Francesca Venturi Ferriolo; Salon Violet
Format Details:
Release Date: 22 March 2024
Label: Christophorus
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 4010072774729
Genres: Classical Chamber Music
Description
Sara Levy was the daughter of a wealthy Jewish banking family and was Wilhelm Friedemann Bach's favourite harpsichordist.
She was music patron to the most important musicians of the early 19th century, most of whom performed in her Berlin salon.
Her important collection of music was considered lost for a long time after the Second World War and only resurfaced a few years ago. It contains an astonishing number of chamber music works for viola, which prompted the young violist Francesca Venturi Ferriolo to explore this repertoire more closely.
Together with her ensemble Salon Violet she plays works for viola solo with basso continuo, but also for two and three violas by Franz Benda, C.P.E. Bach, Johann Wilhelm Hertel and Johann Gottlieb Graun, mostly as world premiere recordings.
MUSICWEB INTERNATIONAL RECOMMENDED RECORDING
"the repertoire is rare, the music is of fine quality and the performances are excellent, a special recommendation is fully justified." – MusicWeb International
Tracklisting
Soloists, Kammerchor der Christuskirche Karlsruhe, L'arpa festante, Peter Gortner
Heinrich-Isaac-Ensemble; ensemble officium
Soloists; l'arpa festante
Rafael Catala, Musica Iberica
Rebeka Ruso; Sebastian Wienand
Kurt Meier; Howard Griffith; Royal Northern Sinfonia
Francesca Venturi Ferriolo; Salon Violet
Luca Cervoni; Concerto Romano
Karolos
The Counterpoints
Narratio Quartet
Danbi Um; Juho Pohjonen
Engegard Quartet, NyNorsk Messingkvintett
Flute Alors
Louise Bessette
Jonas Batstrand, Jorn Fossheim
