Corelli: Sonate da Chiesa

Corelli: Sonate da Chiesa
Opera Terza & Sonate Postume
Ensemble Aurora - Enrico Gatti
Arcana 902 (2 CDs)

Contents:

    Sonata Op. 3 II, in re maggiore
  1. Grave
  2. Allegro
  3. Adagio
  4. Allegro

    5. Sonata Op. 3 V, in re minore
  5. Grave - Andante
  6. Allegro
  7. Largo
  8. Allegro

    9. Sonata Op. 3 VI, in sol maggiore
  9. Vivace
  10. Grave
  11. Allegro
  12. Allegro

    13. Sonata Op. 3 VII, in mi minore
  13. Grave
  14. Allegro
  15. Adagio
  16. Allegro

    17. Sonata Op. 3 VIII, in do maggiore
  17. Largo
  18. Allegro
  19. Largo
  20. Allegro

    21. Sonata Op. 3 X, in la minore
  21. Vivace
  22. Allegro
  23. Adagio
  24. Allegro

    25. Sonata in la maggiore, WoO 5
  25. Grave
  26. Allegro
  27. Adagio
  28. Allegro

    29. Sonata in sol minore, WoO 9
  29. Largo
  30. Allegro
  31. Grave
  32. Allegro

    33. Sonata in sol minor, WoO 8
  33. Adagio
  34. Allegro
  35. Grave
  36. Vivace - Adagio - Vivace - Adagio
    Sonata Op. 3 XII, in la maggiore
  1. Grave - Allegro - Adagio - Allegro - Adagio
  2. Vivace
  3. Allegro - Adagio
  4. Allegro
  5. Allegro

    6. Sonata Op. 3 IX, in fa minore
  6. Grave
  7. Vivace
  8. Largo
  9. Allegro

    10. Sonata Op. 3 III, in si bemolle maggiore
  10. Grave
  11. Vivace
  12. Largo
  13. Allegro

    14. Sonata Op. 3 XI, in sol minore
  14. Grave
  15. Presto
  16. Adagio
  17. Allegro

    18. Sonata Op. 3 I, in fa maggiore
  18. Grave
  19. Allegro
  20. Vivace
  21. Allegro

    22. Sonata Op. 3 IV, in si minore
  22. Largo
  23. Vivace
  24. Adagio
  25. Presto

    26. Sonata in sol minor, WoO 7
  26. Largo - Adagio
  27. Allegro
  28. Grave
  29. Allegro

    30. Sonata in sol minor, WoO 6
  30. Adagio
  31. Allegro
  32. Vivace

    33. Sonata in sol minor, WoO 10
  33. Adagio
  34. Allegro
  35. Adagio
  36. Vivace

    37. Sonata in sol minor, WoO 4 (with trumpet)
  37. (Adagio)
  38. Allegro
  39. Grave
  40. (Spirituoso)
  41. Allegro

Performers: Enrico Gatti (violin), Odile Edouard (violin), Guido Morini (organ, harpsichord), Alain Gevreau (cello), Karl-Ernst Schröder (chitarrone), Gabriele Cassone (natural trumpet)

Playing time: 120'

Recording dates: September 1996 & 1997 (Grancey-le-Château)

Although the Concerti Grossi and solo violin sonatas have been more enthusiastically received today, the true trio sonatas with two soprano (violin) lines must rank as the most central in Corelli's output. The present selection includes the full Opus 3, as well as some remaining sonatas not found in the published collections.

The next Corelli recording by the present performers:

Corelli: Sonatas Op. 5
Ensemble Aurora - Enrico Gatti
Arcana 423 (2 CDs)

Other notable recordings devoted to Corelli's output of trio sonatas:

Corelli: Trio Sonatas, Op. 3
Smithsonian Chamber Players
Smithsonian Records 035
Corelli: Sonate da chiesa, Op. 1 & 3
London Baroque
Harmonia Mundi 901344/45 (2 CDs)
Corelli: Sonate da camera, Op. 2 & 4
London Baroque
Harmonia Mundi 901342/43 (2 CDs)
Corelli: Trio Sonatas, Op. 4
Il Ruggiero - Emanuela Marcante
Tactus 650303
Corelli: Sonate da chiesa, Op. 1
Ensemble Mensa Sonora - Jean Maillet
Pierre Vérany 703031

The previous Corelli series by the present ensemble:

Corelli: Sonate a tre, Vol. 1
Ensemble Aurora - Enrico Gatti
Tactus 650301
Corelli: Sonate a tre, Vol. 2
Ensemble Aurora - Enrico Gatti
Tactus 650302

Other recordings by this and similar ensembles:

Bach: Musicalisches Opfer
Ensemble Aurora - Enrico Gatti
Arcana 306
L'Arte del violino in Italia tra XVII e XVIII secolo - Vol. I
Ensemble Aurora - Enrico Gatti
Symphonia 90S02
A. Scarlatti: Il Lamento D'Olimpia
Ensemble Aurora - Enrico Gatti
Tactus 660001
Schmelzer: Sonata a 2, 3, 5, 6
da Sacro-Profanus Concentus Musicus e Duodena Selectarum Sonatarum
Ensemble Aurora - Enrico Gatti / Ensemble di viole Labyrinto - Paolo Pandolfo
Symphonia 91S07
A. Scarlatti: Lamentazioni per la Settima Santa
Cristina Miatello / Giao Paolo Fagotto / Ensemble Aurora - Enrico Gatti
Symphonia 92D17 (2 CDs)
Tientos y Batallas
Música violinística española del XVII
La Real Cámara - Emilio Moreno & Enrico Gatti
Glossa 920304

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Todd M. McComb