Specchio Veneziano (Venetian Mirror): Reali & Vivaldi | Alpha ALPHA771

Specchio Veneziano (Venetian Mirror): Reali & Vivaldi

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Label: Alpha

Cat No: ALPHA771

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Chamber

Release Date: 12th November 2021

Contents

Works

Reali, Giovanni Battista

Suonate e Capricci, op.1
» no.1 Sonata in D major
» no.2 Capricio in D minor
» no.4 Capricio in D major
» no.9 Sonata in D minor
» no.10 Capricio in A major
» no.12 Folia in D minor

Vivaldi, Antonio

Cello Sonata no.5 in E minor, RV40
Sonata for 2 violins and optional continuo in F major, RV68
Trio Sonatas (12), op.1
» no.1 in G minor, RV73
» no.12 in D minor (Variations on 'La Folia')

Artists

Le Consort
Victor Julien-Laferriere (cello)

Works

Reali, Giovanni Battista

Suonate e Capricci, op.1
» no.1 Sonata in D major
» no.2 Capricio in D minor
» no.4 Capricio in D major
» no.9 Sonata in D minor
» no.10 Capricio in A major
» no.12 Folia in D minor

Vivaldi, Antonio

Cello Sonata no.5 in E minor, RV40
Sonata for 2 violins and optional continuo in F major, RV68
Trio Sonatas (12), op.1
» no.1 in G minor, RV73
» no.12 in D minor (Variations on 'La Folia')

Artists

Le Consort
Victor Julien-Laferriere (cello)

About

Specchio veneziano or the Venetian mirror – this programme compares and contrasts two composers from the city of the Doges: on the one hand the celebrated Vivaldi, on the other a virtual unknown, Giovanni Battista Reali, who was born there in 1681, three years after Vivaldi, and died in 1751, ten years after his illustrious colleague. A violinist himself, he composed trio sonatas, including a very spectacular Folia, which Théotime Langlois de Swarte, Sophie de Bardonnèche, Hanna Salzenstein and Justin Taylor juxtapose with Vivaldi’s Folia, alongside other highly virtuosic pieces, many of them complete rediscoveries, since half of this programme has never been recorded before.

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