L'Arte del Violino in Italia c. 1650-1700
TARQUINIO MERULA (1595-1665): Sonata seconda a 2, Sonata prima a 2, NICOLA MATTEIS (?-c.1707): Passagio a solo - Fuga a 2 corde - Ground, AGOSTINO GUERRIERI (fl. mid 17th cen.): Sonata à 2, arpa e violino detta "La Lucina", Sonata malinconica à solo, CARLO MANNELLI del violino (1640-1697): Sinfonia a violino solo, GIOVANNI ANTONIO PANDOLFI MEALLI (fl. 1660-1669): Sonata quarta "La Castella", MARCO UCCELLINI (c.1630-1680): Sonata seconda detta "La Luciminia contenta", Sinfonia seconda a violino solo, Aria XI sopra il "Caporal Simon", Sonata XXVI a 3 sopra "La Prosperina", Aria XII sopra "Questa bella sirena", Sonata XXVII a 3, Aria XV sopra "La Scatola degli aghi" GIOVANNI BUONAVENTURA VIVIANI (1638-c.1692): Sonata prima, ANGELO BERARDI (c.1636-1694): Capriccio per camera (canzone sesta), PIETRO DEGLI ANTONI (1648-1720): Sonata settima, GIUSEPPE TORELLI (1658-1709): "Perfidia" a due violini, GIUSEPPE JACCHINI (1667-1727): Sonata settima a 3, GIOVANNI MARIA BONONCINI (1642-1678): Corrente "La Pegolotta", Allemanda "La Guelfa", Corrente "L'Incognita", Sonata da chiesa No. 10, GIOVANNI BATTISTA VITALI (1670-1747): Sonata "La Guidoni", Sonata da chiesa No. 12, GIUSEPPE COLOMBI (1645-1694): Scordatura à violino solo senza basso (Ciacona), Variazioni a 2 sull' "Aria di Bergamasca", DOMENICO GABRIELI (1659-1690): Ricercare per violoncello solo, MAURIZIO CAZZATI (1616-1678): Sonata a 2 "La Gaetana".
Catalogue Number: 12N012
Label: Glossa
Reference: GCD 921206
Format: CD
Price: $39.98
Description: This overview of virtuosic and sometimes just plain weird Italian violin music was issued by a defunct Spanish label 20 years ago; it's unlikely RI's previous owners offered it. So here is one of today's "elder statesmen" of the baroque violin in his salad days. Note the unusual presence of a harp in one of Guerrieri's pieces, the work for solo cello by Gabrieli, and two of Uccellini's Arias come with three voices and percussion! Glossa's well-documented and attractive presentation comes with 12 pages of English notes. 2 CDs. Ensemble Aurora, Enrico Gatti (violin). Original 1991 and 1992 Symphonia releases.
