Of the works on this disc, BWV 1053R is also known as Harpsichord Concerto No. 2 and BWV 1055R as Harpsichord Concerto No. 4; both will be familiar to many listeners. The oboe Concerto BWV1059R has been reconstructed from music in Bach’s Cantatas which, scholars believe, was also re-worked by Bach in this concerto. Similarly, the Oboe Sonata here recorded (BWV1030b) may be the original version of a work later known as the Flute Sonata in B minor (BWV2060).

None of these works seems to me to be among Bach’s greatest works except for the slow movement of BWV1059R and possibly the Concerto BWV1055. Also included are sinfonias with oboe solos from two of Bach’s Cantatas.

All of them are excellently played by Diana Doherty, who has used different instruments as well as varying her reeds to achieve a better Baroque effect. She is accompanied by the small instrumental ensemble known as Ironwood using modern instruments with gut strings. The string parts are played by single instruments instead of a string group, thus achieving greater transparency.

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