Gaetano Nasillo; Jesper Christensen; Tobias Bonz
Release Date: 26 July 2024
Label: Glossa
Packaging Type: Digipak
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 8424562800373
Composer/Series: Francesco Geminiani
Description
The principal works of Francesco Geminiani (c 1680-1762) are solo sonatas and concerti grossi.
His model was Corelli, but he composed with originality, writing for a wider range of solo instruments and using a more sonorous and chromatic idiom; his music is more expressive and dramatic than Corelli's (though still contrapuntal). The 'Corellian' style characterizing his earlier works had been gradually abandoned beginning with the op. 4. His cello sonatas op. 5 took a further step forward; the melody became more tortuous and unpredictable, resulting in an atmosphere of spontaneity.
The continuous crossing of the solo line with the bass, the irregularity of the melody, the ornamentation and the expressiveness of his musical phrases make Geminianiis Op. 5 to one of the most important collection of cello sonatas of its time.
Tracklisting
La Colombina; Schola Antiqua
Constantinople, Kiya Tabassian, Benedicte Maurseth, Patrick Graham
Filippo Mineccia, Vivica Genaux, Roberta Mameli, Il Groviglio, Marco Angioloni
Soloists, Netherlands Chamber Choir, Orchestra of the 18th Century, Frans Bruggen
Orchestra of the 18th Century, Frans Bruggen
Eric Hoeprich, Teunis van der Zwart, Orchestra of the 18th Century, Frans Bruggen
Jonatan Alvarado; Ariel Abramovich
Graindelavoix; Bjorn Schmelzer
Accademia del Piacere; Fahmi Alqhai; Quiteria Munoz
Sally Potter
Capricornus Consort Basel
Isaac Makhdoomi; Ensemble Piccante
Ensemble ArtChoral; Matthias Maute
Arianna Art Ensemble
Steven Isserlis
Marie Stockmarr Becker & Ilaria Macedonio
