Between the years 1715 and 1730, a series of exceptionally favorable circumstances occurred at the Court of Dresden, most notably the presence of remarkably skilled players, especially in the ranks of oboes and bassoons. The focus of the present album, consisting almost entirely of world première recordings, on period instruments, is on Johann David Heinichen. His compositional attention seems to concentrate on the oboe, producing a series of pages which show a treatment of the shapes and affects being surely the result of great talent, skill and artistic intelligence, as clearly demonstated beyond any doubt in the compositions collected in this recording.