Venezia 1625 / Maurice Steger, et al

Label: Harmonia Mundi
Catalog No: HAR 902024
New Release: No
Previous Release: Yes
Domestic/Import: Domestic
Format: CD

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Release Date: 2009-04-14
Number of Discs: 1
Running time: 1 hr. 8 min.
Mono/Stereo: Stereo
UPC Code: 794881910625

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Works Summary

Fontana, Giovanni : Sonate per il violino, o altro istromento
Uccellini, Marco : Sinfonie boscareccie, Op.8
Uccellini, Marco : Sonate, correnti et arie, Op. 4
Uccellini, Marco : Sonate, arie et correnti, Op. 3
Storace, Bernardo : Selva di varie composizioni d'intavolatura per cimbalo ed organo
Merula, Tarquinio : Canzoni overo sonate concertate per chiesa e camera, libro terzo, Op. 12
Rossi, Salomone : Il quarto libro de varie sonate, sinfonie, gagliarde, brandi e corrente
Castello, Dario : Sonate concertate in stil moderno Book 2
Merula, Tarquinio : Il quarto libro delle canzoni da suonare, Op. 17
Piccinini, Alessandro : Intavolatura di liuto et di chitarrone, Book 1

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Remarks:

Venice, 1625: the city of the doges is one of the principal artistic centers of Europe. At the Cappella San Marco, a profoundly original style of instrumental music is in the process of discarding all reference to the tradition of vocal polyphony. The era of Baroque stravaganze has begun! Now, in the hands of Maurice Steger, a supreme master of the recorder, this ultra-virtuosic art acquires a new lease on life.
 



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Fantasy, fun and flamboyance: Maurice Steger
The brilliant Swiss recorder player Maurice Steger draws on his dazzling virtuosity, his zephyr-like timbre and his range of expression to vivify a corpus of music that has so far remained relatively unexplored. A full century before Vivaldi stole the show in Venice, the city enjoyed a golden High Renaissance thanks to the presence of Giovanni Gabrieli and other composers who exploited new potential in sonority, endowing the repertoire with choral and instrumental works of startling originality and richness. Steger has investigated the legacy of his cultural blossoming to devise a program with 1625 as its focal point. Here we are in post-Renaissance realms of the early Baroque, where ancient and modern styles continued to coexist, but fantasy, fun and flamboyance were very much to the fore. These are qualities that Steger exemplifies in his choice of pieces and in his delightful way of performing them. Nor is he alone. He is complemented by a group of first-rate exponents who add a kaleidoscope of colours etched in by chitarrone, theorbo, harp, dulcian, guitar and a range of other Baroque instruments that help illuminate and animate the vim and vigour of this music. This was a period in which the violin was coming into its own, and much of this music was written for it. But Steger takes his cue from the fact that instrumental forces were frequently unspecified or interchangeable to give a recital of unalloyed joy. Rating ***** (highest rating) Geoffrey Norris

Submitted on 05/21/09 by Marco Estefan 
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Fontana, Giovanni : Sonate per il violino, o altro istromento :: Sonata no 2

  • Performers: Sergio Ciomei (Harpsichord); Naoki Kitaya (Organ); Hille Perl (Viola da gamba); Lee Santana (Chitarrone); Maurice Steger (Treble Recorder)
  • Notes: Audio Engineer: Christian Sager.
  • Running Time: 6 min. 35 sec.
  • Period Time: Baroque


Uccellini, Marco : Sinfonie boscareccie, Op.8 :: Sinfonia no 20 "La Virmingarda"

  • Performers: Thor Harald Johnsen (Guitar); Peter Barczi (Violin); Eva Borhi (Violin); Sabrina Frey (Descant Recorder); Stefan Temmingh (Tenor Recorder); Thomas Boysen (Theorbo); Sergio Ciomei (Harpsichord); Naoki Kitaya (Organ); Margaret Köll (Harp); Maurice Steger (Descant Recorder); Mauro Valli (Cello)
  • Notes: Audio Engineer: Christian Sager.
  • Running Time: 2 min. 5 sec.
  • Period Time: Baroque
  • Form: Orchestral
  • Written: 1648


Uccellini, Marco : Sonate, correnti et arie, Op. 4 :: Sonata no 26 "La Proserpina"

  • Performers: Peter Barczi (Violin); Eva Borhi (Violin); Thomas Boysen (Theorbo); Sergio Ciomei (Harpsichord); Naoki Kitaya (Organ); Maurice Steger (Tenor Recorder); Mauro Valli (Cello)
  • Notes: Audio Engineer: Christian Sager.
  • Running Time: 4 min. 13 sec.
  • Period Time: Baroque


