ITALIAN BAROQUE: The Instrumental Edition (50CD)

CD1
Tomaso Albinoni 1671–1751
Trattenimenti Armonici Op.6
Sonata No.2 in G minor
1 I. Grave adagio 2’31
2 II. Larghetto 2’32
3 III. Largo 2’21
4 IV. Allegro 2’15
Sonata No.9 in G
5 I. Grave adagio 2’32
6 II. Allegro 2’53
7 III. Adagio 1’52
8 IV. Allegro 2’49
Sonata No.4 in D minor
9 I. Grave adagio 2’34
10 II. Larghetto 3’07
11 III. Adagio 2’20
12 IV. Allegro 2’03
Sonata No.5 in F
13 I. Grave adagio 2’43
14 II. Allegro 2’09
15 III. Adagio 2’25
16 IV. Allegro 1’15
Sonata No.8 in E minor
17 I. Grave 2’15
18 II. Allegro 2’17
19 III. Adagio 1’49
20 IV. Allegro 2’07
Sonata No.3 in B flat
21 I. Grave adagio 2’30
22 II. Allegro 3’01
23 III. Adagio 1’48
24 IV. Presto 1’40
 
Zero Emission Baroque Orchestra
 
Giorgio Tosi Baroque violin
(Johannes Antonius Marchi fecit Bononiae, 1785)
 
Marlise Goidanich Baroque cello
(Sandro Soldi, 2009)
 
Carlo Centemeri organ (restored Piccinelli, 2006, after anonymous, early 17th century)
 
Total time 52’08
 
Recording: March & May 2013, Santuario di San Bernardino, Caravaggio, Bergamo
 
 
CD2
Tomaso Albinoni 1671–1751
Concertos for solo oboe, oboes and strings
Concerto a cinque in D minor Op.9 No.2 for oboe and strings
1 I. Allegro non presto 3’43
2 II. Adagio 4’13
3 III. Allegro 2’51
Concerto in C Op.7 No.2 for 2 oboes and strings
4 I. Allegro 2’01
5 II. Adagio 1’00
6 III. Allegro 1’50
Concerto in D Op.7 No.6 for oboe and strings
7 I. Allegro 2’40
8 II. Adagio 1’39
9 III. Allegro 2’14
Concerto a cinque in C Op.9 No.9 for 2 oboes and strings
10 I. Allegro 4’00
11 II. Adagio 2’29
12 III. Allegro 3’28
Concerto in D Op.7 No.8 for 2 oboes and strings
13 I. [Without tempo indication] 2’18
14 II. Largo 1’58
15 III. Allegro 1’45
Concerto a cinque in C Op.9 No.5 for oboe and strings
16 I. Allegro 3’20
17 II. Adagio 1’56
18 III. Allegro 3’09
Concerto in B flat Op.7 No.3 for oboe and strings
19 I. Allegro 2’47
20 II. Adagio 2’02
21 III. Allegro 2’13
Concerto in F Op.9 No.3 for 2 oboes and strings
22 I. Allegro 4’30
23 II. Adagio 2’13
24 III. Allegro 3’55
 
Stefan Schilli oboe I
Giovanni Deangeli oboe II
 
Stuttgart Kammerorchester
Nicol Matt conductor
 
 
Total time 64’27
 
 
Recording: 2005, Bauer Studios, Ludwigsburg, Germany
 
 
CD3
Tomaso Albinoni 1671–1751
Trio Sonatas Op.1
Suonate a tre, doi Violini e Violoncello
col Basso per l’Organo (Venice, 1694)
Sonata in D minor TalM I No.1
1 I. Grave 2’10
2 II. Allegro 2’14
3 III. Largo 2’00
4 IV. Allegro 1’42
Sonata in F TalM I No.2
5 I. Grave 1’54
6 II. Allegro 1’53
7 III. Largo – Adagio 2’01
8 IV. Vivace 3’15
Sonata in C TalM I No.3
9 I. Grave 1’43
10 II. Allegro 1’46
11 III. Grave 1’55
12 IV. Allegro 1’43
Sonata in G minor TalM I No.4
13 I. Grave 2’19
14 II. Allegro 1’41
15 III. Adagio 1’46
16 IV. Allegro e presto – Adagio 1’18
Sonata in C TalM I No.5
17 I. Grave 1’53
18 II. Allegro 1’32
19 III. Grave 1’37
20 IV. Allegro 1’29
Sonata in A minor TalM I No.6
21 I. Grave 1’49
22 II. Allegro 2’14
23 III. Grave 0’43
24 IV. Allegro 2’19
 
L’Arte dell Arco
Federico Guglielmo violin I
Glauco Bertagnin violin II
Francesco Galligioni cello
Paolo Zuccheri violone 8 piedi
Ivano Zanenghi theorbo
Roberto Loreggian harpsichord and chamber organ
 
 
Total time 45’11
 
 
Recording: 27–29 May & 5–6 September 2013, Abbazia di Carceri d’Este, Padua, Italy
 
 
CD4
Francesco Barsanti 1690–1772
Concerti Grossi Op.3
Concerto No.6
1 I. Sostenuto 2’09
2 II. Allegro 2’51
3 III. Adagio 1’25
4 IV. Allegro 1’51
Concerto No.4
5 I. Allegro 3’35
6 II. Adagio 1’18
7 III. Minuet 3’33
Concerto No.7
8 I. Sostenuto 2’21
9 II. Allegro 1’46
10 III. Andante e largo 2’41
11 IV. Menuet 3’34
Concerto No.1
12 I. Allegro 2’22
13 II. Largo 1’48
14 III. Allegro 2’10
15 IV. Minuet 4’17
Concerto No.10
16 I. Adagio 1’24
17 II. Allegro 3’43
18 III. Largo 2’07
19 IV. Allegro 0’29
20 V. Andantino 1’09
21 VI. Allegro 0’27
 
Auser Musici
Attilio Motzo, Laura Mirri, Cristina Palucci violin I
Francesco La Bruna, Corrado Masoni violin II
Luigi Moccia viola
Alessandro Palmeri cello
Massimo Tore bass
Jonathan Pia trumpet
Paolo Faggi, Francesco Meucci horns
Simone Bensi, Ruggero Vartolo oboes
Riccardo Balbinutti timpani
Paola Poncet harpsichord
 
Carlo Ipata, Attilio Motzo directors
 
Total time 47’13
 
Recording: 25–29 January 2001, Villa Medicea, Coltano, Pisa, Italy
 
 
 
 
CD5
Giovanni Battista Bassani 1647–1716
Sinfonie Op.5
Sonatas for 2 or 3 instruments with basso continuo
Sonata No.2 in D minor
1 I. Grave 1’20
2 II. Presto 1’06
3 III. Grave 3’16
4 IV. Presto 0’54
Sonata No.4 in D
5 I. Allegro 1’30
6 II. Grave 2’26
7 III. Allegro 1’15
8 IV. Adagio, e forte 1’18
9 III. Adagio – Allegro – Adagio 1’14
Sonata No.1 in A minor
10 I. Allegro 1’43
11 II. Grave 2’06
12 III. Allegro 1’14
13 IV. Adagio – Prestissimo – 4’30
Adagio, e forte – Prestissimo
Sonata No.3 in G
14 I. Allegro 1’42
15 II. Grave 2’08
16 III. Allegro 0’58
17 IV. Largo 0’57
18 V. Allegro 1’18
Sonata No.6 in F
19 I. Largo 1’22
20 II. Allegro 1’48
21 III. Grave – Adagio 1’42
22 IV. Prestissimo 0’33
Sonata No.5 in A minor
23 I. Allegro 2’04
24 II. Grave 1’54
25 III. Vivace 0’53
26 IV. Adagio 0’47
27 V. Presto 1’10
 
Ensemble StilModerno
Giorgio Tosi violin I (Benigno Saccani, Milan, 1910)
Micol Vitali violin II (E. Malaguti, Milan, 1984)
Nicola Brovelli cello (Nicolas Augustin Chappuy, Paris, c.1780)
Carlo Centemeri organ (Carlo Mascheroni, Giussano, 2010)
Flora Papadopoulos Baroque harp (D. Pontiggia, copy of the Barberini harp, c.1600)
Grasiela Setra Dantas harpsichord (Carlo Mascheroni, Giussano, 2010)
 
Total time 43’23
 
Recording: 29 October – 1 November 2011, Pieve Protoromanica, Palazzo Pignano, Cremona, Italy
 
 
 
CD6
Giovanni Battista Bassani 1647–1716
Sinfonie Op.5
Sonatas for 2 or 3 instruments with basso continuo
Sonata No.7 in A
1 I. Allegro 1’29
2 II. Grave 1’56
3 III. Allegro 1’10
4 IV. Largo 1’06
5 V. Allegro, allegro 1’02
Sonata No.8 in G minor
6 I. Grave 0’34
7 II. Presto 1’39
8 III. Grave 1’14
9 IV. Allegro 0’57
10 V. Grave 0’26
11 VI. Allegro 0’47
Sonata No.11 in D
12 I. Largo – Presto 1’31
13 II. Grave 1’10
14 III. Vivace 1’02
15 IV. Adagio 0’49
16 V. Presto 0’27
Sonata No.10 in C minor
17 I. Adagio 2’15
18 II. Presto 1’37
19 III. Largo 2’25
20 IV. Prestissimo 0’56
21 V. Grave 0’21
22 VI. Presto 0’40
Sonata No.9 in C
23 I. Presto 1’56
24 II. Grave 1’20
25 III. Allegro 1’29
26 IV. Largo 0’52
27 V. Presto 0’43
Sonata No.12 in A
28 I. Largo 2’02
29 II. Allegro 1’00
30 III. Adagio – Largo 2’43
31 IV. Presto 0’31
 
Ensemble StilModerno
Giorgio Tosi violin I (Benigno Saccani, Milan, 1910)
Micol Vitali violin II (E. Malagutti, Milano, 1984)
Nicola Brovelli cello (Nicolas Augustin Chappuy, Paris, c.1780)
Carlo Centemeri organ (Carlo Mascheroni, Giussano, 2010)
Flora Papadopoulos Baroque harp (D. Pontiggia,copy of the Barberini harp, c.1600)
Grasiela Setra Dantas harpsichord (Carlo Mascheroni, Giussano, 2010)
 
Total time 38’25
 
Recording: 29 October – 1 November 2011, Pieve Protoromanica, Palazzo Pignano, Cremona, Italy
 
