Ensemble Aurora - The Fiery Genius: Neapolitan Instrumental Music for 1, 2, 3, and 4 Violins (2017) [Hi-Res]

Tracklist
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01. Concerto per 4 violini e basso continuo: I. Maestoso
02. Concerto per 4 violini e basso continuo: II. Fuga (Allegro moderato)
03. Concerto per 4 violini e basso continuo: III. [Siciliana]
04. Concerto per 4 violini e basso continuo: IV. Allegro
05. Sonata per violino e basso continuo: I. Adagio
06. Sonata per violino e basso continuo: II. Canzona
07. Sonata per violino e basso continuo: III. Adagio
08. Sonata per violino e basso continuo: IV. Allegro
09. Sonata per violino e basso continuo: V. Adagio
10. Sonata per violino e basso continuo: VI. Allegro
11. Sonata per due violini e basso No. 8: I. Grave
12. Sonata per due violini e basso No. 8: II. [Allegro]
13. Sonata per due violini e basso No. 8: III. Grave
14. Sonata per due violini e basso No. 8: IV. [Allegro]
15. Concerto di violini e basso: I. Andante largo
16. Concerto di violini e basso: II. Allegro
17. Concerto di violini e basso: III. Largo
18. Concerto di violini e basso: IV. Presto
19. Toccata No. 5 a violoncello solo con la sua diminuzione
20. Sonata a tre violini e organo: I. Largo assai
21. Sonata a tre violini e organo: II. Allemanda (Allegro assai)
22. Sonata a tre violini e organo: III. Allegro e non presto
23. Sonata a tre violini e organo: IV. Andante
24. Sonata a tre violini e organo: V. Allegro
25. Sonata à due violini e cembalo: I. Adagio
26. Sonata à due violini e cembalo: II. Allegro
27. Sonata à due violini e cembalo: III. Adagio
28. Sonata à due violini e cembalo: IV. Allegro
29. Sonata No. 2 per tre violini e basso: I. Adagio-Allegro-Adagio-Allegro-Adagio
30. Sonata No. 2 per tre violini e basso: II. Presto
31. Sonata No. 2 per tre violini e basso: III. Adagio
32. Sonata No. 2 per tre violini e basso: IV. [Allegro]


The central role of Naples in the history of vocal music has so far overshadowed a rich tradition of instrumental music; only in recent years has musicological research begun bringing it to light once more, demonstrating that Naples also played a crucial role in the field of instrumental music, no less relevant than other centres more often associated with this repertory, such as Rome and Venice.

This CD presents a voyage of discovery into a musical heritage that is even less known, but of the highest value. The new project conceived by Enrico Gatti focuses on the specific scoring for three or four violins (without viola) and continuo which was so typical of the Neapolitan School.

Precious gems are unearthed here (including the only solo violin sonata by Giovanni Carlo Cailò, in its first modern recording), and this programme makes many different exponents of Neapolitan instrumental composition accessible to a wider public, from the generation of Pietro Marchitelli (slightly older than Corelli) and Giovanni Carlo Cailò to Francesco Paolo Supriani, Angelo Ragazzi, Nicola Fiorenza and Leonardo Leo – contemporaries of Bach, Tartini and Locatelli, yet who are revealed as possessing a completely different style, at a time when Naples was one of the great European capitals. The musical forms range from church sonatas in the strict style to concertos of more modern conception, thus providing an enjoyable and varied listening experience.

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