Various Artists - Continuo Addio - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

The internationally sought-after cellist Michael Heupel and his pianist Mario Häring, who has also won several awards, enter into an exciting dialogue with the past. On their new GENUIN , they present works related to early music. Gaspar Cassado composes a sonata in the Inchold Spanish style,Inch and Igor Stravinsky sets off into the world of commedia dell'arte. Zoltán Kodály explores Johann Sebastian Bach, and Alfred Schnittke serves up sugar-sweet, baroque-inspired gems, holding up at times a miniature distorting mirror. A virtuosically played, inspiring collection that transcends the past and future. Album Tracks 1. Sonata nello stille antico spagnuolo~Introduzione e Allegro 2. Sonata nello stille antico spagnuolo~Grave 3. Sonata nello stille antico spagnuolo~Danza con variazioni 4. Suite Italienne~Introduzione 5. Suite Italienne~Serenata 6. Suite Italienne~Aria 7. Suite Italienne~Tarantella 8. Suite Italienne~Minuetto e Finale 9. Three Choral Preludes after J.S. Bach~Ach, was ist doch unser Leben 10. Three Choral Preludes after J.S. Bach~Vater unser im Himmelreich 11. Three Choral Preludes after J.S. Bach~Christus, der uns selig macht 12. Suite in the Old Style~Pastorale 13. Suite in the Old Style~Ballet 14. Suite in the Old Style~Minuet 15. Suite in the Old Style~Fugue 16. Suite in the Old Style~Pantomime 17. Aria, Op. 103a, No. 3

Monteverdi's Fourth Book of Madrigals, published in 1603 after an eleven-year gestation, bears witness to the metamorphosis of the madrigal and the rapid evolution of music at the turn of the two centuries. It is also a model of the genre and may be regarded as one of the most innovative and emblematic of it's composer's style. This bold, complex book is the culmination of the application of the precepts of the seconda pratica on the cusp of the seventeenth century. The dedication tells us that some of it's madrigals had been intended for presentation to Duke Alfonso II d'Este (who died in 1597), thus revealing the key influence on this collection of the court of Ferrara, then one of the most sophisticated in Europe and a crucible of musical innovation. Following the of the Vespers, Philippe Herreweghe, a great lover of Italy and it's repertory, accompanied as ever by Collegium Vocale Gent, signs his second recording devoted to Monteverdi on the Phi tag with this Fourth Book of Madrigals. Album Tracks 1. Ah Dolente Partita, SV 75 2. Cor Mio, Mentre VI Miro, SV 76 3. Cor Mio, Non Mori?, SV 77 4. Sfogava Con Le Stelle Un Infermo D'amore, SV 78 5. Volgea L'anima Mia Soavemente, SV 79 6. Anima Mea, Perdona a Chi TÈ Cruda, SV 80A 7. Che Se Tu Se'il Cor Mio, SV 80B 8. Luci Serene E Chiare Voi Mincendete, SV 81 9. La Piaga C'ho Nel Core Donna Onde Lieta Sei, SV 82 10. Voi Pur Da Me Partite, Anima Dura, SV 83 11. A Un Giro Sol De' Bell' Occhi Lucenti, SV 84 12. Ohimè, Se Tanto Amate, SV 85 13. Io Mi Son Giovinetta, SV 86 14. Quell'augellin Che Canta SÌ Dolcemente, SV 87 15. Non Più Guerra, Pietate, SV 88 16. SÌ Ch'io Vorrei Morire Hora Ch'io Bacio Amore, SV 89

Album Tracks 1. Tango Ouh 2. Elisa 3. Superblond 4. Snack 1 5. Waltz for Michel Petrucciani 6. Proko-Type of Polka 7. Snack 2 8. Kartzan's Choice 9. Heartfilms 10. Snack 3 11. 010101 12. Superblond (Single Version)