FR2 - The Dolmetsch 1930s Legacy Project - Episode 1

Johann Mattheson, Sonata XI à Due Flauti
(XII Sonates à Deux & Trois Flûtes Sans Basse, Ouvrage 1, Amsterdam 1708).
Today, most people who think of Dolmetsch recorders have the firm’s “modernized” type of instrument in mind. For a quarter century, 1945-1970 say, these were used by most of the world’s leading players. They were louder and more reliable than any others on the market - perfect tools for jobs that needed doing before the historically-informed performance movement took off.
In fact, the majority of Dolmetsch recorders produced before the Second World War were baroque-style instruments, often with undercut finger holes and arched windways. They were made only at A415 to start with. Customers could order them at A415 or at A440 from about 1930. At either pitch they preserved the playing “feel” of actual baroque recorders remarkably well.
Our Dolmetsch 1930s Legacy Project aims to showcase some of the best surviving baroque-style recorders from that forgotten golden era, allowing listeners today to hear for themselves how well they behave.
Info about this project can be found on www.flanders-r...
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Research informing the project, much of it undertaken by Andrew Pinnock of the University of Southampton with whom we are collaborating, is accessible free of charge
via the website of The Galpin Society Journal: gs.galpinsocie...