
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C.P.E. Bach: Bassoon Music / Werke für Fagott
Classical - Lançado por Sony Classical em 29 de ago. de 2011
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Skalkottas: Sonata concertante, AK 67
Sergio Azzolini, Wolfgang Watzinger
Chamber Music - Lançado por SWR Classic Archive em 12 de jun. de 2020
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Con spirito (Johann Wilhelm Hertel)
Concertos - Lançado por Tudor em 2 de jun. de 2011
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Mozart & Michael Haydn: Bassoon Concerto & Serenade
Classical - Lançado por Sony Music Classical Local em 25 de ago. de 2017
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Christoph Graupner: Fagott- und Violinkonzerte
Sergio Azzolini, Christian Leitherer, Friedemann Wezel, Ensemble il capriccio
Classical - Lançado por Carus em 1 de dez. de 2010
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Fasch: Concertos
Hans Peter Westermann, Veronika Skuplik, Alessandro Pique, Sergio Azzolini, La Stravaganza, Koln
Classical - Lançado por CPO em 1 de fev. de 2004
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Graupner: Bassoon Cantatas
Classical - Lançado por CPO em 30 de out. de 2020
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Kozeluch: Concertos and Symphony
Sergio Azzolini, Camerata Rousseau, Leonardo Muzii
Classical - Lançado por Sony Classical - Sony Music em 19 de fev. de 2021
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Reichenauer: Concertos. Music from 18th Century Prague
Sergio Azzolini, Xenia Löffler, Lenka Torgersen, Václav Luks, Collegium 1704
Classical - Lançado por SUPRAPHON a.s. em 22 de fev. de 2010
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Telemann: Trio Sonatas
Sergio Azzolini, Parnassi Musici
Chamber Music - Lançado por CPO em 17 de jun. de 2003
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Kozeluch: Concertos and Symphony
Sergio Azzolini, Camerata Rousseau, Leonardo Muzii
Classical - Lançado por Sony Classical - Sony Music em 19 de fev. de 2021
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Bassoon Concertos (20Th Century) - Villa-Lobos, H. / Hindemith, P. / Jolivet, A. / Gubaidulina, S.
Sergio Azzolini, Kammerakademie Potsdam, Matthias Höfs, Vida Izadi, Maurice Bourgue, Tomoko Takahashi
Classical - Lançado por CapriccioNR em 1 de jan. de 2005
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Il fagotto virtuoso : Sonate italiane del s. XVIII
Sergio Azzolini, Davide Pozzi, Ai Ikeda, L'aura Soave Cremona
Chamber Music - Lançado por MV Cremona em 8 de fev. de 2015
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