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Ariosti - The Stockholm Sonatas II (Sonatas 8-14) | BIS BISCD1555

Ariosti - The Stockholm Sonatas II (Sonatas 8-14)

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Label: BIS

Cat No: BISCD1555

Barcode: 7318590015551

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Chamber

Release Date: 2nd July 2007

Contents

Artists

Thomas Georgi (viola d’amore)
Lucas Harris (archlute/baroque guitar)
Mime Yamahiro Brinkmann (cello)

Works

Ariosti, Attilio

Sonata no.8 in D minor
Sonata no.9 in G minor
Sonata no.10 in F major
Sonata no.11 in A minor
Sonata no.12 in E minor
Sonata no.13 in C major
Sonata no.14 in E flat major

Artists

Thomas Georgi (viola d’amore)
Lucas Harris (archlute/baroque guitar)
Mime Yamahiro Brinkmann (cello)

About

Thomas Georgi, a leading specialist on the viola d’amore, continues his labour of love following on from The Stockholm Sonatas I (BIS-CD-1535), in resurrecting the music of Attilio Ariosti (1666-1729), published by Ariosti in London as a set of ‘Lessons for the Viol d’Amour’. 
 
The works recorded on this disc were preserved in Stockholm, in a manuscript entitled Receuil de Pièces. Based on the Stockholm manuscript and using his considerable expertise in the music of the period as well as the viola d’amore itself, Georgi has made his own edition of the works. This recording comprises the first 7 of the 15 ‘sonatas’ contained in the Receuil, leaving the remainder for a final, third volume in the series. 
 
Highly regarded by his contemporaries, Ariosti has been more or less forgotten for more than two centuries, but now has now found an eloquent advocate. In his liner notes Georgi underlines Ariosti’s ‘remarkable twists of harmony, his witty way with silence as well as with notes, his preference for juxtaposition of contrasting material over development of a single idea’. 
 
The previous volume was praised by reviewers for its “beautiful, well-shaped and authentically-aware performances …captured in an excellent recording” (MusicWeb), while Classics Today applauded the “expert, committed performances throughout … it's doubtful their efforts could be bettered.”
 
On the present disc, Georgi is joined by lutenist Lucas Harris (who also participated on Volume I) and cellist Mime Yamahiro Brinkmann for another hour of first-class ensemble playing.

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