CD7
Giovanni Bononcini 1670–1747
Divertimenti da camera
Divertimento No.1 in F
1 I. Largo 3’05
2 II. Con spirito 2’45
3 III. Lento 1’53
4 IV. Vivace 1’15
Divertimento No.2 in D minor
5 I. Affettuoso e andante 4’37
6 II. Vivace 1’25
7 III. Largo 2’44
8 IV. Vivace 0’52
Divertimento No.3 in A minor
9 I. Tempo giusto 3’17
10 II. Vivace 1’31
11 II. Lento 2’04
12 IV. Presto assai 1’46
Divertimento No.4 in G minor
13 I. Andante e affettuoso 3’45
14 II. Non tanto presto 2’07
15 III. Vivace 1’20
Divertimento No.5 in B flat
16 I. Andante ma non presto 3’22
17 II. Largo 3’19
18 III. Presto assai 1’42
19 V. Vivace 1’14
Divertimento No.6 in C minor
20 I. Lento 2’45
21 II. Con spirito 2’17
22 III. Largo 2’56
23 IV. Vivace 1’28
Divertimento No.7 in E minor
24 I. Largo 2’30
25 II. Andante ma non presto 2’30
26 III. Presto assai 2’11
Divertimento No.8 in G
27 I. Affettuoso 2’12
27 II. Allegro 2’31
27 III. Lento 2’47
27 IV. [Without tempo indication] 1’37
 
La Stagione Armonica on period instruments
Sergio Balestracci recorder
Guido Balestracci viola da gamba
Paola Frezzato bassoon
Pietro Perosser theorbo & guitar
Daniele Roi harpsichord
 
Sergio Balestracci director
 
Total time 70’02
 
 
CD8
Dario Castello 1621–1658
Sonate concertate in stil moderno
Libro secondo (Venice, 1629)
1 Sonata No.10 5’10
for 2 violins, viola da gamba, theorbo and harpsichord
2 Sonata No.4 5’44
for 2 violins, viola da gamba, cello, harp, dulcimer and theorbo
3 Sonata No.12 7’23
for 2 cornets, viola da gamba, theorbo and harpsichord
4 Sonata No.1 4’32
for violin, cello, theorbo, harpsichord and organ
5 Sonata No.15 4’54
for 2 violins, viola da gamba, cello, harp, dulcimer, Baroque guitar, harpsichord and organ
6 Sonata No.13 7’00
for 2 violins, viola da gamba, cello, harp, dulcimer, Baroque guitar, harpsichord and organ
7 Sonata No.2 4’51
for violin, cello, Baroque guitar, harpsichord and organ
8 Sonata No.17 6’19
for 2 cornets, two violins, viola da gamba, harp, dulcimer, Baroque guitar, organ and harpsichord
9 Sonata No.3 5’23
for 2 violins, cello and harpsichord
10 Sonata No.8 4’44
for violin, viola da gamba, theorbo and harpsichord
 
 
Musica Fiorita
Bork-Frithjof Smith, Gebhard David cornets
Peter Barczi, Eva Borhi Baroque violin
Rebeka Rusó viola da gamba
Felix Knecht Baroque cello
Marie Bournisien double harp
Margit Übellacker dulcimer
Daniela Bonavita Baroque guitar and theorbo
Daniela Dolci harpsichord, positive organ and direction
 
 
Total time 56’36
 
 
CD9
Arcangelo Corelli 1653–1713
12 Concerti Grossi Op.6
Concerti Grossi, con duoi Violini e
Violoncello di Concertino obligati e duoi
altri Violini,Viola e Basso di Concerto grosso
ad arbotrio che si potranno radoppiare
Concerto No.1 in D
1 I. Largo – Allegro 2’25
2 II. Largo – Allegro 2’48
3 III. Largo 3’16
4 IV. Allegro 1’51
5 V. Allegro 2’10
Concerto No.2 in F
6 I. Vivace – Allegro 3’29
7 II. Largo andante 0’55
8 III. Allegro 1’50
9 IV. Grave – Andante largo 1’59
10 V. Allegro 2’29
Concerto No.3 in C minor
11 I. Largo 2’19
12 II. Allegro 2’01
13 III. Grave 1’38
14 IV. Vivace 2’32
15 V. Allegro 2’27
Concerto No.4 in D
16 I. Adagio – Allegro 3’43
17 II. Adagio 2’00
18 III. Vivace 1’02
19 IV. Allegro 3’24
Concerto No.5 in B flat
20 I. Adagio – Allegro 3’24
21 II. Adagio 1’42
22 III. Allegro 2’10
23 IV. Largo 1’00
24 V. Allegro 2’16
Concerto No.6 in F
25 I. Adagio 1’40
26 II. Allegro 1’57
27 III. Largo 3’13
28 IV. Vivace 2’25
29 V. Allegro 1’53
Concerto No.7 in D
30 I. Vivace – Allegro 2’19
31 II. Allegro 2’01
32 III. Andante largo 2’25
33 IV. Allegro 1’05
34 V. Vivace 1’05
 
Concertino
Rémy Baudet · Sayuri Yamagata violins
Albert Brüggen cello
 
Musica Amphion
directed from the harpsichord by Pieter-Jan Belder
 
Total time 75’12
 
Recording: summer 2004, Doopsgezinde Gemeente of Deventer, The Netherlands
 
 
CD10
Arcangelo Corelli 1653–1713
12 Concerti Grossi Op.6
Concerti Grossi, con duoi Violini e
Violoncello di Concertino obligati e duoi
altri Violini,Viola e Basso di Concerto grosso
ad arbotrio che si potranno radoppiare
Concerto No.8 in G minor
Fatto per la notte di Natale (Christmas Concerto)
1 I. Vivace 0’16
2 II. Grave: Arcate, sostenuto e come stà 1’16
3 III. Allegro 2’22
4 IV. Adagio – Allegro – Adagio 3’12
5 V. Vivace 1’11
6 VI. Allegro 2’11
7 VII. Pastorale: Largo 3’42
Parte Seconda per Camera
Preludii, Allemande, Correnti, Gighe,
Sarabande, Gavotte e Minuetti
Concerto No.9 in F
8 I. Preludio: Largo 1’31
9 II. Allemanda: Allegro 2’41
10 III. Corrente: Vivace 1’31
11 IV. Gavotta: Allegro 0’53
12 V. Adagio 0’52
13 VI. Minuetto: Vivace 1’33
Concerto No.10 in C
14 I. Preludio: Andante largo 2’11
15 II. Allemanda: Allegro 2’19
16 III. Adagio 0’59
17 IV. Corrente: Vivace 2’45
18 V. Allegro 2’36
19 VI. Minuetto: Vivace 1’32
Concerto No.11 in B flat
20 I. Preludio: Andante largo 2’21
21 II. Allemanda: Allegro 2’22
22 III. Adagio – Andante largo 2’13
23 IV. Sarabanda: Largo 1’17
24 V. Giga: Vivace 1’11
Concerto No.12 in F major
25 I. Preludio: Adagio 2’28
26 II. Allegro 2’26
27 III. Adagio 1’33
28 IV. Sarabanda: Vivace 0’56
29 V. Giga: Allegro 2’56
Sinfonia WoO1 to the oratorio
Santa Beatrice d’Este
30 I. Grave 1‘34
31 II. Allegro 1‘46
32 III. Adagio 0‘34
33 IV. Largo assai 2‘32
34 V. Vivace 1‘57
Sonata a Quattro WoO2
35 I. Adagio – Andante largo 1’26
36 II. Allegro 1’30
37 III. Grave 1’12
38 IV. Presto 1’09
39 V. Vivace 1’16
 
Concertino
Rémy Baudet · Sayuri Yamagata violins
Richte van der Meer cello (J. Boquay, 1719)
Hank Heyink archlute (M. de Witte, 2004, after W. Venere)
 
Musica Amphion
directed from the harpsichord by Pieter-Jan Belder
 
Total time 70’27
 
Recording: summer 2004, Doopsgezinde Gemeente of Deventer, The Netherlands
 
CD11
Arcangelo Corelli 1653–1713
Sonate a violino e violoncello o cimbalo Op.5 (Rome, 1700)
Dedicated to Electress Sophie Charlotte of Brandenburg
Sonate No.1 in D
1 I. Grave – Allegro 3’07
2 II. Allegro 2’23
3 III. Allegro 1’04
4 IV. Adagio 2’34
5 V. Allegro 1’35
Sonate No.2 in B flat
6 I. Grave 2’42
7 II. Allegro 2’17
8 III. Vivace 1’14
9 IV. Adagio 2’38
10 V. Vivace 1’17
Sonate No.3 in C
11 I. Adagio 2’34
12 II. Allegro 2’08
13 III. Adagio 2’55
14 IV. Allegro 1’02
15 V. Allegro 2’32
Sonate No.4 in F
16 I. Adagio 1’59
17 II. Allegro 2’27
18 III. Vivace 1’14
19 IV. Adagio 2’08
20 V. Allegro 2’25
Sonate No.5 in G minor
21 I. Adagio 2’42
22 II. Vivace 2’05
23 III. Adagio 2’06
24 IV. Vivace 1’39
25 V. Giga: Allegro 1’46
Sonate No.6 in A
26 I. Grave 2’34
27 II. Allegro 2’21
28 III. Allegro 1’06
29 IV. Adagio 0’50
30 V. Allegro 2’17
 
 
Rémy Baudet violin
Jaap ter Linden cello (G. Grancino, 1703)
Mike Fentross theorbo
Pieter-Jan Belder harpsichord
 
Total time 63’36
 
Recording: Summer 2004, Dutch Reformed Church of Renswoude, The Netherlands
 
 
CD12
Nicola Fiorenza c.1700–1764
Recorder Concertos
Concerto in G minor
for recorder, 3 violins and basso continuo
1 I. Moderato 2’54
2 II. Allegro 3’58
3 III. Largo 2’22
4 IV. Allegro 2’50
Concerto in A minor
for recorder, 2 violins and basso continuo
5 I. Largo 2’51
6 II. Allegro 2’07
7 III. Grave 2’43
8 IV. Allegro assai 1’15
Concerto in C minor
for recorder, 3 violins, viola and basso continuo
9 I. Largo amoroso 3’02
10 II. Andante 4’45
11 III. Largo 2’08
12 IV. Allegro 3’42
Concerto in F minor
for recorder, 3 violins, viola and basso continuo
13 I. Largo – Presto – Largo 2’09
14 II. Allegro ma non presto 4’50
15 III. Largo 3’39
16 IV. Allegro 2’21
 
Giovanni Battista Mele c.1701–after 1752
Concerto in F
for recorder, 2 violins and basso continuo
17 I. Andante 1’26
18 II. Allegro 2’05
19 III. Adagio 1’48
20 IV. Allegro 4’10
 
