Bruni / Alea Ensemble / Rognoni / Marcocchi - Antonio Bartolomeo Bruni: Six duo concertans pour - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Album Tracks 1. I. Majestoso 2. II. Adagio. Sehr Feierlich 3. III. Scherzo. Nicht Schnell - Trio. Langsam 4. IV. Finale. Bewegt, Doch Nicht Zu Schnell

To mark the 250th anniversary of the death of Giuseppe Tartini, Mario Brunello and the Accademia dell'Annunciata commemorate one of the great partnerships in the history of eighteenth-century music the relationship between Tartini and Antonio Vandini, a cellist born in Bologna (cradle of the Italian cello school), active in Padua for fifty years, and the author of the first biography of Tartini, whom he had known since the 1720s. Coupled here for the first time are Tartini's two cello concertos, probably intended for his friend and colleague, alongside the only surviving concerto by Vandini himself. According to reports of the period, he 'played in such a way as to make his instrument speak,' that instrument being the violoncello piccolo practiced by the virtuosos of Padua in the mid-eighteenth century, here played by Mario Brunello. The expressive heart of the concertos is to be found in the beautiful slow movements in Tartini the long, eloquent melodic arches create a free inner monologue, while the rich ornamentation recalls folk motifs from the Balkan region, which he may have known. In his marvelous Andantino, Vandini gives the cello a gently symmetrical Vivaldian melody that expands in dialogue with the orchestra. Album Tracks 1. Concerto in D Major for Cello, Strings and Basso Continuo 2. Sonata in G minor for Viola Da Gamba and Basso Continuo 3. Sonata in B Major for Viola Da Gamba and Basso Continuo 4. Sonata a Quattro in D Major GT 5.D01 for Strings 5. Concerto in a Major GT 1.A28 for Cello, Strings and Basso Continuo 6. Concerto in D Major GT 1.D34 for Cello, Orchestra and Basso Continuo 7. Concertone Terzo in C Major for Strings and Basso Continuo

Bassist-composer Martijn Vanbuel is a 'global citizen' who lived in Paris, Shanghai and Taipei, and worked at high levels with notable figures in jazz, pop, and world music. With Orbit Folks, he combines all of these influences into his own whimsical universe, for which he borrows sounds, rhythms and colors from every corner of the musical world. Orbit Folks presents cinematic music, often longer compositions, but groove-based and with enough space for improvisation. Think intelligent and hypnotic world-jazz-rock, somewhere in the middle of Weather Report, Tortoise and Jaga Jazzist. This is Orbit Folks' debut . Album Tracks 1. My Favourite Rhythms 2. The Ant Colony (A Tribute to Gödel, Escher, Bach) 3. Kaleidophone 4. Mali Blues 5. Switchery 6. Kaleidoscope Africaine