Passacaille Records and cellist Elinor Frey, with harpsichordist Federica Bianchi, lutenist Giangiacomo Pinard, and cellist Mauro Valli, present the first recording of cello sonatas by Giuseppe Clemente Dall’Abaco (1710-1805). Dall’Abaco’s sonatas are full of cantabile melodies with the lightness of folk songs, passagework that demands brilliance and facility, and extraordinary slow movements...
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...