Stefano Bagliano recorder & director
Collegium Pro Musica
 
Total time 57’12
 
Recording: 28–30 September 2008, Church of Santa Maria del Prato, Genoa, Italy
 
 
CD13
Baldassare Galuppi 1706–1785
Complete Concertos for strings
Concerto primo in G
1 I. Andante – Allegro 2’08
2 II. Andante 2’10
3 III. Allegro assai 1’11
Concerto quinto in B flat
4 I. Grave sostenuto 5’33
5 II. Allegro e spiritoso 2’52
6 III. Allegro 2’16
Concerto che serve d’introdutione in G minor
7 I. Grave en Adagio 2’59
8 II. Spiritoso 3’05
9 III. Allegro 3’07
Concerto secondo in D
10 I. Maestoso 3’03
11 II. Allegro 2’12
12 III. Andantino 1’36
Concerto sesto in A
13 I. Largo 4’35
14 II. Allegro 3’12
15 III. Andante 2’09
Concerto terzo in C minor
16 I. Grave 3’42
17 II. Allegro 4’00
18 III. Andante 2’32
Concerto quarto in E flat
19 I. Largo 3’13
20 II. Allegro 2’05
21 III. A tempo 2’32
 
 
Ensemble StilModerno
Giorgio Tosi violin I
Valentina Ghirardani violin II
Eleonora Regorda viola
Marlise Goidanich cello
Carlo Centemeri organ
 
 
Total time 60’24
 
Recording: 10–14 June 2014, Sant’Antonio, Milan, Italy
 
 
CD14
Francesco Geminiani 1687–1762
6 Sonatas Op.5 for cello and continuo
Sonata No.1 in A
1 I. Andante 1’42
2 II. Allegro 3’35
3 III. Andante 0’45
4 IV. Allegro 3’54
Sonata No.2 in D minor
5 I. Andante 2’27
6 II. Presto 2’27
7 III. Adagio 0’42
8 IV. Allegro 4’32
Sonata No.3 in C
9 I. Andante 1’42
10 II. Allegro 4’27
11 III. Affetuoso 3’07
12 IV. Allegro 2’45
Sonata No.4 in B flat
13 I. Andante 0’28
14 II. Allegro moderato 3’13
15 III. Grave 0’48
16 IV. Allegro 0’51
Sonata No.5 in F
17 I. Adagio 0’37
18 II. Allegro moderato 1’26
19 III. Adagio 2’43
20 IV. Allegro 3’04
Sonata No.6 in A minor
21 I. Mov. 1 0’41
22 II. Mov. 2 3’39
23 III. Mov. 3 4’40
 
 
Jaap ter Linden cello
(Giovanni Grancino, Milan, 1703)
Lars Ulrik Mortensen harpsichord
Judith-Maria Becker cello continuo
 
 
Total time 54’32
 
 
Recording: April 2007, Hervormde Kerk, Rhoon, The Netherlands
 
 
 
CD15
Francesco Geminiani 1687–1762
Concerti Grossi after Opp. 1, 3 & 5 by Arcangelo Corelli
Concerti Grossi dall’Op.3 di Corelli
No.1 in F
1 I. Grave 1’42
2 II. Allegro 1’21
3 III. Vivace 1’59
4 IV. Allegro 1’15
No.3 in B flat
5 I. Grave 1’29
6 II. Vivace 0’34
7 III. Largo 2’10
8 IV. Allegro 1’52
No.4 in B minor
9 I. Largo 1’55
10 II. Vivace 1’19
11 III. Adagio 1’55
12 IV. Presto 1’03
No.9 in F minor
13 I. Grave 2’01
14 II. Vivace 0’58
15 III. Largo 1’30
16 IV. Allegro 1’46
No.10 in A minor
17 I. Vivace 0’42
18 II. Allegro 1’14
19 III. Adagio 0’49
20 IV. Allegro 1’43
Concerti Grossi dall’Op.1 di Corelli
No.9 in G
21 I. Allegro 1’08
22 II. Adagio – Allegro 1’34
23 III. Adagio 1’38
24 IV. Allegro 1’31
Concerti Grossi dall’Op.5 di Corelli
No.1 in D
25 I. Grave – Allegro 2’28
26 II. Allegro 2’04
27 III. Adagio 2’39
28 IV. Allegro 1’29
No.3 in C
25 I. Adagio 2’18
26 II. Allegro 1’54
27 III. Adagio 3’08
28 IV. Allegro 2’12
 
Ensemble Risonanze
 
Concertino
Carlo Chiarappa, Dominique Chiarappa-Zryd,
Sabine Brodbeck violins
Martin Zeller cello · Stefano Demicheli harpsichord
Diego Cantalupi theorbo
 
Concerto Grosso
Sylvia Gmür, Daniela Beltraminelli,
Dominique Chiarappa-Zryd, Denise Gruber,
Sabine Brodbeck violins
Svetlana Fomina viola · Michaël Chiarappa cello
Roberto Bevilacqua double bass
Andrea Perugi organ
 
Total time 53’35
 
 
CD16
Giovanni Legrenzi 1626–1690
Sonate e balletti Opp. 8, 10 & 16
1 Sonata No.6 Op.10 (Op.11) 7’11
for 4 viola da gambas ‘o come piace’
2 Sonata No.5 Op.10 (Op.11) 6’11
for 2 violins, viola da braccio and basso continuo
3 Sonata Op.8 ‘La Cremona’ 5’18
for 4 violins and violone
4 Balletto No.3 – Corrente No.3 Op.16 2’27
for 2 violins, viola alto, viola tenore and cello
5 Sonata No.6 Op.10 (Op.11) 4’26
for 2 violins, viola da braccio and basso continuo
6 Corrente No.9 Op.16 2’49
for 2 violins, viola alto, viola tenore and cello
7 Sonata Op.8 ‘La Basadonna’ 5’08
for 2 violins, violone and bassoon
8 Sonata Op.8 ‘La Crispa’ 4’29
for 2 violins and violone
9 Sonata No.1 Op.10 (Op.11) 6’46
for 4 violins and basso continuo
 
Sonatori de la Gioiosa Marca
Giorgio Fava, Luigi Mangiocavallo, Marialuiza Brandao Moreira violins
Enrico Parizzi viola
Walter Vestidello, Elisabetta de Mircovich cello
Alberto Rasi violone
Giancarlo Rado, Ivano Zanenghi chitarroni
Andrea Marcon organ and harpsichord
 
Total time 45’08
 
Recording: 10–15 June 1991, Condulmer Recording Studio, Mogliano Veneto, Treviso, Italy
 
 
CD17
Leonardo Leo 1694–1744
Cello Concertos
Concerto in D L10
1 I. Andantino grazioso 3’18
2 II. Con bravura 2’29
3 III. Larghetto con poco moto 4’36
4 IV. Fuga 2’18
5 V. Allegro molto 1’35
Concerto in A L20
6 I. Andantino grazioso 2’51
7 II. Allegro 2’30
8 III. Larghetto 3’33
9 IV. Allegro 2’38
Sinfonie concertante in C minor L30
10 I. Andante grazioso 3’25
11 II. Fugato 1’51
12 III. Larghetto 4’39
13 IV. Allegro 1’30
 
Julius Berger cello
 
Südwestdeutsches Kammerorchester Pforzheim
Vladislav Czarnecki conductor
 
Total time 37’23
 
Recording: 29–31 May 1999, Kirnbachhalle, Niefern-Öschelbronn, Germany
 
 
CD18
Leonardo Leo 1694–1744
Cello Concertos
Concerto in F minor L40
1 I. Andante grazioso 4’02
2 II. Allegro 3’04
3 III. Largo e grazioso 3’56
4 IV. Allegro 2’16
Concerto in A L50
5 I. Andante piacevole 3’19
6 II. Allegro 4’04
7 III. Larghetto e grazioso 4’46
8 IV. Allegro 4’53
Concerto in D minor L60
9 I. Andante grazioso 4’01
10 II. Con spirito 3’33
11 III. Amoroso 3’48
12 IV. Allegro 2’16
 
Julius Berger cello
 
Südwestdeutsches Kammerorchester Pforzheim
Vladislav Czarnecki conductor
 
Total time 44’05
 
Recording: 5–7 July 1999, Kirnbachhalle, Niefern-Öschelbronn, Germany
 
 
 
CD19
Pietro Antonio Locatelli 1695–1764
Concerti Grossi Op.7 Nos. 1–4
No.1 in D
1 I. Vivace 5’22
2 II. Largo 4’47
3 III. Allegro 2’14
4 IV. Vivace 2’39
No.2 in B flat
5 I. Andante 5’27
6 II. Vivace 1’39
7 III. Largo 3’24
8 IV. Cantabile 2’02
9 V. Allegro 3’09
No.3 in G
10 I. Largo 0’38
11 II. Allegro 1’56
12 III. Largo 4’09
13 IV. Allegro 5’54
No.4 in F
14 I. Andante 7’11
15 II. Largo 2’50
16 III. Cantabile 4’50
17 IV. Allegro molto 2’14
 
 
Igor Ruhadze solo violin I & leader
Daria Gorban solo violin II
Ivan Iliev (1–4), Annemarie Kosten-Dür (5–17) solo viola
Paulina Ptak solo cello
 
Total time 60’51
 
Recording: June 2013–January 2014, Westvestkerk 90, Schiedam, The Netherlands
 
 
 
 
CD20
Pietro Antonio Locatelli 1695–1764
L’Arte del Violino Nos. 1–3
Concertos for violin, strings and basso continuo Op.3
No.1 in D
1 I. Allegro 6’38
2 II. Largo 7’28
3 III. Allegro 8’18
No.2 in C minor
4 I. Andante 10’32
5 II. Largo 3’57
6 III. Andante 8’09
No.3 in F
7 I. Andante 9’25
8 II. Largo 6’48
9 III. Vivace 7’00
 
Igor Ruhadze solo violin & leader (David Tecchler, Rome, 1706, NMF)
 
Ensemble Violini Capricciosi
Daria Gorban violin I (Hendrick Jacobs, Amsterdam, 1693, NMF)
Rebecca Huber solo viola (Matthieu J.R. Besseling, Amsterdam, 2003)
Annemarie Kosten-Dür viola (Jan Pawlikowski, Kraków, 2010)
Mark Dupere cello (Jacob Weiß, Salzburg, 1745, NMF)
Joannis Babaloukas double bass (Anon., France, 19th century, after Jacquet)
Vaughan Schlepp harpsichord (Joop Klinkhamer, after Zeil)
 
Total time 68’21
 
Recording: 4, 6 & 10 October 2012, Westvestkerk 90, Schiedam, The Netherlands
 
 
CD21
Pietro Antonio Locatelli 1695–1764
L’Arte del Violino Nos. 4–6
Concertos for violin, strings and basso continuo Op.3
No.4 in E
1 I. Largo 0’35
2 II. Andante 7’37
3 III. Largo 5’19
4 IV. Andante 7’56
No.5 in C
5 I. Largo 0’55
6 II. Andante 9’10
7 III. Adagio 3’58
8 IV. Allegro 7’00
No.6 in G minor
9 I. Largo 0’44
10 II. Andante 10’02
11 III. Adagio 4’37
12 IV. Vivace 6’27
 
Igor Ruhadze solo violin & leader (David Tecchler, Rome, 1706, NMF)
 
