Release Date: 12 January 1999
Label: Naxos - Nxc / Naxos Classics
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 4891030504035
Genres: Classical
Composer/Series: CORELLI
Description
Arcangelo Corelli (1653 - 1713)Concerti Grossi Op. VI, Nos. 7 - 12Arcangelo Corelli was born at Fusignano in 1653 into a familythat had enjoyed considerable prosperity since the fifteenth century. Legend evensuggested descent from the Roman general Coriolanus and further improbable anecdotessurround a childhood during which he seems to have taken music lessons from a priest atFaenza, continued at Lugo, before, in 1666, moving to the famous musical centre ofBologna, where he was able to study the violin under teachers of the greatest distinction,their precise identity subject to various conjectures. The basilica of S. Petronio inBologna boasted a musical establishment of considerable prestige under Maurizio Cazzati,with some 33 musicians. In addition the city had been the home of a number of learnedacademies since the middle of the sixteenth century, largely replaced in 1666 by theAccademia Filarmonica, an association that came to exercise wide influence.By 1675 Corelli was in Rome, his presence recorded in variouslists of violinists employed in the performance of oratorios and in the annualcelebrations of the feast of St. Louis of France. Stories of a visit by Corelli to Francebefore this, and of the jealousy of Lully, are generally considered apocryphal. In Rome,however, Corelli's career is well enough documented. He served as a chamber musician toQueen Christina of Sweden, at least intermittently, until her death in 1689, and in 1687directed a large body of musicians, with 150 string players and 100 singers, in a concertin honour of the ambassador of King James II, Lord Castlemaine, entrusted withnegotiations for the return of England to the Catholic faith. At the same time he receivedeven more significant patronage from Benedetto Pamphili, great-nephew of Pope Innocent X,created Cardinal in 1681 and an exact contemporary of the composer. In 1687 Corelli becamemaestro di musica to the Cardinal and took up residence in his Palazzo on the Curso, withhis pupil, the violinist Matteo Fornari and the Spanish cellist Lulier, his colleagues inmany performances. While normally responsible for an orchestra of some ten players, therewere occasions when very large groups of musicians were assembled.In 1690 Cardinal Pamphili was appointed papal legate to Bolognaand Corelli moved to the Palazzo della Cancelleria, of the newly created Cardinal PietroOttoboni, the gifted young great-nephew of Pope Alexander VIII, who had acceded to thepapacy in 1689. Cardinal Ottoboni remained Corelli's patron until the latter's death in1713, thereafter behaving with generosity to his heirs. In Rome Corelli was held in greatrespect as a violinist and as a composer, although stories of less satisfactoryperformances during a visit to Naples, where he was defeated by the violin-writing of hiscolleague Alessandro Scarlatti, and of his inability to cope with the allegedly Frenchstyle of the young Handel, suggest, at least, some technical limitations. At his deathCorelli left a larg
Tracklisting
Dariia Lytvishko
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra; Marin Alsop
Alice Di Piazza; Basel Sinfonietta; NDR Bigband; Titus Engel
Anna Alas i Jove; Miquel Villalba
David Childs; Black Dyke Band; Nicholas Childs
Luc Beausejour
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