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Classical CD: Venezia 1625 PDF Print E-mail
 Sonate, Symphonie, Ciaccone, Canzone & Toccate
by G.B. Fontana, M. Uccellini, B. Storace, T. Merula, S. Rossi, D. Castello, A. Piccinini


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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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