Phantasticus

Phantasticus
17th-century Italian Violin Music
Romanesca
Harmonia Mundi USA 907211

Contents:

  1. Giovanni Antonio Pandolfi (fl.1660-69): Sonata "La Monella Romanesca" - Op. IV, No. 3 (1660, Innsbruck)
  2. Giovanni Paolo Cima: Sonata per il Violino ("Concerti ecclesiastici - 1610, Milan)
  3. Castello: Sonata I ("Sonate concertate in stil moderno" Lib. II - 1629, Venice)
  4. Alessandro Piccinini (1566-c.1638): Romanesca con partite variate ("Intavolatura di liuto" Lib. I - 1623, Bologna)
  5. Cima: Sonata (1610)
  6. Castello: Sonata II (1629)
  7. Frescobaldi: Partite sopra l'aria della romanesca ("Toccate e partite" Lib. I - 1615, Rome)
  8. Fontana: Sonata V ("Sonata a 1, 2, 3" Op. post. - 1641, Venice)
  9. Kapsberger: Toccata I ("Libro IV d'intavolatura di chitarrone" - 1640, Rome)
  10. Fontana: Sonata IV (1641)
  11. Corradini: Sonata "La Sfondrata" ("Il primo libro de canzoni francese" - 1624, Venice)

Performers: Andrew Manze (violin), Nigel North (theorbo), John Toll (harpsichord, organ)

Playing time: 73'

Recording date: January 1997 (Newbury, UK)

This program is made to highlight the so-called "fantastic" style which arose in the early Baroque with the rise of a more virtuosic orientation.

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Todd M. McComb