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Harmonia mundi – 2009 – HMC 90 20 24
Maurice Steger, recorder & direction
Hille Perl, viola da gamba Lee Santana, chitarrone Naoki Kitaya, organ & harpsichord Sergio Ciomei, harpsichord & organ Thomas Boysen, theorbo & baroque guitar Mauro Valli, cello Margret Köll, baroque harp Thor-Harald Johnsen, baroque guitar Sabrina Frey, recorder Eva Borhi, violin Christian Beuse, dulcian Stefan Temmingh, recorder Peter Barczi, violin
Venice, 1625: the city of the doges is one of the principal artistic centres of Europe. At the Cappella San Marco, a profoundly original style of instrumental music is in the process of discarding all reference to the tradition of vocal polyphony. The era of Baroque stravaganze has begun! Now, in the hands of a supreme master of the recorder, this ultra-virtuosic art acquires a new lease of life. 1. Giovanni Battista Fontana (16. Jh. – 1630) Sonata II a Violino solo 2. Marco Uccellini (1603 – 1680) Symphonia XX La Virmingarda per poter sonare a due, a tre, a quattro conferme piacerà 3. Marco Uccellini (1603 – 1680) Sonata XXVI sopra la Prosperina a 3. Doi Violini e Basso 4. Marco Uccellini (1603 – 1680) Aria sopra la Bergamasca a 2 canti 5. Giovanni Battista Fontana (16. Jh. – 1630) Sonata III a Violino solo 6. Bernardo Storace (17. Jh.) Improvisation sopra la Ciaccona Intavolatura per cimbalo 7. Tarquinio Merula (1590/95 – 1665) Chiaccona Canzone a 2 Violini, e a 3 col Violone 8. Giovanni Battista Fontana (16. Jh. – 1630) Sonata IV a Violino solo 9. Marco Uccellini (1603 – 1680) Symphonia XIV La Foschina per poter sonare a due, a tre, a quattro conferme piacerà 10. Salomone Rossi (1570 ? – ca. 1630) Sinfonia XI in eco a tre voci 11. Dario Castello (frühes 17. Jh.) Sonata II a Sopran solo 12. Marco Uccellini (1603 – 1680) Symphonia XVII La Stucharda per poter sonare a due, a tre, a quattro conferme piacerà 13. Tarquinio Merula (1590/95 – 1665) Canzon XVII La Monteverde a 2. Violino e Violone 14. Tarquinio Merula (1590/95 – 1665) Canzon La Pighetta a 2. Violino e Violone 15. Alessandro Piccinini (1566–1638) Toccata 2 Intavolatura di chitarrone 16. Giovanni Battista Fontana (16. Jh. – 1630) Sonata 6 a Violino solo 17. Tarquinio Merula (1590/95 – 1665) Canzon La Strada a 3. Doi Violini e Violone 18. Marco Uccellini (1603 – 1680) Sonata II detta la Luciminia contenta a violino solo
harmonia mundi s.a. Recording april 2008, church St. Peter, Zürich, Switzerland Artistic director, sound & editing: Christian Sager, www.sagersounds.ch Texts: Denis Morrier & Maurice Steger Photos Maurice Steger: Marco Borggreve / harmonia mundi 2009
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