Ensemble Violini Capricciosi
Daria Gorban violin I (Hendrick Jacobs, Amsterdam, 1693, NMF)
Rebecca Huber solo viola (Matthieu J.R. Besseling, Amsterdam, 2003)
Annemarie Kosten-Dür viola (Jan Pawlikowski, Kraków, 2010)
Mark Dupere cello (Jacob Weiß, Salzburg, 1745, NMF)
Joannis Babaloukas double bass (Anon., France, 19th century, after Jacquet)
Vaughan Schlepp harpsichord (Joop Klinkhamer, after Zeil)
 
Total time 64’36
 
Recording: 22–24 November 2012, Westvestkerk 90, Schiedam, The Netherlands
 
 
 
CD22
Francesco Mancini 1672–1737
12 Recorder Concertos (Naples, 1725)
No.8 in C minor
(CM, PP, CR, MM, GP, GC, AC, DR, RS, MA, AN)
1 I. Vivace 1’44
2 II. Largo e staccato 1’12
3 III. Fuga: Allegro 2’46
4 IV. Largo 1’34
5 V. Allegro 1’23
No.5 in G
(CM, PP, CR, DR, RS, DC, AN)
6 I. Allegro 1’39
7 II. Largo 1’13
8 III. Fuga: Allegro 2’53
9 IV. Larghetto 1’33
10 V. Allegro 2’00
No.19 in E minor
(CM, PP, CR, DR, RS, DC, AN)
11 I. Allegrissimo 1’16
12 II. Larghetto 0’58
13 III. Fuga 4’07
14 IV. Moderato 1’32
15 V. Allegro 1’51
No.20 in C minor
(CM, PP, GP, VM, RS, FT, AN)
16 I. Comodo 1’40
17 II. Fuga: Allegro 3’51
18 III. Lento 2’00
19 IV. Comodo 1’39
No.18 in F
(CM, PP, GP, VM, RS, FT, AN)
20 I. Largo 3’02
21 II. Fuga 3’07
22 III. A tempo giusto 1’23
23 IV. Allegro 2’19
No.14 in G minor
(CM, PP, CR, MM, GP, GC, AC, LR, DR, RS, MA, AN)
24 I. Comodo 3’10
25 II. Fuga: Allegro 2’53
26 III. Larghetto 2’36
27 IV. Allegro 3’14
 
Corina Marti (CM) recorder
Capella Tiberina on period instruments
Paolo Perrone (PP), Christoph Rudolf (CR),
Massimo Merone (MM) violin I
Gabriele Politi (GP), Christoph Rudolf (CR),
Giancarlo Ceccacci (GC), Alberto Caponi (AC) violin II
Lorenzo Rundo (LR) viola
Daniel Rosin (DR), Viola Mattioni (VM) cello
Roberto Stilo (RS) double bass
Francesco Tomasi (FT), Mirko Arnone (MA),
Daniele Caminiti (DC) theorbo and Baroque guitar
Massimo Carrano (MC) percussion
 
Paolo Perrone (PP) concertmaster
Alexandra Nigito (AN) maestro al cembalo
 
Total time 59’04
 
Recording: 4–7 April and 4–7 May 2011, Chiesa di Sant'Isidoro a Capo le Case, Rome
 
 
CD23
Francesco Mancini 1672–1737
12 Recorder Concertos (Naples, 1725)
No.10 in B flat
(CM, PP, CR, MM, GP, GC, AC, LR, DR, RS, MA, AN)
1 I. Larghetto 2’54
2 II. Allegro 2’38
3 III. Largo 0’54
4 IV. Allegro 1’28
No.1 in C minor
(CM, PP, CR, DR, DC, AN)
5 I. Moderato 1’52
6 II. Grave 2’15
7 III. Moderato 2’29
8 IV. Allegro 2’13
No.13 in G minor
(CM, PP, GP, VM, RS, FT, AN)
9 I. Largo 3’14
10 II. Fuga 3’04
11 III. Largo 1’57
12 IV. Spiritoso 1’49
No.16 in F
(CM, PP, GP, DR, RS, FT, AN)
13 I. Affettuoso 3’23
14 II. Fuga 3’01
15 III. Un poco andante 2’29
16 IV. Allegro 2’04
No.6 in D minor
(CM, PP, GP, DR, RS, FT, AN)
17 I. Amoroso 2’30
18 II. Allegro 3’06
19 III. Largo 1’37
20 IV. Allegro 1’52
No.17 in A minor
(CM, PP, GP, DR, RS, FT, MC, AN)
21 I. Allegro 1’34
22 II. Andante 1’01
23 III. Spiritoso 2’51
24 IV. Largo 1’58
25 V. Allegro 1’54
 
Corina Marti (CM) recorder
Capella Tiberina on period instruments
Paolo Perrone (PP), Christoph Rudolf (CR),
Massimo Merone (MM) violin I
Gabriele Politi (GP), Christoph Rudolf (CR),
Giancarlo Ceccacci (GC), Alberto Caponi (AC) violin II
Lorenzo Rundo (LR) viola
Daniel Rosin (DR), Viola Mattioni (VM) cello
Roberto Stilo (RS) double bass
Francesco Tomasi (FT), Mirko Arnone (MA),
Daniele Caminiti (DC) theorbo and Baroque guitar
Massimo Carrano (MC) percussion
 
Paolo Perrone (PP) concertmaster
Alexandra Nigito (AN) maestro al cembalo
 
Total time 59’04
 
Recording: 4–7 April and 4–7 May 2011, Chiesa di Sant'Isidoro a Capo le Case, Rome
 
 
 
CD24
Francesco Onofrio Manfredini 1684–1762
Concerti Grossi Op.3
Concerto in F Op.3 No.1
1 I. Allegro assai – Adagio 2’05
2 II. Presto 1’42
3 III. Allegro 1’01
Concerto in A minor Op.3 No.2
4 I. Presto – Adagio 2’16
5 II. Allegro 1’41
6 III. Allegro 1’12
Concerto in E minor Op.3 No.3
7 I. Allegro 1’44
8 II. Largo 1’01
9 III. Presto 1’07
10 IV. Presto 0’59
Concerto in B flat Op.3 No.4
11 I. Allegro 1’32
12 II. Adagio 0’59
13 III. Presto 1’34
14 IV. Allegro 0’46
Concerto in D minor Op.3 No.5
15 I. Adagio 0’36
16 II. Allegro 2’06
17 III. Andante e piano sempre – Adagio 1’17
18 IV. Allegro 2’05
Concerto in D Op.3 No.6
19 I. Allegro 2’56
20 II. Adagio – Presto – Adagio 1’29
21 III. Allegro 2’40
Concerto in G Op.3 No.7
22 I. Allegro 2’06
23 II. Adagio 1’43
24 III. Presto 2’17
Concerto in F Op.3 No.8
25 I. Grave – Allegro 2’05
26 II. Adagio 0’50
27 III. Presto – Adagio 0’46
28 IV. Presto 2’13
Concerto in D Op.3 No.9
29 I. Adagio 1’04
30 II. Presto 1’33
31 III. Largo 2’17
32 IV. Allegro 2’14
Concerto in G minor Op.3 No.10
33 I. Adagio 1’28
34 II. Allegro 2’46
35 III. Largo 1’57
36 IV. Allegro 2’30
Concerto in C minor Op.3 No.11
37 I. Allegro 2’43
38 II. Adagio 2’35
39 III. Allegro 1’58
Concerto in C Op.3 No.12
(Concerto grosso per il santissimo natale)
40 I. Pastorale: Largo 4’34
41 II. Largo 1’58
42 III. Allegro 2’33
 
Capella Istropolitana
Jaroslav Krcek conductor
 
Total time 78’26
 
Recording: 4–6 June 1996 (Nos. 1–7), 6–8 February (Nos. 8–10) & May 1991 (No.12), Moyzes Hall, Slovak Philharmonic, Bratislava, Slovakia
 
 
CD25
Alessandro Marcello 1669–1747
Oboe Concerto in D minor
6 Concertos ‘La cetra’
Concerto in D minor*
for oboe, strings and continuo
1 I. Andante e spiccato 3’22
2 II. Adagio 3’43
3 III. Presto 4’06
6 Concertos ‘La Cetra’
No.1 in D
4 I. Allegro assai 2’11
5 II. Larghetto 2’50
6 III. Vivace 3’35
No.2 in E
7 I. Allegro assai 1’34
8 II. Moderato 3’09
9 III. Spiritoso ma non presto 2’50
No.3 in B minor
10 I. Andante larghetto 6’19
11 II. Adagio 1’30
12 III. Presto 4’03
No.4 in E minor
13 I. Moderato 2’21
14 II. Largo appoggiato 3’10
15 III. Allegro 2’07
No.5 in B flat
16 I. Moderato 2’53
17 II. Larghetto staccato 1’41
18 III. Presto ma non molto 2’21
No.6 in G
19 I. Allegro 2’31
20 II. Larghetto 3’22
21 III. Vivace 2’41
 
Andrea Mion oboe (1–3)
 
Insieme Strumentale di Roma
 
Concertino
Giorgio Sasso*, Paolo Perrone* violin
Diego Roncalli* cello
 
Ripieno
Manuel Granatiero, Laura Colucci transverse flute
Andrea Mion*, Elisabeth Passot oboe
Gian Claudio Del Moro, Laura Corolla,
Prisca Amori, Alberto Caponi violin
Gabriele Politi*, Laura Quarantiello viola
Alberto Senatore cello · Luca Cola* double bass
Maria De Martini bassoon
Marco Silvi* harpsichord
 
Giorgio Sasso director
 
 
Total time 62’29
 
Recording: July 2013, Basilica di Sant’Alessio, Rome
 
 
CD26
Benedetto Marcello 1686–1762
Concerti a cinque Op.1 Nos. 1–6
Concerto No.1 in D
1 I. Grave e staccato 2’31
2 II. Allegro 1’50
3 III. Largo 1’30
4 IV. Presto 1’51
Concerto No.2 in E minor
5 I. Adagio staccato 3’09
6 II. Allegro assai 1’44
7 III. Adagio e staccato 3’44
8 IV. Prestissimo 2’28
Concerto No.3 in E
9 I. Adagio e staccato 1’55
10 II. Allegro assai 3’23
11 III. Adagio 1’36
12 IV. Presto 1’21
Concerto No.4 in F
13 I. Largo 2’11
14 II. Allegro 2’18
15 III. Adagio 1’32
16 IV. Prestissimo 2’22
Concerto No.5 in B minor
17 I. Adagio 3’31
18 II. Allegro 2’09
19 III. Adagio e staccato 1’34
20 IV. Allegro 1’53
Concerto No.6 in B flat
21 I. Allegro assai 1’24
22 II. Largo e staccato 1’50
23 III. Allegro 1’56
24 IV. Largo e staccato 0’49
25 V. Allegro vivace 2’38
 
Franco Fantini (Nos. 1–4),
Tino Bacchetta (Nos. 5 & 6) solo violin
Genunzio Ghetti cello
Mariella Sorelli harpsichord
 
