Sebastian Bach composed many works for violin (besides the pieces for organ and harpsichord, the two instruments he mainly played). He had learned to play the violin as a child and knew its characteristics perfectly well. Unfortunately, the manuscripts of many of his compositions were lost after his death: the three sonatas for violin and basso continuo BWV 1021, 1023 and 1024 are today a small remnant of what is thought to be a much larger production. In addition to these sonatas, the CD is completed by harpsichord transcriptions of some movements from the solo sonatas for violin, which may have been adapted by Bach himself, and by a trio sonata originally written for violin, flute and basso continuo in a version for violin and harpsichord obbligato
Lorenzo Ghielmi performs the Leipzich ChoralesBWV 651–668, which are a set of chorale preludes for organ prepared by Johann Sebastian Bach in Leipzig in his final decade (1740–1750), from earlier works composed in Weimar, where he was court organist. The works form an encyclopaedic collection of large-scale chorale preludes, in a variety of styles harking back to the previous century, that Bach...
Of all of the German composers of the time, Johann Sebastian Bach was the best of those who could imitate the styles of French and Italian composers; he forged his own personal style in so doing, and this style was destined to become a universal model. If we examine his compositions, we can clearly see which works are in the Italian style, such as the Toccatas, and those that are characteristic...
Comme son nom le suggère, le claviorganum se constitue d’un clavecin et d’un orgue dont les claviers sont connectés entre eux. Si cet instrument nous apparaît aujourd’hui comme une curiosité, de nombreuses sources confirment que les « curiosités » étaient la règle plutôt que l’exception sur le continent européen du XVe au XVIIe siècle. La variété de claviers qui existaient à l’époque étant en...
L' Orchestre baroque de Sevilla sous la direction de Diego Fasolis avec les solistes Maria Espada et José Hernàndez Pastor interprètent des cantates baroque de Iribarren et Torrens: un portrait de la vie musicale en Andalousie.
Le Stabat Mater de Pergolesi a été extrêmement populaire dans toute l’Europe peu après sa composition en 1736. D’innombrables versions imprimées et manuscrites de cette œuvre, qui était considérée comme l’idéal stylistique de la musique sacrée au XVIIIe siècle, se trouvent dans les bibliothèques du monde entier. Les archives de la cathédrale de Malaga contiennent cinq copies manuscrites du...
Emmanuel Resche et l'ensemble Exit nous présentent des oeuvres pour violon solo de compositeurs du XVII siècle venant de l'Italie du Sud: Falconieri, Trabaci, Pandolfi et Leoni.
This recording presents 5 violin sonatas by Vivaldi that Pisendel took with him to Dresden after his stay in Venice. We know that Vivaldi wrote these extremely virtuoso sonatas for himself around 1710. The recording also presents a world première recording of a chamber concerto for violin and t movements for violin and basso continuo with cello concertato (RV 252 and RV 7a) which are also world...
