Various Artists - Quattro Violoni a Venezia - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

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Although the first violin virtuosos came mainly from Cremona, Brescia or Mantua, it was Venice that swiftly emerged as the principal centre for the development of instrumental music. Moreover, it was there that most collections of this music were printed all through the seventeenth century. It is curious to note that all these virtuosos obviously enjoyed sharing their success with their colleagues for, alongside works for one or two violins and continuo, almost all the composer-violinists gathered together on this disc conceived sonate, canzone or sinfonie for ensembles of three or four violins. In addition, these compositions often make use of bichoral or echo effects. All this was happening as part of the discovery of that nascent virtuosity so characteristic of the Baroque period, as a result of which instrumentalists devised many new effects, such as the use of double stopping, and drew attention to their artistry with virtuoso runs akin to the extravagant language of the toccata. Album Tracks 1. Sinfonia Decima Settima a Quatro Violini 2. Canzon II a 6 3. Sonata Quarta Per Sonar Con Due Corde 4. Sinfonia a 5 & a 3 Si Placet 5. Sonata a Quattro Violini E Doi Chitarroni 6. Sonata XXI Con Tre Violini 7. Sonata in Ecco Con Tre Violini 8. Canzon Prima Per Quattro Violini 9. Sonata Prima a Quattro Violini 10. Sonata 16 a Tre Violini 11. Sonata Decima Settima in Ecco 12. Capriccio Per Sonare Il Violino Con Tre Corde a Modo Di Lira 13. Sinfonia Decima Nona a Tre Violini 14. Canzon a 3,2 Violini E Violoncino

Various Artists

Quattro Violoni a Venezia

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