I Solisti di Milano
Angelo Ephrikian conductor
 
 
Total time 54’11
 
 
Recording: 8–14 March 1967, Villa Litta, Milan, Italy
 
 
CD27
Carlo Antonio Marino c.1670–after 1717
Sonata a cinque per archi e basso
continuo Op.3
Sonate a quattro per archi e basso
continuo Op.6
Concerto a quattro per archi e basso continuo
Sonate a cinque Op.3
Sonata decima
1 I. [Adagio] 1’43
2 II. [Allegro] 1’42
3 III. [Largo] 3’02
4 IV. [Allegro] 1’48
Sonata undicesima
5 I. [Largo] 1’52
6 II. Allegro 1’44
7 III. Grave – Allegro – Adagio 1’28
8 IV. Allegro – Adagio – Presto – Adagio 0’46
9 V. Allegro 1’54
Sonata nona
10 I. Allegro 1’26
11 II. Largo 1’37
12 III. Adagio – Presto – Allegro 3’42
Sonata dodicesima
13 I. Allegro 1’37
14 II. Largo 2’19
15 III. Allegro 1’11
16 IV. Largo 1’33
17 V. Allegro 0’44
18 VI. Allegro 2’42
Sonate a quattro Op.6
Sonata settima
19 I. Grave 2’22
20 II. Allegro 1’30
21 III. Largo 2’00
22 IV. Allegro 1’38
Sonata nona
23 I. Allegro 1’28
24 II. Adagio 1’13
25 III. Allegro 1’45
26 IV. Largo 0’25
27 V. Allegro 1’15
Sonata undicesima
28 I. Largo – Adagio 2’57
29 II. Adagio 2’04
Concerto a quattro per archi e basso
continuo
30 I. Andante staccato 1’09
31 II. Allegro – Largo 4’39
32 III. Largo 1’58
33 IV. Allegro – Allegro 1’55
34 V. Allegro 4’33
 
Orchestra da camera ‘Carlo Antonio Marino’
Natale Arnoldi violin
 
 
Total time 66’28
 
Recording: July 2011, Chiesa di S. Rocco Albino, Bergamo, Italy
 
 
CD28
Pietro Nardini 1722–1793
Complete String Quartets
String Quartet No.1 in A
1 I. Allegro 4’40
2 II. Comodo 6’25
String Quartet No.2 in C
3 I. Allegro 3’54
4 II. Adagio 1’37
5 III. Allegretto 3’16
String Quartet No.3 in B flat
6 I. Allegro moderato 7’38
7 II. Andante 6’20
String Quartet No.4 in F
8 I. Adagio 1’05
9 II. Allegro 5’42
10 III. Tempo di Minuet 4’02
String Quartet No.5 in G
11 I. Allegro 6’09
12 II. Andante legato 4’33
String Quartet No.6 in E flat
13 I. Allegro 7’05
14 II. Comodo 6’07
 
Quartetto Eleusi
Mauro Massa, Andrea Vassalle violins
Simone Laghi viola · Valeria Brunelli cello
 
Total time 68’40
 
Recording: 20–22 January 2012, Scuola della Carità, Padua, Italy
 
 
CD29
Giovanni Battista Pergolesi 1710–1736
Opere Strumentali
Concerto in B flat for violin and strings
1 I. Allegro 4’47
2 II. Largo 4’53
3 III. Allegro 4’07
4 Allegro in F for organ 5’41
5 Allegro in G for organ 1’56
Sonata in G for violin and basso continuo
6 Largo – Allegro – Largo – Spiritoso 8’12
Trio Sonata in B flat for 2 violins, cello and harpsichord
7 Allegro – Adagio – Tempo di Minuet 6’55
Trio Sonata in B minor for 2 violins, cello and harpsichord
8 Allegro assai – Largo – Allegro 8’50
Trio Sonata in C for 2 violins, cello and harpsichord
9 Allegro – Adagio – Allegro 8’01
Sinfonia in F for cello and harpsichord
10 I. Comodo 1’22
11 II. Allegro 1’53
12 III. Adagio 2’12
13 IV. Presto 1’19
 
I Solisti di Milano
Roberto Bortoluzzi, Angelo Ephrikian violins
Genunzio Ghetti, Angelo Pocaterra cellos
Franco Scotto bass
Francesco Degrada positive organ and harpsichord
 
Angelo Ephrikian conductor
 
Total time 60’40
 
Recording: 12–19 March 1966, Villa Litta, Milan, Italy
 
 
 
CD30
Nicola Porpora 1686–1768
6 Sonatas for cello concertante, violin and
basso continuo by Nicola Porpora and
Giovanni Battista Costanzi
Sonata No.1
1 I. Amoroso 2’37
2 II. Allegro 1’49
3 III. Tempo giusto 1’51
4 IV. Allegro 3’02
Sonata No.2
5 I. Affettuoso 2’00
6 II. Allegro 2’35
7 III. Adagio 1’47
8 IV. Allegro 2’50
Sonata No.3
9 I. Adagio 2’34
10 II. Allegro 2’34
11 III. Adagio staccato 1’50
12 IV. Allegro 2’16
Sonata No.4
13 I. Adagio e staccato 2’29
14 II. Allegro 2’39
15 III. Adagio 1’20
16 IV. Allegro staccato 2’32
Sonata No.5
17 I. Adagio 2’38
18 II. Allegro 2’38
19 III. Adagio 1’38
20 IV. Allegro 3’24
Sonata No.6
21 I. Adagio 2’53
22 II. Allegro 2’33
23 III. Largo 1’38
24 IV. Allegro staccato 3’24
 
 
Adriano Fazio cello concertante
(Anon., 19th century)
 
 
Katarzyna Solecka violin
Anna Camporini cello
Pedro Alcacer theorbo
Lorenzo Profita harpsichord (Sebastiano Cali, 2010, after Johannes Couchet, 1679 (Flemish)
 
 
Total time 56’36
 
 
Recording: March 2016, Cappella Sclafani, Basilica San Francesco d’Assisi, Palermo, Italy
 
 
CD31
Giovanni Benedetto Platti c.1692–1763
Works from the Library of the Counts of Schönborn
Concerto in A for obbligato cello and strings D-WD 654*
1 I. Allegro 4’58
2 II. Largo e cantabile 5’17
3 III. Presto 3’43
Concerto grosso in D after Sonata Op.5 No.1 by Corelli D-WD 538*
4 I. Grave – Allegro – Adagio – Grave – 3’11
Allegro – Adagio
5 II. Allegro 2’22
6 III. Allegro 1’04
7 IV. Adagio 2’52
8 V. Allegro 1’38
 
Andrea Rognoni, Isabella Bison violins
Franziska Romaner cello
 
Concerto in D minor for obbligato cello and strings D-WD 657
9 I. Non tanto allegro 4’56
10 II. Adagio 4’26
11 III. Alla breve: Fuga 4’46
Concerto grosso in C after Sonata Op.5 No.3 by Corelli D-WD 539*
12 I. Adagio 2’37
13 II. Allegro 1’55
14 III. Adagio 3’13
15 IV. Allegro 1’02
16 V. Allegro 2’28
 
Andrea Rognoni violin
Franziska Romaner cello
 
Concerto in D for obbligato cello and strings D-WD 650
17 I. Allegro 4’04
18 II. Adagio 3’30
19 III. Allegro 5’11
 
Ensemble Cordia
Stefano Veggetti cello (1–3, 9–11, 17–19) & conductor
 
* world premiere recordings
 
 
Total time 63’23
 
Recording: 5–7 August 2011, Kiens, South Tyrol, Italy
 
 
CD32
Giovanni Benedetto Platti c.1692–1763
Sonatas and Trios
Sonata à Oboe, Violoncello e Basso in G minor
1 I. Adagio 2’48
2 II. Allegro 3’26
3 III. Adagio 2’54
4 IV. Allegro 3’38
Sonata à Violoncello Solo e Basso
Continuo in D minor
5 I. Largo 1’59
6 II. Allegro 1’56
7 III. Adagio 2’00
8 IV. Fuga: A tempo giusto 1’49
Trio con Oboe e Faghotto Obligato
(e Basso Continuo) in C minor
9 I. Adagio 2’42
10 II. Allegro 3’03
11 III. Adagio 1’43
12 IV. Allegro 2’06
Sonata à Violoncello Solo e Basso
Continuo in G minor*
13 I. Adagio 3’19
14 II. Non presto 2’27
15 III. Largo 2’50
16 IV. Allegro 1’43
Sonata à Oboe Solo e Basso
Continuo in C minor
17 I. Adagio assai 2’08
18 II. Allegro assai 3’34
19 III. Non tanto adagio 3’14
20 IV. Giga: Presto 2’03
Sonata a tre cioè Violino overo Oboe,
Violoncello e Basso in G
21 I. Adagio 2’55
22 II. Allegro 4’23
23 III. Largo 2’37
24 IV. Allegro 4’06
 
 
Ensemble Cordia
Alfredo Bernardini oboe (Paul Orriols, La Geltrú after Thomas Stanesby Jr, London, c.1730)
Stefano Veggetti cello (5–8, 13–16) (Nicola Gagliano, Naples, 1737); cello piccolo (1–4, 21–24)
(Johannes Jais, Bulsani in Tyrol, 1776)
Alberto Grazzi bassoon (P. de Koningh, 1999 after J.H. Eichentopf, first half 18th century)
Franziska Romaner cello continuo (Italian Basset, 18th century)
Anna Fontana harpsichord (G. Facchini & A. Martini, Ravenna, 2000 after Italian anon., first half 18th century)
 
 
* world premiere recording
 
 
Total time 65’38
 
Recording: 2–4 November 2005, Verein Haus St Georgen, South Tyrol, Italy
 
 
CD33
Giovanni Battista Sammartini 1701–1775
Late Symphonies
Symphony in A JC63
1 I. Presto 4’16
2 II. Andante piano 4’16
3 III. Presto 3’10
Symphony in D JC22
4 I. Presto 4’44
5 II. Assai andante 2’22
6 III. Allegrissimo 2’54
Quintet No.5 in E for 3 violins, viola, cello and basso continuo
7 I. Allegrissimo 3’35
8 II. Allegrino 4’55
9 III. Allegro moderato 4’13
Symphony in E JC31
10 I. Allegro assai 5’31
11 II. Andante 2’43
12 III. Allegro spiritoso e brillante 2’41
Symphony in A JC60
13 I. Allegro moderato 5’45
14 II. Allegrino 3’40
15 III. Allegro brillante 3’25
 
Accademia d’Arcadia on period instruments
Alessandra Rossi Lürig conductor
 
Total time 58’41
 
Recording: 4–9 July 2005 & 1–4 November 2005, Chiesa di San Vincenzo, Eupilio, Italy
 
