Music from the 17th and 18th century. Today’s episode features instrumental baroque music by Giuseppe Tartini, Francesco Maria Veracini, Antonio Vivaldi and an anonymous composer. Everything is played on string instruments.
Giuseppe Tartini (1692-1770)
1. Sonata violin solo in D minor (Brainard d3)
I. Cantabile
II. Presto
III. Giga non-presto
IV. Andante
V. Presto
Performer: David Plantier, violin (Giovanni Battista Guadagnini, Parma, 1766)
(CD label Agogique No. AGO 020)
Anonymous manuscript 1722 Graaf Rudolf Franz Erwein von Schönborn’s collection (1677-1754)
2. Piece di Viola da gamba in D major
I. All Tempo apertura
II. Marsch
III. Aria
IV. Harlequinade
V. Menuett
VI. Gigue
Performer: Heike Johanna Lindner, viola da gamba
(CD label Pan Classics No. PC 10203)
Francesco Maria Veracini (1690-1678)
3. Violin sonata V in G minor from the collection ‘Sonate Accademiche a Violino Solo e Basso, Opera
seconda’ (London-Florence 1744)
I. Adagio assai – con grandissima gravità – Adagio assai
II. Capriccio VI con due soggetti, Allegro assai – Adagio assai
III. Allegro assai
IV. Giga, Allegro
Performers: Imaginarium Ensemble: Enrico Onofri, violin. Alessandro Palmeri, cello. Riccardo Doni, harpsichord
(CD label Passacaille No. 996)
Antonio Vivaldi (1670-1747)
4. Sonata Op. 2 No. 3 in D minor for violin and basso continuo
I. Preludio
II. Corrente
III. Adagio
IV. Giga
Performers: Ensemble Chiaroscuro: Fabrizio Haim Cipriani, violin Antonio Fantinuoli, cello. Giangiacomo Pinardi, theorbo
(CD label Concerto No. CD 2095)
Additional:
Johann Adolf Hasse (1699-1783)
5. Part 1 ‘Allegro’ from concerto for organ solo I in F major
Manuel Tomadin, organ
(CD label Bongiovanni GB 5169-2)
Photo: David Plantier
