Music for Strings in the Republic of Venice

Sonatori de la Gioiosa Marca

CDX 79707

1615 and 1630 - these are the two dates delimiting the period from which the pieces on this CD were drawn, and each marks both an end and a beginning. In 1615, Giovanni Gabrieli’s Canzoni et Sonate were published posthumously. His music was still being imitated fifty years later. The year 1630 saw Venice ravished by the plague. Fifty thousand people died, including many singers and musicians working at San Marco, the most important musical institution of Venice.

Works:

• Castello, D: Sonata XV
• Castello, D: Sonate XV & XVI per stromenti de arco
• Fontana, G B: Sonata XVI a tre violini
• Marini, B: Passamezzo concertato from Op. 8
• Marini, B: Sonata a tre violini in ecco
• Picchi: Canzone V a doi violini
• Rovetta: Canzoni I a 3, III & IV a 4
• Scarani: Sonata XV a 3
• Turini: Sonata a 3 Secondo tuono

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Muzyka klasyczna

Divox

13-11-2007

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