 
CD34
Giovanni Battista Sammartini 1701–1775
Late Symphonies
Symphony in D JC11
1 I. Allegro maestoso 5’05
2 II. Andante 3’29
3 III. Presto 2’18
Symphony in E flat JC28
4 I. Allegro assai 4’42
5 II. Andante allegrino 3’30
6 III. Allegrissimo 2’52
Symphony in D JC17
7 I. Spiritoso assai 2’49
8 II. Andante allegrino 5’07
9 III. Presto 1’59
Symphony in G JC40
10 I. Presto 5’14
11 II. Allegrino 2’08
12 III. Presto 2’20
Symphony in E flat JC26
13 I. Allegro assai 6’03
14 II. Allegrino 2’37
15 III. Allegrissimo 3’25
 
Accademia d’Arcadia on period instruments
Alessandra Rossi Lürig conductor
 
 
Total time 53’51
 
Recording: 3–6 October 2008, Chiesa di San Vincenzo, Eupilio, Italy
 
 
CD35
Giuseppe Sammartini 1695–1750
Recorder Concertos and Sonatas
Concerto in F for recorder and strings
1 I. Allegro 4’00
2 II. Siciliano 5’09
3 III. Allegro 4’00
Sonata in No.11 in F for recorder and strings (Parma Manuscript)
4 I. Andante 3’23
5 II. Allegro 2’36
6 III. Adagio 2’01
7 IV. Andante – Allegro 5’04
Sonata in B flat No.21 for recorder and basso continuo (Sibley Manuscript)
8 I. Allegro 3’34
9 II. Adagio 2’06
10 III. Allegro 2’05
 
Giovanni Battista Sammartini 1701–1775
Sonata in D minor for harpsichord
(Ms.I-Bc Mart. 2.4.18)
11 I. Andantino 4’35
 
Giuseppe Sammartini
Sonata in F No.23 for recorder and
basso continuo (Sibley Manuscript)
12 I. Andante 3’34
13 II. Allegro 2’50
14 III. Adagio 1’50
15 IV. Andante 2’24
Sonata in A minor for cello and
basso continuo
16 I. Andante 5’35
17 II. Allegro 2’38
18 III. Menuetto 3’02
Trio Sonata in G Op.1 No.4 for
2 recorders and basso continuo
19 I. Spiritoso 4’57
20 II. Andante 3’20
21 III. Allegro 2’42
 
Collegium Pro Musica
Stefano Bagliano recorder and conductor
Manuel Staropoli recorder
Federico Guglielmo, Valerio Giannarelli violin
Marco Diatto viola · Alberto Pisani cello
Diego Cantalupi theorbo · Andrea Coen harpsichord
 
 
Total time 71’34
 
 
Recording: 28–30 September 2008, Church of Santa Maria del Prato, Genoa, Italy
 
 
CD36
Federico Maria Sardelli b.1963
Baroque Concertos · Psalm · Chamber Music
Domine ad adjuvandum me (2013)
Psalm 69 for soprano, strings and basso continuo
1 I. Domine ad adjuvandum me: 2’25
Allegro molto
2 II. Sicut erat in principio:
Andante molto 3’42
3 III. Gloria Patri: Largo 1’12
4 IV. Amen: Allegro assai 1’49
 
Roberta Mameli soprano
 
Concerto in G minor for oboe,
strings and basso continuo (2013)
5 I. Allegro 4’03
6 II. Largo 1’42
7 III. Allegro 3’11
 
Paolo Pollastri oboe
 
Concerto in B minor for violin,
strings and basso continuo (2011)
8 I. Allegro ma poco 5’04
9 II. Largo 3’13
10 III. Allegro 3’11
 
Anton Martynov violin
 
Concerto in G minor for cello,
strings and basso continuo (2008)
11 I. Andante molto 5’37
12 II. Adagio 3’29
13 III. Allegro ma poco 3’36
 
Vittorio Ceccanti cello
 
Concerto in A for strings and basso continuo
(2008) (excerpts)
14 I. Allegro 1’43
15 II. Largo 1’19
16 Fuga del Sepolcro a 4 in A minor (2011) 2’53
for strings and basso continuo
17 Fuga Postale a 4 in G (2007) 2’39
for strings and basso continuo
18 Fuga Arguta a 4 in B flat (2012) 2’40
for strings and basso continuo
Suite de Pièces pour le Clavecin (2013) (excerpts)
19 La Lunatique 5’23
20 Le Plaintif 4’12
21 L’Étonnement 3’06
22 Tambourin I & II 3’04
 
Giulia Nuti harpsichord
 
 
Modo Antiquo
Federico Maria Sardelli conductor
 
 
Total time 69’28
 
Recording: 7–9 May 2013, Oratorio di S. Francesco Poverino, Florence
 
 
CD37
Alessandro Scarlatti 1660–1725
12 Sinfonie di concerto grosso (1715)
Sinfonia No.2 in D ‘Concertata con li ripieni’ for recorder, trumpet, strings and basso continuo
1 I. Spiritoso 0’58
2 II. Adagio 1’02
3 III. Allegro 1’59
4 IV. Adagio 1’26
5 V. Presto 2’01
Sinfonia No.3 in D minor for recorder,
strings and basso continuo
6 I. Vivace 0’39
7 II. Adagio 1’37
8 III. Andante 2’05
9 IV. Adagio 1’16
10 V. Allegro 1’50
Sinfonia No.6 in A minor for recorder,
strings and basso continuo
11 I. Vivace 0’38
12 II. Adagio 1’42
13 III. Allegro 2’05
14 IV. Adagio 1’43
15 V. Allegro 1’05
Sinfonia No.7 in G minor for recorder,
strings and basso continuo
16 I. Moderato 0’52
17 II. Moderato 2’41
18 III. Grave 2’09
19 IV. Allegro 1’09
Sinfonia No.8 in G for recorder, strings and
basso continuo
20 I. Allegrissimo 0’56
21 II. Adagio 1’20
22 III. Allegro 1’45
23 IV. Adagio 1’04
24 V. Vivace 1’13
Sinfonia No.12 in C minor ‘La geniale’
for recorder, strings and basso continuo
25 I. Adagio e staccato 1’50
26 II. Andante giusto 2’24
27 III. Adagio 2’17
28 IV. Andante moderato 2’20
 
Corina Marti recorder
Giuseppe Frau trumpet
 
Capella Tiberina on period instruments
Massimo Merone, Sonoko Asabuki,
Drissi Battah violin I
Gabriele Politi, Giancarlo Ceccacci,
Matthew Lonson, Céline Lamarre violin II
Gian Claudio Del Moro, Maria Antonietta Losito viola
Gioele Gusberti, Sarah Souza-Simon cello
Roberto Stilo double bass
Tiziana Azzone theorbo and Baroque guitar
 
Paolo Perrone concertmaster
Alexandra Nigito maestro al cembalo
 
 
Total time 44’32
 
Recording: 7–9 July 2014, Christkatholische Kirche, Möhlin, Switzerland
 
 
CD38
Alessandro Scarlatti 1660–1725
12 Sinfonie di concerto grosso (1715)
Sinfonia No.1 in F for 2 recorders, strings and basso continuo
1 I. Allegro 0’50
2 II. Adagio 0’54
3 III. Allegro 1’50
4 IV. Adagio 0’53
5 V. Allegro 1’19
Sinfonia No.4 in E minor for recorder,
oboe, strings and basso continuo
6 I. Vivace 0’51
7 II. Adagio 1’08
8 III. Allegro 1’43
9 IV. Adagio 1’35
10 V. Allegro 1’49
Sinfonia No.5 in D minor for 2 recorders,
strings and basso continuo
11 I. Spiritoso e staccato 1’11
12 II. Adagio 1’36
13 III. Allegro 2’14
14 IV. Adagio 1’35
15 V. Allegro assai 1’30
Sinfonia No.9 in G minor for recorder,
strings and basso continuo
16 I. Vivace 0’42
17 II. Adagio 1’23
18 III. Moderato 2’31
19 IV. Adagio 1’38
20 V. Allegrissimo 1’11
21 VI. Menuet 0’54
Sinfonia No.10 in A minor for recorder,
strings and basso continuo
22 I. Vivace 0’43
23 II. Adagio 1’26
24 III. Allegro 2’16
25 IV. Adagio 1’35
26 V. Allegrissimo 1’16
Sinfonia No.11 in C for recorder, strings and basso continuo
27 I. Spiritoso 0’43
28 II. Lento 2’00
29 III. Allegro 1’48
30 IV. Adagio 1’15
31 V. Allegro 1’27
 
Capella Tiberina on period instruments
Corina Marti recorder
Ann Allen oboe/recorder II
Paolo Perrone concertmaster
Alexandra Nigito maestro al cembalo (harpsichord/organ)
 
Christoph Rudolf, Massimo Merone, Coline Ormond, Lina Manrique violin I
Gabriele Politi, Alberto Caponi, Giancarlo Ceccacci, Rafael Maldonado violin II
Margreet van der Heyden, Matthew Lonson, Daniel Frisch viola
Sophie Lamberbourg, Sarah Souza-Simon, Zin Young Yi cello
Roberto Stilo, Federico Abraham double bass
Krishnasol Jimenez, Diego de Abrantes theorbo/Baroque guitar
 
 
Total time 44’15
 
Recording: 21–24 January, Christkatholische Kirche, Zuzgen, Switzerland
 
 
 
CD39
Alessandro Stradella 1639–1682
Complete String Sinfonias
Sinfonia in C No.1 for 2 violins and continuo
1 I. Grave – Allegro 2’06
2 II. Allegro 1’35
3 III. Largo 1’40
4 IV. Presto 1’36
Sinfonia No.8 in A minor for 2 violins and continuo
5 I. Allegro 0’52
6 II. Andante 2’32
7 III. Allegro 2’03
8 IV. Allegro 2’27
Sinfonia No.2 in D for 2 violins and continuo
9 I. Adagio – Allegro 1’49
10 II. Vivace 0’43
11 III. Grave – Presto 1’19
12 IV. Presto 1’42
Sinfonia No.5 in F for 2 violins and continuo
13 I. Allegro 1’18
14 II. Adagio 2’17
15 III. Largo – Allegro 2’12
16 IV. Presto 0’42
17 Sinfonia No.1 in D minor for violin, cello and continuo 8’02
Sinfonia No.3 in D for 2 violins and continuo
18 I. Allegro 1’18
19 II. Allegro 1’30
20 III. Adagio 2’59
21 IV. Allegro 2’30
22 V. Presto 0’59
Sinfonia No.7 in G for 2 violins and continuo
23 I. Largo 1’52
24 II. Vivace 1’23
25 III. Allegro 1’12
26 IV. Allegro 0’51
Sinfonia No.9 in A minor for 2 violins and continuo
27 I. Largo – Allegro 1’30
28 II. Presto – Adagio 0’42
29 III. Allegro 0’53
30 IV. Presto 1’31
31 Sinfonia No.2 in B flat 6’27
Sinfonia No.4 in D for 2 violins and continuo
32 I. Grave – Allegro 1’13
33 II. Allegro 1’06
34 III. Largo 1’06
35 IV. Presto 0’43
Sinfonia No.6 in F for 2 violins and continuo
36 I. Grave – Allegro 1’43
37 II. Largo 1’32
38 III. Allegro 1’14
39 IV. Presto 1’37
 
