Benjamin Britten (1913-1976) had ongetwijfeld een grote invloed op de Engelse muziek van de 20e eeuw. Vooral zijn bescheidener zangrepertoire is fascinerend. Deze opname is gewijd aan de renaissance van het Engelse lied en bevat drie van Britten's Canticles en een selectie van zijn beste « realisaties » (of « arrangementen ») van liederen van Henry Purcell (1659-1695). De Canticles zijn...
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...
The most beautiful polyphonic canzoni, chansons, motets and madrigals, were used like today’s pop standards in the 16th century; musicians would improvise on them, tailoring their playing and imagination to each other. The colourful and varied selection of works on this recording is made up of different combinations of voices and instruments. A special aspect, a kind of renaissance violin band...
Artist(s):Elinor Frey, Suzie Leblanc, Lorenzo Ghielmi, Esteban La Rotta Composer:Angelo Maria Fiorè (1660-1723), Marc’Antonio Ziani, Carlo Monza, Paolo Magni (1650 ca. - 1737)
