Opera Prima, Cristiano Contadin - Concertos & Sonatas on the Viol (2023) [Hi-Res]

Tracklist

01. Concerto in D major: 1. Largo - Allegro
02. Concerto in D major: 2. Grave
03. Concerto in D major: 3. Allegro
04. Concerto Grosso after the "Devil's Trill Sonata" arranged by Gianluca Bersanetti in G Minor: 4. Larghetto affetuoso
05. Concerto Grosso after the "Devil's Trill Sonata" arranged by Gianluca Bersanetti in G Minor: 5. Allegro
06. Concerto Grosso after the "Devil's Trill Sonata" arranged by Gianluca Bersanetti in G Minor: 6. Grave - Allegro assai
07. Concerto In A Major: 7. Allegro
08. Concerto In A Major: 8. Larghetto
09. Concerto In A Major: 9. Allegro assai
10. Sonata in G minor: 10. Adagio
11. Sonata in G minor: 11. Andante
12. Sonata in G minor: 12. Allegro
13. Sonata in B flat major: 13. Affetuoso
14. Sonata in B flat major: 14. Allegro
15. Sonata in B flat major: 15. Allegro

In the Italy of the Age of Enlightenment, especially in Padua, where Giuseppe Tartini the famous composer and violinist from the Istrian (today: Slovenian) Piran had devoted his life to practice as well as to musical theory and didactics - at that time the viola da gamba, after having experienced an undisputed heyday in the Renaissance and early Baroque, gradually disappeared from instrumental ensembles. In the present recording, sonatas and concertos for this instrument can be heard, and all the notes written by the composer have been preserved unchanged. At the same time, this opens up a way to expand the repertoire for the viola da gamba - an instrument quite capable of tackling the virtuosic, coloristic and espressive elements usually reserved for the violin.

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