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  • Pietro Antonio Locatelli Op. 7 Concertos make the transition

    Feb 22nd, 2022 | By Ralph Graves
    Tags: Baroque music, CD Review, Classical music, Ensemble Baroque "Carlo Antonio Marino", Natale Arnoldi, Pietro Antonio Locatelli, Tactus

    This release presents the six concertos Pietro Locatelli published as his Opus VII. The year was 1741, and styles were changing. The concerto form of Vivaldi and Corelli were beginning to show their age. Style Galant was on the rise. In this collection, Locatelli transitions from his past into his present. That’s not to say […]

  • Engaging performances of Barbara Strozzi by Aurata Fonte

    Aug 23rd, 2021 | By Ralph Graves
    Tags: Aurata Fonte, Barbara Strozzi, Baroque music, CD Review, Classical music, early music, Tactus

    Barbara Strozzi (1619-1677) was a remarkable woman. This talented Venetian was a renowned singer and composer. She hosted gatherings in her father’s house for the city’s intellectuals and artists. This was her venue for performing. But she’s known today for something else — her music. Strozzi published eight collections of vocal music between 1644 and […]

  • Respighi Works for Flute and Orchestra work for me

    Jun 3rd, 2021 | By Ralph Graves
    Tags: CD Review, Classical music, contemporary classical music, Nicola Paszkowski, Orchestra Sinfonia Abruzzese, Ottorino Respighi, Roberto Fabriciani, Tactus

    Many people only know of Ottorino Respighi through his trilogy of tone poems celebrating Rome. This release helps fill out the composer’s profile with some very unusual works. With the exception of Gli Uccelli, these selections come from the early part of Respighi’s career. Those early works only exist in manuscript, and it’s not clear if […]

  • Rafaele Carpino sources Mauro Giuliani guitar works

    Nov 5th, 2020 | By Ralph Graves
    Tags: CD Review, Chamber music, Classical music, Mauro Giuliani, Rafaele Carpino, Tactus

    Mauro Giuliani was the pre-eminent guitar virtuoso of the early 19th Century. And, as was the practice, virtually all of his compositions were for his instrument. This release features six works, four of which in Giuliani’s favorite form — theme and variations. Guitarist Rafaele Carpino is also a historiographer of the instrument. For this recording, […]

  • Francesco Mancini Recorder Sonatas engage the ear

    Oct 13th, 2020 | By Ralph Graves
    Tags: Armonia delle Sfere, Baroque music, CD Review, Classical music, Daniele Salvatore, Francesco Mancini, Tactus

    Francesco Mancini’s collection of XII Solos for a Violin or Flute were first published in London around 1724. They proved so popular that the music went through at least three editions. As the title suggests, Mancini’s music was composed for either violin or flute. “Flute” was a somewhat generic term, and could apply to either […]

  • Italico Splendore serves Vitali well in new recording

    Aug 17th, 2020 | By Ralph Graves
    Tags: Baroque music, CD Review, Classical music, Giovanni Battista Vitali, Italico Splendore, Tactus

    Giovanni Battista Vitali is finally getting his due — thanks to this series from Tactus. The Italico Splendore Ensemble has been steadily making its way through Vitali’s published compositions. This release — the sixth — features the Soante a due violini, Op. 9, published in 1684. These are sonatas da chiesa (church sonatas). At the […]

  • Anonima Frottolisti demonstrate Humanism in music

    Jun 22nd, 2020 | By Ralph Graves
    Tags: Anonima Frottolisti, CD Review, Classical music, early music, renaissance music, Tactus

    I first fell in love with early music through recordings of David Munro. In many ways, the Anonima Frottolisti reminds me of those recordings. The ensemble performs with enthusiasm and energy. The album is a survey of music heard in 15th Century Italy. The Humanist movement grew out of a rediscovery of ancient Greek writings […]

  • Early Baroque gems from Varie Sonate of Giovanni Battista Vitali

    May 21st, 2020 | By Ralph Graves
    Tags: Baroque music, CD Review, Classical music, Giovanni Battista Vitali, Italico Splendore, Tactus

    For the average person, I think, the term “Italian Baroque” conjures up the music of Vivaldi. But the Italian Baroque really began around 1600, and it took a while for the music — and the instruments — to complete the transition from the Renaissance. What struck me most about this collection of sonatas by Giovanni […]

  • Pugnani Violin Concertos As They Were Meant To Be Played

    Jan 31st, 2018 | By Ralph Graves
    Tags: Alan Freiles Magnatta, CD Review, Classical music, Concerto, Gaetano Pugnani, Orchestra Nove Assonanze, Roberto Noferini, Tactus

      This recording is more remarkable then it appears at first hearing. Gaetano Pugnani was one of the most brilliant violinists of his age. At age ten he joined the Royal Chapel of Turin — as first violinist. And his career just kept getting better. As a virtuoso, he performed with the leading orchestras of […]

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