Simon Standage & Friederike Chylek - Italians in London! (2015) [Hi-Res]

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01. Ayres for the Violin, Book 2, Suite in A Minor: IV. Fantasia
02. Ayres for the Violin, Book 2, Suite in A Minor: III. Passaggio rotto
03. Ayres for the Violin, Book 2, Suite in A Minor: II. Movimento incognito
04. Violin Sonata No. 1 in C Minor: I. Grave
05. Violin Sonata No. 1 in C Minor: II. Allegro moderato
06. Violin Sonata No. 1 in C Minor: III. —
07. Violin Sonata in G Minor, Op. 1, No. 6: I. Affetuoso
08. Violin Sonata in G Minor, Op. 1, No. 6: II. Adagio
09. Violin Sonata in G Minor, Op. 1, No. 6: III. Allegro
10. Keyboard Sonata in D Minor, Kk. 52
11. Keyboard Sonata in D Major, Kk. 145
12. Violin Sonata in C Major, Op. 1 No. 9: I. Largo e staccato
13. Violin Sonata in C Major, Op. 1 No. 9: II. Allegro
14. Violin Sonata in C Major, Op. 1 No. 9: III. Vivace
15. Violin Sonata in C Major, Op. 1 No. 9: IV. Largo
16. Violin Sonata in C Major, Op. 1 No. 9: V. Allegro
17. Violin Sonata in D Minor, Op. 1 No. 7: I. Adagio
18. Violin Sonata in D Minor, Op. 1 No. 7: II. Allegro
19. Violin Sonata in D Minor, Op. 1 No. 7: III. Adagio ma non tanto
20. Violin Sonata in D Minor, Op. 1 No. 7: IV. Allegro
21. Keyboard Sonata in G Major, Kk. 14
22. Violin Sonata No. 10 in G Minor: I. Largo
23. Violin Sonata No. 10 in G Minor: II. Allegro
24. Violin Sonata No. 10 in G Minor: III. Largo
25. Violin Sonata No. 10 in G Minor: IV. Giga
26. Violin Sonata in G Minor, Op. 1 No. 6: I. Allegro
27. Violin Sonata in G Minor, Op. 1 No. 6: II. Musette
28. Violin Sonata in G Minor, Op. 1 No. 6: III. Giga
29. A Treatise of Good Taste in the Art of Musick: Air No. 1, Auld Bob Morrice

Released on digital format only, this new recording on Chaconne features some of the greatest pieces for violin that Italian baroque composers wrote while in London, performed by Simon Standage and harpsichord player Friederike Chylek.

From the astonishing debut of Nicola Matteis in the 1670s to the remarkable improvements in the violin sonata form by Felice Giardini after his first appearance in 1751, these composers, all influenced by Arcangelo Corelli (1653-1713), marked an important period in the progress of the violin in England, and in renewed audience interest.

The album also features three keyboard sonatas by Domenico Scarlatti, whose prolific writing influenced by Iberian folk music was highly regarded and widely circulated, especially in England where forty-two sonatas out of the 555 he composed were first published in 1739.

A specialist of the period, Simon Standage is a long-standing recording artist for Chandos, as violinist and a director of Collegium Music 90. He and Friederike Chylek contribute to booklet notes that add greatly to the value of this unusual yet relevant and revealing recording.

"Eight different composers, si premiere recordings, and idiosyncratic, even quirky, music makes this an alluring recording. Standage decorates lavishly and stylishly" (George Pratt, BBC Music Magazine)

"[Simon Standage's] essentially delicate sound is nourished by easy bowing and sweet but unobtrustive vibrato. Showiness is not for him and he seems happier when letting this music's clean lines speak for themselves, with just a little nurturing…[Friederike Chylek's] rendering of three Scarlatti sonatas are little pockets of controlled energy" (Gramophone Magazine)

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