Works by Girolamo Kapsberger | Biagio Marini | Aurelio Virgiliano | Bartolomeo de Selma e Salaverde | Giovanni Battista Fontana | Marco Uccellini | Francesco Rognoni Taegio | Giovanni Antonio Pandolfi Mealli | Bartolomeo Montalbano | Alessandro Stradella
Small size, four gut strings, a short bow were at beginning the ingredients of the magic. Such magic happened in Italy, the cradle of the violin, during the seventeenth century. “Seicento!” is therefore a multifaceted time-travel through the Early Baroque, from Venice to Sicily, exploring the wonders of the first violin virtuosos and their dexterous-passionated playing. A collection of music born looking at Caravaggio, Bernini and Borromini’s masterworks.
Johann Sebastian Bach’s Sei Solo for unaccompanied violin figure amongst the baroque works on which the performance traditions of the 19th and 20th centuries weigh most heavily. Rediscovered halfway through the 19th century after having been forgotten for more than a century, these works quickly entered the repertoire of works performed by violinists during the Romantic period: from that moment...
The musical styles of Europe always arrive a bit later in Spain, but with the avantage that they are transformed to full maturity. This cd shows a unique version of how a symphony by Haydn was transformed for a performance in the Cahedral of Sevilla. But the real interest are the till yet unrecorded masterpieces by Antonio Ripa and Joseph Barrera. As always Enrico Onofri ensures a top...
Just like most German composers of his time, Telemann was very well acquainted with the stylistic developments in the other European countries, Italy and France in particular, and in his own compositions he assimilated the various national styles: the Lully Ouverture, the stylized French dances and the Italian trio sonata and concerto. Telemann’s contribution to these forms and genres was...
the Six Books of the Dolphin of Music for Vihuela (Valladolid, 1538) is the second collection published in the Iberian Peninsula dedicated in its entirety to music for vihuela, or vihuela and voice
Works by Girolamo Kapsberger | Biagio Marini | Aurelio Virgiliano | Bartolomeo de Selma e Salaverde | Giovanni Battista Fontana | Marco Uccellini | Francesco Rognoni Taegio | Giovanni Antonio Pandolfi Mealli | Bartolomeo Montalbano | Alessandro Stradella
