Goivanni Battista Fontana: Complete Sonatas for Violin and B.C. (2CD)

Giovanni Battista Fontana (1589 – 1630)

Complete Sonatas for Violin and B.C.

CD1                                                                                                                                                                                56’07

1. Sonata Prima | No.1 for violin and continuo 4’48
2. Sonata Seconda | No.2 for violin and continuo 7’14
3. Sonata Terza | No.3 for violin and continuo 5’19
4. Sonata Quarta | No.4 for violin and continuo 5’49
5. Sonata Quinta | No.5 for violin and continuo 6’03
6. Sonata Sesta | No.6 for violin and continuo 6’45
7. Sonata Decima | No.10 for violin, basso and continuo 7’12
8. Sonata Nona | No.9 for violin, basso and continuo 6’31
9. Sonata Duodecima | No.12 for violin, basso and continuo 6’21

CD2                                                                                                                                                                                60’06

1. Sonata Ottava | No.8 for two violins and continuo 6’55
2. Sonata Terzadecima | No.13 for two violins, basso and continuo 6’02
3. Sonata Quartadecima | No.14 for two violins, basso and continuo 7’26
4. Sonata Undecima | No.11 for two violins and continuo 8’25
5. Sonata Sestadecima | No.16 for three violins and continuo 5’37
6. Sonata Decimasettima | No.17 for two violins, basso and continuo 6’08
7. Sonata Quintadecima | No.15 for two violins, basso and continuo 4’52
8. Sonata Settima | No.7 for two violins and continuo 7’14
9. Sonata Decimaottava | No.18 for two violins, basso and continuo 7’21

Lux Terrae Baroque Ensemble

Neyza Copa violin & direction

Giovanni Rota violin (Sonata Nos. 8, 11, 13, 14, 16 & 17)

Neyen Finot violin (Sonata No.16)

Issei Watanabe viola da gamba (Sonata Nos 2, 3, 5, 6, 9, 10 & 12)

Lamberto Curtoni cello (Sonata Nos. 7, 8, 11, 13, 14, 16, 17 & 18)

Jacopo Sabina theorbo (Sonata nos 1, 3, 4 & 6) and archlute (Sonata Nos 7, 15 & 18)

Serena Leonardi renaissance soprano flute (Sonata Nos. 7, 15 & 18)

Estelle Thévenoz bass dulcian (Sonata Nos. 15 & 18)

Gabriele Marzella harpsichord (Sonata Nos. 2, 5-9, 11-13, 15, 17 & 18) and organ (Sonata Nos. 1, 3, 4, 10, 14 & 16)

Recording: August 2021 (CD1), July 2022 (CD2), Sanctuary of the Madonna del Palazzo, Crescentino; September 2022 (CD2), Parish Church of Sant’Antonio Abate, Vacciago, Italy