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...
Wenen. 1803. De Afro-Europese violist George Bridgetower maakt furore met zijn virtuositeit en fascineert Beethoven die voor zijn unieke en exotische karakter een duivelse en prachtige sonate schrijft. Ondanks het enorme succes van de première uitgevoerd door Bridgetower en Beethoven, leidt een ongelukkige opmerking van de violist over een vriendin van de componist ertoe dat de beroemde sonate...
Emanuele Barbella may not be the most known composer, but these duets are a real discovery! And very well defended by two of the leading viola players of the early music scene!
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...
Artist(s):Ensemble Européen William Byrd - Graham O'Reilly,musical director - Yannick Varlet, organ Composer:Carissimi, Marazzoli,Quagliati, Rossi, Frescobaldi
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...
De briljante carrière bij de zeemacht weerhield Jean Cras er niet van een omvangrijk oeuvre bij elkaar te schrijven. De bijdrage van de Bretoense musicus aan het kamermuziekrepertoire kan moeilijk worden overschat. Zijn latere werken getuigen van een uitzonderlijke kwaliteit en klinken heel natuurlijk, charmant en lyrisch. Zijn werken kennen een groot succes bij het publiek en worden veelal...
The prodigious flowering of musical culture in the Imperial Court of Vienna in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries is undoubtedly a phenomenon unique in the history of the city: four successive emperors were themselves in their leisure time active musicians, and also enjoyed an excellent reputation as composers! This Cd shows us their musical world, with music both by the emperors and by...
