Carulli / Diabelli / Giuliani / Akers / Branch - Classical Vienna: Music for Guitar & Piano - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Franz and Debora HalAsz continue their revelatory exploration of Ferdinando and Gustavo Carulli' neglected yet highly appealing music. As popular with the glamorous Parisian salon set as with music-loving families who played them at home. Album Tracks 1. I. Allegro 2. II. Larghetto 3. III. Rondo Allegretto 4. I. Larghetto 5. II. Rondo Andante 6. I. Andantino 7. II. Rondo Larghetto 8. Waltz No. 1 in G Major 9. Waltz No. 2 in D Major 10. Waltz No. 3 in a Major 11. Melange en Duo Sur Des Motifs de Rossini, Op. 236 12. Grand Marche de Ries in D Major, Op. 168 13. Rossini - la Cenerentola Overture 14. Rossini - L'italiana in Algeri Overture 15. I. Allegro 16. II. Largo 17. III. Allegro

The first half of the 18th century can be described as the last revival of the traverso flute before it fell into a slumber, from which it awakened again decades later named as InchBohmfloteInch (transverse flute). In this time a variety of magnificent, virtuosic chamber music by Diabelli, Carulli or Giuliani originated. On this record the works are impressively interpreted by Ensemble Consolazione. Ensemble Consolazione has existed in the current formation since 1995, and originally played twentieth-century literature for flute and guitar on modern isntruments. The two Czech musicians discovered their common interest in early music and historical instruments, and so the duo began with the historical performance of virtuoso Inchduo concertantiInch from the early nineteenth century already during their studies at the Prague Conservatory. Since 2002, Ensemble Consolazione has played exclusively on original instruments or copies thereof, dedicated itself intensively to research on historical interpretation techniques, and resurrected forgotten repertoire for this formation from archives and library collections. Album Tracks 1. I. Allegro 2. II. Menuetto 3. III. Rondo 4. Duo No. 1. Larghetto Espressivo 5. I. Allegro Moderato 6. II. Tempo Di Minuetto 7. III. Marcia 8. I. Andante Con Moto 9. II. Menuet and Trio 10. III. Marcia 11. IV. Theme and Variations 12. V. Polonaises I and II 13. VI. Marcia

A lot has been written but little has been told about the Neapolitan Ferdinando Carulli, considered the founder of nineteenth-century technique and didactical teaching of the guitar; his figure as composer (he left us an endless number of compositions), represents an essential reference for the study of the guitar. This album, performed by Sandro Volta and Mauro Bonelli, is focused on one of the least considered aspects, yet very important for the formation of a musician the music for two guitars in it's fundamental meaning on one hand exquisitely concertistic pieces, on the other hand dedicated to pure didactics - real InchLessonsInch - for which the compositions for two performers are particularly important. The interpretation of these works by Ferdinando Carulli was developed on the basis of the use of two period guitars with catgut strings from the collection of Lorenzo Frignani, in Modena, and on a Inchhistorically informedInch performance practice. The result is aesthetically quite different from that obtained with modern instruments it's distinctive qualities are a more audible InchnoiseInch when the fingers pluck the strings or run over them, a more marked difference in the timbres of the various ranges, and also a particular lightness of sound.