Violinist Viktoria Mullova made two great decisions before she made this record. First, she decided to record not only Bach's canonical six sonatas for violin and harpsichord, but also his Sonata in G major for violin and continuo and his Trio Sonata in C major for violin and continuo -- the continuo in question being organ and viola da gamba and ...
Concerning the requirements of posterity, the work of German court composer Johann Gottlieb Graun has spent much of its time trying to extract itself from the long shadow of the music of Graun's much better-known younger brother, Carl Heinrich Graun. In addition, this is the reverse from the usual modus operandi of historic valuation; Carl ...
Johann Gottlieb Graun and his slightly younger brother Carl Heinrich Graun both worked in the Berlin-based court of Frederick the Great, whose musical cabinet also included Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach. Superficially, the music of the Grauns can seem similar enough that in terms of attribution, their works are often confused, particularly when "Graun ...
Short Tales for a Viol is an aptly titled collection of English solo viol music of the seventeenth century: it offers 25 short pieces (many under a minute long) that are vivid, virtuosic, and for the most part unusually programmatic. A few are pavans, preludes, or dances. These works offer examples of unusual stringed-instrument techniques such as ...
Rinaldo Alessandrini, founder and director of Concerto Italiano, is an advocate of an extreme flexibility of tempo in performing Monteverdi, and he cites the writings of the composer himself and his contemporaries on the use of sprezzatura (studied carelessness) in rhythmic vocal delivery. His performances have a wonderful naturalness and ...
Rinaldo Alessandrini, founder and director of Concerto Italiano, is an advocate of an extreme flexibility of tempo in performing Monteverdi, and he cites the writings of the composer himself and his contemporaries on the use of sprezzatura (studied carelessness) in rhythmic vocal delivery. His performances have a wonderful naturalness and ...
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