Ensemble Arte Musica
Marco Piantoni · Nunzia Sorrentino violin
(Montanucci & Rivoli, 2013, after Giovanni Paolo Maggini, c.1620; Loeiz Honoré, 1994, after Stradivari)
Rebeca Ferri cello (André Mehler, 2011, after Martinus Kaiser, 1679)
Francesco Cera harpsichord (Formentelli, 1987 after Cristofori, c.1690) and organ (Anon., Neapolitan School, 1772)
 
 
Recording: 30 May–2 June 2015, Refectory Room of the Franciscan Convent, Lustra Cilento, Italy
 
 
CD40
Alessandro Stradella 1639–1682
Opere Strumentali
Sonata in D for 8 violas and trumpet
1 Allegro – Aria – Allegro – Aria 7’19
2 Sonata a quattro in D 2’29
for 2 violins and 2 cornetts, divided
into 2 groups
Concerto Grosso No.24 in D for violas
3 Adagio, Allegro – Largo, Allegro – Allegro 7’45
Sonata in B flat for violin, cello and basso continuo*
4 Andante mosso – Largo – Allegro – Andante – 7’32
Largo – Allegro moderato – Allegro
5 Sonata in A minor for violin and basso continuo† 14’22
Theme with 24 Variations
 
 
G. Adamo, W. Bignami, G. Nalesso, F. Zampieri violins
G. Alessandri, F. Borgatti, A. Burattin violas
F. Bruni, N. Cicoria, E. Emiliani basses
E. Fadini harpsichord
M. I. De Carli organ
E. Tarr, H. Eichorn trumpets and cornetts
 
Continuo
*A. Ephrikian violin
A. Pocaterra cello
M. I. De Carli organ
†M. Ferraris violin
E. Miori cello
M. I. De Carli harpsichord
 
Total time 39’39
 
Recording: 22–30 September 1971, Villa Litta, Milan, Italy, Villa Litta, Milan, Italy
CD41
Giuseppe Tartini 1692–1770
Sei Sonate Opera Prima, Libro Primo
Sonate a violino e violoncello e cimbalo
dedicate a Sua Eccellenza il Signor Girolamo
Ascanio da Giustiniani da Giuseppe Tartini
opera prima Amsterdam Spesa di Michele
Carlo Le Cène 1734
Sonata No.1 in A (A14)
1 I. Grave 1’42
2 II. Allegro 2’18
3 III. Adagio 0’25
4 IV. Presto 4’05
Sonata No.2 in F (F9)
5 I. Adagio 0’42
6 II. Allegro 2’00
7 III. Adagio 0’53
8 IV. Allegro assai 2’10
Sonata No.3 in C (C11)
9 I. Grave 2’06
10 II. Allegro 3’02
11 III. Adagio 1’01
12 IV. Allegro assai 4’10
Sonata No.4 in G (G17)
13 I. Grave 1’25
14 II. Allegro 3’02
16 IV. Allegro assai 2’53
Sonata No.5 in E minor (e6)
17 I. Largo 2’20
18 II. Allegro 3’15
19 III. Adagio 0’40
20 IV. Allegro assai 2’50
 
 
Sonata No.6 in D (D12)
20 I. Adagio 0’56
21 II. Allegro 3’03
22 III. Larghetto 3’08
23 IV. Allegro 1’53
 
Federico Guglielmo Baroque violin (Franz Xaverl, 1752)
 
L’Arte dell’Arco
Francesco Galligioni Baroque cello
Roberto Loreggian harpsichord
 
Recording: 5–7 October 2015, Abbazia di S.Maria di Carceri, Padua, Italy
 
 
CD42
Carlo Tessarini da Rimini c.1690–c.1767
Trio Sonatas Op.12 · Two Sonatas for flute and continuo
Sei Sonate a flauto traversiere, violino e
basso, opera XII, Paris s.d. (c.1745)
Due Sonate per traversiere e basso continuo
Trio Sonata Op.12 No.1 in G
1 I. Vivace 3’36
2 II. Largo 3’18
3 III. Allegro 2’16
Trio Sonata Op.12 No.2 in D minor
4 I. Spiritoso 3’17
5 II. Largo 2’58
6 III. Presto 1’35
Flute Sonata No.9 in A minor Op.2
7 I. Andante 1’24
8 II. Allegro 2’23
9 III. Largo cantabile 2’21
10 IV. Allegro 2’33
Trio Sonata Op.12 No.3 in B flat
11 I. Allegro 4’06
12 II. Andante siciliana 2’44
13 III. Allegro 2’25
Trio Sonata Op.12 No.4 in G
14 I. Vivace 2’26
15 II. Andante 2’51
16 III. Allegro 2’05
Flute Sonata No.6 in D Op.14
17 I. Allegro 3’11
18 II. Andante 1’54
19 III. Presto 3’25
Trio Sonata Op.12 No.5 in C
20 I. Allegro 3’20
21 II. Andante 2’30
22 III. Minuetto 1’29
Trio Sonata Op.12 No.6 in A
23 I. Vivace 2’17
24 II. Adagio 2’37
25 III. Allegro assai 1’41
 
Il Bell’Accordo Ensemble
Gabriele Formenti flute
Micol Vitali violin
Marlise Goidanich cello
Samir Suez theorbo and Baroque guitar
Luca Ambrosio harpsichord
 
 
Total time 64’47
 
Recording: 4–5 October 2008, Pieve Protoromanica, Palazzo Pignano, Cremona, Italy
 
 
 
CD43
Giuseppe Torelli 1658–1709
Complete Trumpet Concertos
Concerto ‘Estienne Roger’
1 I. Allegro 1’46
2. II. Adagio 1’54
3 III. Presto 1’25
Sonata G1
4 I. Andante 1’38
5 II. Allegro 1’28
6 III. Grave 1’41
7 IV. Allegro 1’31
Sinfonia G2
8 I. Allegro 1’00
9 II. Grave 1’49
10 III. Allegro 1’30
Sinfonia G3
11 I. Adagio 1’24
12 II. Grave – Allegro 1’47
13 III. Allegro 1’01
Sinfonia G4
14 I. Presto 1’01
15 II. Adagio e spiccato – Presto 0’55
16 III. Allegro 1’00
Sonata G5
17 I. Adagio 0’37
18 II. Allegro e staccato 1’18
19 III. Adagio 0’30
20 IV. Allegro 0’56
Sonata G6
21 I. Vivace 1’12
22 II. Adagio – Largo 0’48
23 III. Allegro come stà 1’46
Sonata G7
24 I. Grave – Allegro 1’09
25 II. Grave 1’16
26 III. Allegro 1’07
27 IV. Grave 0’26
28 V. Allegro 1’20
Sinfonia G8
29 I. Allegro 1’45
30 II. Adagio 0’33
31 III. Allegro 0’41
32 IV. Allegro 1’39
Sinfonia in D G9
33 I. Allegro 2’03
34 II. Prestissimo – Adagio 0’35
35 III. Allegro 1’16
Sinfonia in D G10
36 I. Allegro 1’08
37 II. Presto – Adagio 0’51
38 III. Allegro 0’52
39 IV. Adagio – Allegro 1’42
 
Thomas Hammes trumpet I
Peter Leiner trumpet II
 
European Chamber Soloists
Nicol Matt conductor
 
Total time 48’21
 
Recording: 28 June–1 July 2004, Sendesaal Villa Berg des Südwestrundfunks (SWR), Stuttgart, Germany
 
 
 
 
CD44
Giuseppe Torelli 1658–1709
Complete Trumpet Concertos
Sinfonia con Tromba G11
1 I. Allegro 1’36
2. II. Presto – Adagio 0’30
3 III. Allegro 1’34
Sonata in D G13
4 I. Allegro 1’33
5 II. Largo – Allegro – Largo 1’38
6 III. Allegro 1’11
Sinfonia avanti l’Opera G14
7 I. Allegro 1’13
8 II. Largo e spicco 0’30
9 III. Allegro 0’59
Sonata a cinque G15
10 I. Presto 0’36
11 II. Adagio – Presto 1’08
12 III. Allegro 0’46
Sinfonia con Trombe é Violini G16
13 I. Allegro 1’52
14 II. Grave – Allegro 1’22
15 III. Allegro 1’48
Concerto con Trombe G18
16 I. Largo assai 1’01
17 II. Allegro 2’02
18 III. Adagio e staccato 1’54
19 IV. Allegro 1’54
Sinfonia con Trombe G20
20 I. Allegro 1’43
21 II. Adagio – Largo e staccato 1’05
22 III. Allegro 1’13
23 IV. Allegro 1’11
Sinfonia con due Trombe G21
24 I. Presto 1’17
25 II. Adagio e staccato – Allegro staccato e piano 1’00
26 III. Allegro 1’43
Sinfonia con due Trombe é Instrumenti G22
27 I. Vivace e staccato 0’51
28 II. Largo e staccato – Vivace – Grave 1’07
29 III. Allegro 2’11
Sinfonia in D G23
30 I. Allegro 2’19
31 II. Largo – Allegro 1’48
32 III. Vivace 2’14
Concerto in D G24 for 2 trumpets and basso continuo
33 I. Allegro 2’23
34 II. Largo e staccato – Presto 1’48
35 III. Allegro 1’48
 
Thomas Hammes trumpet I
Peter Leiner trumpet II
 
European Chamber Soloists
Nicol Matt conductor
 
Total time 50’56
 
Recording: 28 June–1 July 2004, Sendesaal Villa Berg des Südwestrundfunks (SWR), Stuttgart, Germany
 
 
 
 
 
CD45
Francesco Maria Veracini 1690–1768
Violin Sonatas from unpublished manuscripts
Sonata in D minor for violin and basso continuo
1 I. Andante 2’59
2 II. Allegro 3’49
3 III. Adagio 2’23
4 IV. Allegro 2’51
5 Canon ‘Indovinala grillo’* 0’34
from Il trionfo della pratica musicale,
Florence, c.1765
6 Prelude in G for harpsichord 3’21
(improvisation by F. Del Sordo)
Sonata in G for violin and basso continuo**
7 I. Adagio 3’05
8 II. Presto 2’34
9 III. [Largo] 1’10
10 IV. Presto 1’51
11 Canon ‘Chi semina virtù, fama raccoglie’* 0’28
from Il trionfo della pratica musicale
Sonata in A for solo violin*
12 I. Allegro 4’20
13 II. Largo 2’45
14 III. Allegro 6’04
15 Prelude in B flat for harpsichord 2’33
(improvisation by F. Del Sordo)
Sonata in B flat for violin and basso continuo*
16 I. Overtura: Sostenuto – Allegro – Sostenuto 4’51
17 II. Allemande: Vivace 3’16
18 III. Corrente 2’43
19 IV. Cantabile 3’44
20 V. Giga: Allegro 2’54
21 Prelude in D minor for violin 1’37
(improvisation by V. Losito)
Sonata in D minor for violin and basso continuo
22 I. Andante 1’37
23 II. Allegro 1’17
24 III. Cantabile 3’34
25 IV. Allegro 2’12
26 Canon ‘Ut relevet miserum fatum’ 2’20
from Sonate Accademiche Op.2, 1744
 
