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Venezia 1625: The golden age of Venetian instrumental music

Label: Harmonia Mundi

Cat No: HMC902024

Barcode: 0794881910625

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Release Date: 30th March 2009

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Works

Fontana
Sonatas II, III, IV & VI a Violino solo

Uccellini
Symphonia XX La Virmingarda; Sonata XXVI sopra la Prosperina; Aria sopra la Bergamasca; Symphonia XIV La Foschina; Symphonia XVII La Stucharda; Sonata II detta la Luciminia contenta

Storace
Improvisation sopra la Ciaccona

Merula
Chiaccona Canzone a 2 Violini; Canzon XVII La Monteverde; Canzon La Pighetta; Canzon La Strada

Rossi
Sinfonia XI in eco a tre voci

Castello
Sonata II a Sopran solo

Piccinini
Toccata 2 Intavolatura di chitarrone

Artists

Maurice Steger (recorder)
Hille Perl (viola da gamba)
Lee Santana (chitarrone)
Naoki Kitaya (organ, harpsichord)
Sergio Ciomei (harpsichord, organ)
Thomas Boysen (theorbo, baroque guitar)
Mauro Valli (cello)
Margret Koll (baroque harp)
Thor-Harald Johnsen (baroque guitar)
Sabrina Frey (recorder)
Eva Borhi (violin)
Christian Beuse (dulcian)
Stefan Temmingh (recorder)
Peter Barczi (violin)

Conductor

Maurice Steger

Works

Artists

Conductor

Maurice Steger

About

Venice, 1625: the city of the doges is one of the principal artistic centres of Europe. At the Cappella San Marco, a profoundly original style of instrumental music is in the process of discarding all reference to the tradition of vocal polyphony. The era of Baroque stravaganze has begun! Now, in the hands of a supreme master of the recorder, this ultra-virtuosic art acquires a new lease of life.

Maurice Steger is one of the leading artistic personalities of his generation. He is a frequent guest soloist with leading Baroque ensembles such as the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, Musica Antiqua Köln, the English Concert, Europa Galante and I Barocchisti. His recordings have enjoyed great success and, in 2006, his interpretation of Telemann's Recorder Concertos with the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin for harmonia mundi won top awards from the international press. Unbeatable in this repertoire.

All instrumentations & realisations by Maurice Steger, played on period instruments, high Venetian pitch, A = 466 Hz, 1/6 meantone.