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See Terms & Conditions for p&p rates. | |  | The Trio Sonata in 18th-Century Italy
The seventh and penultimate disc in London Baroque’s highly acclaimed survey of the Trio Sonata genre through the seventeenth- and eighteenth-centuries, lets us sample the developments in Italy which led to the genres decline and eventual demise. This disc features Domenico Gallo’s trio sonata that inspired Stravinsky to compose Pulcinella (it was mistakenly believed for some time that Pergolesi composed this work). | 
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L'Estravagante: Stefano Montanari, Stefano Rossi (violins), Francesco Galligioni (cello), Maurizio Salerno (clavicembalo e organo), wt Franco Pavan (tiorba e chitarra barocca) & Pietro Pasquini (organ) In 1705, Giuseppe Sala published in Venice the Suonote do camera a tre, due violini o violone o cembalo op.1 of Antonio Vivaldi. This set of trio sonatas marked the official 'debut' of a composer who was already more than a mere youth (the 'Prete Rosso' was then 27-years old), and probably contains the earliest works of his that have come down to us. It is very likely, though, as Michael Talbot has pointed out, that the copy of 1705 is in fact a reprint of a now lost first edition published in 1703. However that may be, this collection dedicated to the Brescian nobleman Count Annibale Gambara displays a balance - at times, inevitably, somewhat precarious - between reference to codified formulas and models, on the one hand, and the definition of an original expressive voice on the other. In terms of scoring, his Op.1 adopts the recently created Italian format of the trio sonata, the output of which was dominated by the Arcadian reform of Arcangelo Corelli: even in Venice, where a renowned instrumental tradition already existed, Corelli's Opp.1-4 enjoyed almost immediate diffusion and were reprinted by the aforementioned Sala just a few years after the Roman first editions (in 1684, 1686, 1691 and 1695 respectively). “You could not ask for better advocates than the sharp-edged L'Estravagante ensemble, whose wiry but flexible playing raises the current flourishing Italian baroque revival to new heights. Start with the tight-knit Sonata X, and save the dazzling variations of La Follia (placed first on the disc but last in the published set) till the end” The Observer, 27th May 2012 “Stefano Molinari, the founder of the ensemble, and his fellow violinist Stefano Rossi are perfectly matched partners in a style of expressive dialogue that takes the affective possibilities of the Baroque violin to its limits.” Gramophone Magazine, September 2012 “passion positively smoulders throughout these performances...This is some of the most fiery, spontaneous, unashamedly expressive and brilliantly excessive Vivaldi-playing on CD, with the power and elan of a Ferrari, the exuberant flair of Ferragamo and the playfulness and poignancy of Fellini. Bravissimi!” BBC Music Magazine, October 2012 *****  BBC Music Magazine
Chamber Choice - October 2012 |
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| |  | Vivaldi: The New Four Seasons
Burak Ozdemir (bassoon/artistic director) | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Vivaldi, La FolliaViolin Sonatas
Enrico Onofri (violin) Imaginarium Ensemble | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Vivaldi: Trio Sonatas Op. 1
Vivaldi: | Trio Sonata, Op. 1 No. 7 for Two Violins & Continuo in E flat major, RV 65 Trio Sonata, Op. 1 No. 8 for Two Violins & Continuo in D minor, RV 64 Trio Sonata, Op. 1 No. 9 for Two Violins & Continuo in A major, RV 75 Trio Sonata, Op. 1 No. 10 for Two Violins & Continuo in B flat major, RV 78 Trio Sonata, Op. 1 No. 11 for Two Violins & Continuo in B minor, RV 79 Trio Sonata, Op. 1 No. 12 for Two Violins & Continuo in D minor, RV 63 'La Follia' |
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| |  | Vivaldi - Sonate a tre 'La Follia'
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| |  | The Very Best of Vivaldi
Vivaldi: | The Four Seasons Concerto for 2 Trumpets, Strings & Continuo in C major, RV 537 Concerto for Guitar and 2 Violins in D major, RV 93 Concerto, Op. 3 No. 10 'Con quattro Violini e Violoncello obligato', RV 580 Gelosia, tu già rendi l’alma mia from Ottone in villa Trio Sonata, Op. 1 No. 12 for Two Violins & Continuo in D minor, RV 63 'La Follia' Gloria RV589: excerpts Flute Concerto, Op. 10 No. 2 in G minor, RV 439 'La notte' Concerto for 2 Mandolins, Strings and Continuo in G, R.532 Magnificat RV611: excerpts |
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| |  | More Follies 1500-1750
“If an hour and a quarter of music based on 16 bars appears daunting, take courage from the immense stylistic variety over 200 years and the splendidly colourful range of instruments playing it. Altogether, the programme presents a highly imaginative overview of a single common musical design.” BBC Music Magazine, December 2005 ***** “The best known pieces are the meatiest. In Corelli's violin sonata, Manfredo Kraemer is reticent, almost tentative, before working up to dazzling fireworks, abetted by the cello of Balazs Mate and the strumming of Xavier Díaz-Latorre's guitar. The trio sonata by Vivaldi, the last of his Op 1 set, makes an exhilarating conclusion, Kraemer joined by Mauro Lopes and a four-strong continuo group. The surprise is an equally fine violin sonata by Henrico Albicastro, alias Heinrich Weissenburg, with its virtuoso double-stopping and lively bass-line.” Gramophone Magazine, April 2006 BBC Music Magazine Chamber Choice - December 2005 |
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