Les Fidelles - Grandes Sonates - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

In 1738 the acclaimed violinist and composer Michele Mascitti (1664-1760) published in Paris his ninth collection of sonatas. The seventy-four-year-old Neapolitan musician was at the end of his long and celebrated career, but not of his creative powers. Dedicated to the Crozat family, which was to be Mascitti's patron until the end of his life, the twelve sonatas for violin and bass op.9 are fine examples of the graceful blend of Italian and French styles that made this composer so popular in France. With the world premiere of eight sonatas from Mascitti's op. 9, the Quartetto Vanvitelli carries on the rediscovery of this music that Hubert Le Blanc likened 'to the warbling of the nightingale'. After the success of their interpretation of Mascitti's op.8, greeted as 'a jewel of interpretation that exalts with grace, elegance and, more importantly, finesse of touch, the individual stylistic experimentation of Mascitti' (A111), the ensemble Vanvitelli makes with this recording another decisive step towards the full appreciation of this remarkable and unjustly forgotten composer. Album Tracks 1. Sonata for Violin No. 1 in a Major, Op. 9/1-Larghetto 2. Sonata for Violin No. 1 in a Major, Op. 9/1-Allegro 3. Sonata for Violin No. 1 in a Major, Op. 9/1-Sarabanta. Largo 4. Sonata for Violin No. 1 in a Major, Op. 9/1-Allegro Moderato 5. Sonata for Violin No. 2 in G minor, Op. 9/2-Larghetto 6. Sonata for Violin No. 2 in G minor, Op. 9/2-Allemanda. Allegro 7. Sonata for Violin No. 2 in G minor, Op. 9/2-Largo 8. Sonata for Violin No. 2 in G minor, Op. 9/2-Allegro 9. Sonata for Violin No. 3 in F Major, Op. 9/3-Vivace 10. Sonata for Violin No. 3 in F Major, Op. 9/3-Adagio 11. Sonata for Violin No. 3 in F Major, Op. 9/3-Allegro Moderato 12. Sonata for Violin No. 3 in F Major, Op. 9/3-Larghetto Et Affettuoso 13. Sonata for Violin No. 3 in F Major, Op. 9/3

Piano duo Danhel-Kolb releases their second album after the highly praised Slavonic Dances. This includes the world premiere recording of Cramer's Sonata Op. 22. Album Tracks 1. Adagio - Allegro Di Molto 2. Andante 3. Allegro 4. Allegro Spiritoso 5. Andante Con Variazioni 6. Rondo Vivace 7. Allegro Moderato Patetico 8. Minuetto Moderato 9. Largo 10. Finale Allegro Espressivo

Christophe Desjardins writes of this Italian journey InchOn a journey from Palermo to Taormina I am accompanied by the sounds of Domenico Gabrielli's InchRicercari,Inch the oldest composition for cello solo, and I experience the Sicilian landscape, fascinated by the genius of this music. Soon afterwards I begin to transcribe and to interpret them for viola and the wish arises to ask my Italian artist friend Ivan Fedele to compose reflections to these Baroque works. He explores Gabrieli's gestures and figures and imagines a further journey between InchRicercariInch (from ricercare 'to seek') and InchRitrovariInch (from ritrovare 'to find again') by creating the sensations of an inner journey through his creative power.Inch Album Tracks 1. Ritrovari - 1 Preludio 2. Ricercar I 3. Ritrovari - 2 Ostinato 4. Ricercar VII 5. Ritrovari - 3 Corrente I 6. Ricercar III 7. Ritrovari - 4 Passacaglia 8. Ricercar II 9. Ritrovari - 5 Interludio 10. Ricercar V 11. Ritrovari - 6 Corrente II 12. Ricercar IV 13. Ricercar VI