 
Valerio Losito Baroque violin
Federico del Sordo harpsichord
 
 
* world premiere recording
** first commercial recording
 
 
Total time 71’08
 
Recording: October 2013, Chiesa di S. Domenico, Rieti, Italy
 
 
 
CD46
Giovanni Battista Vitali 1632–1692
Varie Sonate alla Francese e all’Itagliana a 6 Op.XI, 1684
Sonata in B flat
1 I. Capriccio primo: Vivace 1’56
2 II. Giga: Allegro 1’04
3 III. Capriccio per violone 3’42
4 IV. Gavotta: Presto 0’53
Sonata in F minor
5 I. Balletto in stile francese: Vivace 1’45
6 II. Corrente alla francese 1’19
7 III. Borea: Presto 1’01
Sonata in A minor
8 I. Capriccio secondo: Vivace 1’43
9 II. Giga: Allegro 1’00
10 III. Gavotta: Presto 1’07
Sonata in C minor
11 I. Balletto per camera primo: Largo 2’58
12 II. Zoppa: Allegro 1’02
13 III. Gavotta: Presto 1’04
Sonata in A flat
14 I. Capriccio terzo: Allegro 2’01
15 II. Balletto secondo per camera: Vivace 1’20
16 III. Giga: Allegro 1’00
Sonata in C
17 I. Introduzione: Largo – Vivace 2’07
18 II. Balletto: Allegro 1’53
19 III. Borea: Presto 0’58
20 IV. Ciacona per violone 2’00
Sonata in E
21 I. Balletto: Vivace 1’59
22 II. Giga: Allegro 1’03
23 III. Gavotta: Presto 1’05
Sonata in D
24 I. Capriccio: Allegro 1’44
25 II. Giga: Allegro 1’36
Sonata in G
26 I. Introduzione: Largo – Allegro 2’01
27 II. Giga: Allegro 1’06
28 III. Sarabanda: Presto 0’58
Sonata in E minor
29 I. Introduzione: Largo 3’24
30 II. Balletto: Vivace 1’16
31 III. Giga: Allegro 1’26
Sinfonia a 6 in D minor
32 Grave – Adagio – Presto 4’47
33 Toccata for solo violin 1’25
34 Grave a 6 1’52
(Omaggio a Vitali di Luigi Cozzolino)
35 Barabano 2’01
 
 
Luigi Cozzolino maestro di concerto
SEMPERCONSORT
Anna Noferini violin II · Luca Giardini violin III
Flavio Flaminio viola · Oliviero Ferri tenor viola
Riccardo Coelati violone
Gabriele Micheli spinetta and organ
Gianluca Lastraioli theorbo and guitar
 
 
Total time 60’04
 
 
Recording: 9–11 August 2008, Villa di Bivigliano, Bivigliano, Florence
 
 
 
 
CD47
Antonio Vivaldi 1678–1741
Il cimento dell’armonia e dell’inventione Op.8
12 Concerti a 4 e 5 e Consacrati
all’Illustrissimo Signor Conte Venceslao
di Morzin (Amsterdam, 1725)
Concerto No.1 in E RV269 ‘La primavera’
for violin, strings and basso continuo
1 I. Allegro 3’09
2 II. Largo 2’37
3 III. Allegro 3’42
Concerto No.2 in G minor RV315 ‘L’estate’
for violin, strings and basso continuo
4 I. Allegro non molto – Allegro 5’04
5 II. Adagio – Presto – Adagio –
Presto – Adagio – Presto –
Adagio – Presto – Adagio 2’39
6 III. Presto 2’43
Concerto No.3 in F RV293 ‘L’autunno’
for violin, strings and basso continuo
7 I. Allegro – Larghetto – Allegro asssai 4’30
8 II. Adagio molto 2’11
9 III. Allegro 3’16
Concerto No.4 in F minor RV297 ‘L’inverno’
for violin, strings and basso continuo
10 I. Allegro non molto 3’22
11 II. Largo 1’42
12 III. Allegro – Lento 3’09
Concerto No.5 in E flat RV253 ‘La tempesta di mare’
for violin, strings and basso continuo
13 I. Presto – Allegro 2’36
14 II. Largo 2’40
15 III. Presto 3’34
Concerto No.6 in C RV180 ‘Il piacere’
for violin, strings and basso continuo
16 I. Allegro 2’48
17 II. Largo e cantabile 2’26
18 III. Allegro 2’32
 
 
Federico Guglielmo solo violin & concertmaster
Pier Luigi Fabretti solo oboe*
 
L’Arte dell’Arco
Isabella Bison violin I · Mauro Massa violin II
Mario Paladin viola · Luigi Puxeddu cello
Alessandro Pivelli violone and double bass
Roberto Loreggian harpsichord and chamber organ
Ivano Zanenghi theorbo and Baroque guitar
 
 
Total time 54’49
 
Recording: 19–21 June 2014, Abbazia di Carceri d’Este, Padua, Italy
 
 
 
CD48
Antonio Vivaldi 1678–1741
Oboe Concertos
Concerto in C RV449 Op.8 No.12
1 I. Allegro 2’57
2 II. Largo 2’52
3 III. Allegro 3’16
Concerto in G minor RV460 Op.11 No.6
4 I. Allegro non tanto 3’43
5 II. Largo 3’02
6 III. Allegro non molto 3’35
Concerto in B flat RV465 Op.7 No.1
7 I. Allegro 2’16
8 II. Adagio 1’42
9 III. Allegro 1’50
Concerto in F RV456 ‘Harmonia Mundi’*
10 I. Largo 3’41
11 II. Allegro – Adagio 2’34
12 III. Presto 1’56
Concerto in D minor RV454 Op.8 No.9
13 I. Allegro 2’58
14 II. Largo 2’16
15 III. Allegro 2’43
Concerto in B flat RV464 Op.7 No.7
16 I. Allegro 2’40
17 II. Largo 1’42
18 III. Allegro 1’48
 
 
Pier Luigi Fabretti oboe
(Pau Orriols, Vilanova i la Geltrú, 2008, after Thomas Stanesby Junior, c.1720)
 
 
L’Arte dell’Arco
Federico Guglielmo violin I & concertmaster
Carlo Lazari violin II
Mario Paladin viola · Luigi Puxeddu cello
Franco Catalini violone
Roberto Loreggian harpsichord and chamber organ
 
 
* first recording on original intruments
 
 
Total time 47’43
 
 
Recording: 1–3 February, 7–10 September & 3–6 November 2012, Abbazia di Carceri d’Este, Padua, Italy
 
 
 
CD49
Antonio Vivaldi 1678–1741
Complete Cello Concertos with strings and basso continuo
Concerto in D minor RV405
1 I. [Without tempo indication] 2’39
2 II. Adagio 3’47
3 III. Allegro 2’18
Concerto in G minor RV417
4 I. Allegro 2’41
5 II. Andante 3’53
6 III. Allegro 3’00
Concerto in D RV403
7 I. Allegro 2’48
8 II. [Without tempo indication] 1’41
9 III. Allegro 2’37
Concerto in F RV410
10 I. Allegro 3’19
11 II. Adagio, solo a piacimento 3’49
12 III. [Without tempo indication] 3’26
Concerto in A minor RV420
13 I. Andante 3’43
14 II. Adagio 3’23
15 III. Allegro 3’26
Concerto in G RV414
16 I. Allegro molto 3’27
17 II. Andante 2’47
18 III. Presto 3’12
Concerto in G minor RV416
19 I. Allegro 3’32
20 II. Adagio (Largo) 3’11
21 III. Allegro 2’47
 
 
Francesco Galligioni cello (Paolo Antonio Testore, Milan, c.1740)
 
L’Arte dell’Arco on original instruments
Federico Guglielmo violin I & concertmaster
Gianpiero Zanocco violin II
Simone Laghi viola
Giuseppe Barutti cello
Alessando Pivelli double bass
Roberto Loreggian harpsichord & chamber organ
Ivano Zanenghi theorbo
 
 
Total time 65’38
 
 
Recording: 20–23 January, 17–19 February, 14–16 April & 26–29 May 2014, Abbey of St Mary of Carceri, Padua, Italy
 
 
 
CD50
Francesco Maria Zuccari 1694–1788
Cello Sonatas
Sonata No.1 in D
(basso continuo: theorbo, harpsichord and Baroque double bass)
1 I. Preludio: Andante 1’44
2 II. Allegro spiritoso 5’05
3 III. Adagio 2’42
4 IV. Allegro assai 1’54
Sonata No.2 in B flat
(basso continuo: theorbo, organ and G violone)
5 I. Preludio: Andante 2’39
6 II. Moderato – Allegro 4’20
7 III. Presto 1’34
Sonata No.3 in G
(basso continuo: theorbo and organ)
8 I. Preludio: Andante 1’58
9 II. Allegro 2’05
10 III. Grave 2’48
11 IV. Presto, e sciolto 1’48
Sonata No.4 in A minor*
(basso continuo: theorbo, harpsichord and Baroque double bass)
12 I. Preludio 2’07
13 II. Allegro 4’41
14 III. Cantabile 2’15
15 IV. Allegro assai 2’31
Sonata No.6 in C*
(basso continuo: theorbo and G violone)
16 I. Preludio: Andante 2’25
17 II. Allegro 4’33
18 III. Cantabile 4’06
19 IV. Allegro assai 1’47
Sonata No.8 in D minor
(basso continuo: theorbo, harpsichord and Baroque double bass)
20 I. Preludio: Spiritoso e sciolto 2’07
21 II. Non tanto allegro 4’31
22 III. Adagiato 2’51
23 IV. Allegro assai 1’36
 
 
Mvsica Perdvta
Renato Criscuolo Baroque cello (Pierre Bohr, Milan, 2003, after Stradivarius model B)
& *five-string cello (Slawtoskij & Caravella, Vetralla, 2006 after Montagnana)
Luca Marzetti G violone (Caravella, Vetralla, 2010, after Gasparo da Salò) & Baroque double bass
(rest. Baborak, Vysoke 1996, after anon., late 18th century)
Michele Carreca theorbo
Alberto Bagnai harpsichord (Livi, after Andreas Ruckers) & organ (Amitrano, Rome, late 20th century)
 
Total time 64’24
 
Recording: 31 May–3 June 2010, Oratorio P.P. Barnabiti, Rome