Early Italian Violin Music

Early Italian Violin Music
Musica Antiqua Köln - Reinhard Goebel
Archiv 2533 420 (1 LP)

Contents:

Giovanni Gabrieli (c.1555-1612):
- Sonata con tre violini (violin I-III; b.c.)
Salomone Rossi (1570-1630):
- Sonata sopra l'aria di Ruggiero (violin I/II; b.c.)
Giovanni Battista Fontana (?-1630):
- Sonata a tre violini (violin I-III; b.c.)
Biagio Marini (1597-1666):
- Passacaglio a 4 (violin I/II, viola; b.c.)
- Sonata sopra la Monica (violin I/II; b.c.)
- Eco a tre violini (violin I-III; b.c.)
- Capriccio (violin I/II; b.c.)
Carlo Farina (c. 1600-1649):
- Sonata detta la Polacca (violin I/II; b.c.)
Giovanni Battista Buonamente (late 16th century-1642):
- Sonata a tre violini (violin I-III; b.c.)

Playing time: 44'20

Performers: Reinhard Goebel, Hajo Bäß, Ingrid Seifert (violin); Charles Medlam (viola da gamba, cello); Jonathan Cable (violone); Henk Bouman (harpsichord, organ).

Recording date: 1978.

Comments: Rossi, Fontana, Marini and Buonamente reissued (Archiv 415 296-2 A H (1 CD)), together with Monteverdi's Il Combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda and Lamento d'Arianna, and Farina's sonata "La desperata" also taken from the Monteverdi LP. The other items have never been reissued.

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Maurizio Frigeni