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Souvenirs d'Italie


A memory box . . .
Charles de Brosses wrote that, in Naples, musical tastes change every ten years or so! That variety of tastes and colours is the hallmark of this recording devoted to the staggeringly virtuosic music for recorder brought back from Italy by a nobleman sent there by the Emperor as Habsburg Viceroy in Naples. Hasse, Vinci, Sammartini, and the less familiar names of Piani, Fiorenza, Leo and Sarro represent these souvenirs of a six-year gilded exile, which Count Harrach preserved in his precious manuscripts.

La boîte à souvenirs…
Charles de Brosses avait écrit qu’à Naples, le goût musical change à peu près tous les dix ans ! Cette variété de goûts et de couleurs sonores constitue la marque d’un enregistrement tout à la gloire d’une musique pour flûte à bec éperdument virtuose, ramenée d’Italie par un comte envoyé là-bas par l’Empereur pour y représenter les intérêts des Habsbourg. Hasse, Vinci, Sammartini, mais aussi les noms moins connus de Piani, Fiorenza, Leo et Sarro peuplent ces souvenirs d’un exil doré de six ans dont le comte Harrach a gardé la trace dans de précieux manuscrits…

Reiseandenken...
Charles de Brosses hatte geschrieben, in Neapel wechsle der Musikgeschmack etwa alle zehn Jahre! Diese Vielfalt der Stile und des klanglichen Kolorits ist die Besonderheit einer Einspielung, in der eine unerhört virtuose Blockflötenmusik ihren ganzen Zauber entfaltet. Ein Graf, den der Kaiser dorthin geschickt hatte, um die Interessen der Habsburger zu vertreten, hatte sie aus Italien mitgebracht. Hasse, Vinci, Sammartini, aber auch weniger bekannte Namen wie Piani, Fiorenza, Leo und Sarro sind die Schöpfer dieser Andenken an ein sechsjähriges glanzvolles Exil, die der Graf Harrach in wertvollen Handschriften mit nach Hause gebracht hat...
 
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01 Recorder Concerto in F Major: I. Allegro 03:50 $ 0.69 USD
02 Recorder Concerto in F Major: II. [Siciliana] 05:47 $ 1.04 USD
03 Recorder Concerto in F Major: III. Allegro assai 03:19 $ 0.60 USD
04 Sinfonia a 3 05:33 $ 1.00 USD
05 Recorder Sonata in B-Flat Major: I. [Allegro] 02:31 $ 0.45 USD
06 Recorder Sonata in B-Flat Major: II. Adagio 04:48 $ 0.86 USD
07 Recorder Sonata in B-Flat Major: III. Allegro 02:26 $ 0.44 USD
08 Recorder Concerto in D Minor: I. Amoroso 04:28 $ 0.80 USD
09 Recorder Concerto in D Minor: II. Adagio 01:40 $ 0.30 USD
10 Recorder Concerto in D Minor: III. Allegro 01:21 $ 0.24 USD
11 Ciaccona a 3 04:48 $ 0.86 USD
12 Overture & Song from the Opera Elpidia: Allegro 01:49 $ 0.33 USD
13 Overture & Song from the Opera Elpidia: Adagio 00:43 $ 0.13 USD
14 Overture & Song from the Opera Elpidia: Allegro 01:25 $ 0.26 USD
15 Overture & Song from the Opera Elpidia: "Tortora che il suo
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16 Toccata XIII for cembalo in C Major 01:09 $ 0.21 USD
17 Recorder Sonata in A Minor: I. Amoroso e Largo 02:07 $ 0.38 USD
18 Recorder Sonata in A Minor: II. Allegro 01:27 $ 0.26 USD
19 Recorder Sonata in A Minor: III. Largo 02:14 $ 0.40 USD
20 Recorder Sonata in A Minor: IV. Allegro 01:01 $ 0.18 USD
21 Recorder Concerto in B-Flat Major: I. Allegro 02:19 $ 0.42 USD
22 Recorder Concerto in B-Flat Major: II. Adagio 03:12 $ 0.58 USD
23 Recorder Concerto in B-Flat Major: III. Allegro 02:02 $ 0.37 USD
24 Recorder Sonata No.4 in D Major: I. Preludio. Grave é
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25 Recorder Sonata No.4 in D Major: II. Corrente. Allegro é
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26 Recorder Sonata No.4 in D Major: III. Aria. Allegro 00:42 $ 0.13 USD
27 Recorder Sonata No.4 in D Major: IV. Andante 04:08 $ 0.74 USD
28 Recorder Sonata No.4 in D Major: V. Allegro 01:21 $ 0.24 USD
  Album total 72:23
ComposerAntonio Caldara
Antonio Maria Montanari
Fiorenza Nicola
Giovanni Antonio Piani
Giuseppe Sammartini
Johann Adolph Hasse
Lelio Colista
Leonardo Leo
Leonardo Vinci
Sarro Domenico
PerformerMaurice Steger
EnsembleInstrumental Ensemble

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