600554775883

Scarlatti: Concerti Grossi, Cello Sonatas

Mauro Valli, Accademia Bizantina & Ottavio Dantone

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Format: SACD

Cat No: 477588

Release Date:  18 July 2011

Label:  Arts Music

Packaging Type:  Super Jewel Case (SACD)

No of Units:  1

Barcode:  600554775883

Genres:  Classical  Chamber Music  

  • Description

    An outstanding performance of Alessandro Scarlatti's six Concerti Grossi by one of the leading early music ensembles on the international scene, Accademia Bizantina under its musical director Ottavio Dantone, is featured on this hybrid SACD, which has been re-mastered from an original 24bit stereo recording which was originally released on Arts in 2003. The disc also includes Scarlatti's three cello sonatas played by one of the groups regular soloists Mauro Valli.

    Founded in Ravenna, Italy, in 1983, the Accademia Bizantina is a group of talented musicians with diverse musical interests who came together to form a self-managed group where music could be made in an atmosphere of research and historical understanding. Over the years the ensemble has produced a string of critically acclaimed recordings for labels such as Decca, Harmonia Mundi, and Naive as well as Arts.

    Alessandro Scarlatti's Six Concertos in seven parts (Concerti Grossi) were published in London by Benjamin Cooke in 1740. The date of composition is unknown. The fact that they were published some fifteen years after the composer's death was quite unusual for that time, and it is possible that the publisher was cashing in on the popularity of the Scarlatti name, since Alessandro's son Domenico had been a great success on a trip to London two years earlier.

    Personnel: Mauro Valli (cello), Accademia Bizantina, Ottavio Dantone (conductor)

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. Concerti Grossi (pub. London 1740): Concerto No.1 in F minor - f-Moll, fa mineur, fa minore, I – Gra
      • 2. II – Allegro
      • 3. III – Largo
      • 4. IV – Allemanda (Allegro)
      • 5. Concerto No.2 in C minor - c-Moll, ut mineur, do minore, I – Allegro
      • 6. II – Grave
      • 7. III – Minuetto
      • 8. Concerto No.3 in F major - F-Dur, Fa majeur, Fa maggiore, I – Allegro
      • 9. II – Largo
      • 10. III – Allegro
      • 11. IV – Largo
      • 12. V – Allegro
      • 13. Concerto No.4 in G minor - g-Moll, sol mineur, sol minore, I – Allegro ma non troppo
      • 14. II – Grave
      • 15. III – Vivace
      • 16. Concerto No.5 in D minor - d-Moll, si mineur, si minore, I – Allegro
      • 17. II – Grave
      • 18. III – Giga: Allegro
      • 19. IV – Minuetto
      • 20. Concerto No.6 in Emajor - E-Dur, mi majeur, mi maggiore, I – Allegro
      • 21. II – Allegro
      • 22. III – Largo
      • 23. IV – Affettuoso
      • 24. Sonatas for cello and Continuo: Cello Sonata No.1 in D minor - d-Moll, si mineur, si minore, I – Lar
      • 25. II – Allegro
      • 26. III – Largo
      • 27. IV – A tempo giusto
      • 28. Cello Sonata No.2 in C minor - c-Moll, ut mineur, do minore, I – Largo
      • 29. II – Allegro
      • 30. III – Piano
      • 31. IV – Presto
      • 32. Cello Sonata No.3 in C major - C-Dur, ut majeur, do maggiore, I – Largo
      • 33. II – Allegro
      • 34. III – Amoroso
      • 35. IV – Presto