Dopo i successi delle registrazioniintegrali dedicate alle op. III e V di Arcangelo Corelli, Enrico Gatti & l’Ensemble Aurora si preparano a celebrare il 300° anniversario della morte del compositore fusignate con l’incisione integrale della sua ultima raccolta di sonate a tre, pubblicata a Roma nel 1694.
Per questa nuova interpretazione l’ensemble ha affiancato agli strumenti ad arco e all’arciliuto un clavicembalo italiano originale dell’epoca, con il suo diapason storico (a=400 hz.).
Ensemble Aurora
Enrico Gatti, maestro di concerto
Enrico Gatti and Rossella Croce, violins
Judith Maria Blomsterberg, cello
Gabriele Palomba, archlute
Fabio Ciofini, harpsichord
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Production details:
Recorded in Solomeo (Teatro Cucinelli), Italy, in June 2012
Engineered by Roberto Meo
Produced by Sigrid Lee
Executive producer: Carlos Céster
Booklet essay: Guido Olivieri (English – Français – Deutsch)
price: 24,90 € (2 CD)
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ARCANGELO CORELLI
Sonate à 3. Opera Quarta. Rome, 1694
CD I [42:20]
Sonata VI
1 Preludio. Adagio - Allegro - Adagio - Allegro - Adagio 2 Allemanda. Allegro
3 Giga. Allegro
Sonata XII
4 Preludio. Largo
5 Allemanda. Presto
6 Giga. Allegro
Sonata IV
7 Preludio. Grave
8 Corrente. Allegro
9 Adagio
10 Giga. Allegro
Sonata V
11 Preludio. Adagio
12 Allemanda. Allegro
13 Corrente. Vivace
14 Gavotta. Allegro [+ 2 Doubles]
Sonata I
15 Preludio. Largo
16 Corrente. Allegro
17 Adagio
18 Allemanda. Presto
Sonata X
19 Preludio. Adagio - Allegro - Adagio
20 Grave
21 Tempo di Gavotta. Presto
CD II [43:40]
Sonata III
1 Preludio. Largo
2 Corrente. Allegro
3 Sarabanda. Largo
4 Tempo di Gavotta. Allegro
Sonata VIII
5 Preludio. Grave
6 Allemanda. Vivace
7 Sarabanda. Allegro
Sonata VII
8 Preludio. Largo
9 Corrente. Vivace
10 Grave
11 Sarabanda. Vivace
12 Giga. Allegro
Sonata IX
13 Preludio. Largo
14 Corrente. Allegro
15 Grave
16 Tempo di Gavotta. Allegro
Sonata II
17 Preludio. Grave
18 Allemanda. Allegro
19 Grave
20 Corrente. Vivace
Sonata XI
21 Preludio. Largo
22 Corrente. Allegro
23 Allemanda. Allegro
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About this CD:
The appointment in 1689 of Pietro Ottoboni as Cardinal of San Lorenzo in Damaso marked the beginning of one of the most splendid epochs of patronage of the arts in Rome. A passionate lover of music, Ottoboni gave his protection to numerous musicians: Handel, Pasquini, Scarlatti and Caldara all at some point worked at the cardinal’s court. A few months after his election, Ottoboni took into his service the famous violinist Arcangelo Corelli, who was employed not only as first violin and leader for the instrumental music, but had complete control also over the sumptuous musical events.
It was his Op. 4, the final collection of trio sonatas, that Corelli presented in 1694 as the expression of gratitude for the protection he had received from Cardinal Ottoboni. The set of twelve sonatas constituted the culmination of a symmetrical production that alternated collections of church (Op. 1 and 3) and chamber sonatas (Op. 2 and 4) and helped to establish Corelli’s music as models in the definition of these two genres.
In a recording made in June 2012 in Solomeo, in the region of Umbria, Enrico Gatti infuses these works with his special elegance and lightness, with his Ensemble Aurora creating once more a reading of the highest order, which any admirer of the best of Baroque Italian music will wish to return to, again and again.