Uccellini, Marco : Sonate, arie et correnti, Op. 3 :: Aria no 5 "La Bergamasca"

  • Performers: Thor Harald Johnsen (Guitar); Peter Barczi (Violin); Sabrina Frey (Treble Recorder); Thomas Boysen (Guitar); Sergio Ciomei (Harpsichord); Margaret Köll (Harp); Maurice Steger (Treble Recorder); Mauro Valli (Cello)
  • Notes: Audio Engineer: Christian Sager.
  • Running Time: 3 min. 32 sec.
  • Period Time: Baroque
  • Written: 1645


Fontana, Giovanni : Sonate per il violino, o altro istromento :: Sonata no 3

  • Performers: Peter Barczi (Violin); Thomas Boysen (Theorbo); Sergio Ciomei (Organ); Margaret Köll (Harp); Maurice Steger (Tenor Recorder)
  • Notes: Audio Engineer: Christian Sager.
  • Running Time: 4 min. 56 sec.
  • Period Time: Baroque


Storace, Bernardo : Selva di varie composizioni d'intavolatura per cimbalo ed organo :: Chaconne in C major

  • Performers: Thor Harald Johnsen (Guitar); Thomas Boysen (Theorbo); Naoki Kitaya (Harpsichord); Margaret Köll (Harp)
  • Notes: Audio Engineer: Christian Sager.
  • Running Time: 1 min. 29 sec.
  • Period Time: Baroque


Merula, Tarquinio : Canzoni overo sonate concertate per chiesa e camera, libro terzo, Op. 12 :: Ciaccona

  • Performers: Thor Harald Johnsen (Guitar); Sabrina Frey (Descant Recorder); Thomas Boysen (Theorbo); Sergio Ciomei (Harpsichord); Naoki Kitaya (Organ); Margaret Köll (Harp); Maurice Steger (Descant Recorder); Mauro Valli (Cello)
  • Notes: Audio Engineer: Christian Sager.
  • Running Time: 2 min. 42 sec.
  • Period Time: Baroque
  • Written: 1637


Fontana, Giovanni : Sonate per il violino, o altro istromento :: Sonata no 4

  • Performers: Christian Beuse (Dulcian); Sergio Ciomei (Harpsichord); Naoki Kitaya (Organ); Maurice Steger (Descant Recorder)
  • Notes: Audio Engineer: Christian Sager.
  • Running Time: 4 min. 51 sec.
  • Period Time: Baroque


Uccellini, Marco : Sinfonie boscareccie, Op.8 :: Sinfonia no 14 "La Foschina"

  • Performers: Thor Harald Johnsen (Guitar); Peter Barczi (Violin); Eva Borhi (Violin); Thomas Boysen (Theorbo); Sergio Ciomei (Harpsichord); Naoki Kitaya (Organ); Margaret Köll (Harp); Maurice Steger (Descant Recorder); Mauro Valli (Cello)
  • Notes: Audio Engineer: Christian Sager.
  • Running Time: 2 min. 50 sec.
  • Period Time: Baroque
  • Form: Orchestral
  • Written: 1648


Rossi, Salomone : Il quarto libro de varie sonate, sinfonie, gagliarde, brandi e corrente :: Sinfonia no 11

  • Performers: Thor Harald Johnsen (Guitar); Stefan Temmingh (Tenor Recorder); Thomas Boysen (Theorbo); Naoki Kitaya (Organ); Margaret Köll (Harp); Maurice Steger (Treble Recorder)
  • Notes: Audio Engineer: Christian Sager.
  • Running Time: 1 min. 51 sec.
  • Period Time: Renaissance


Castello, Dario : Sonate concertate in stil moderno Book 2 :: Sonata no 2 à 3

  • Performers: Sergio Ciomei (Harpsichord); Maurice Steger (Treble Recorder)
  • Notes: Audio Engineer: Christian Sager.
  • Running Time: 5 min. 54 sec.


Uccellini, Marco : Sinfonie boscareccie, Op.8 :: Sinfonia no 17 "La Stucharda"

  • Performers: Thor Harald Johnsen (Guitar); Peter Barczi (Violin); Eva Borhi (Violin); Sabrina Frey (Descant Recorder); Stefan Temmingh (Descant Recorder); Christian Beuse (Dulcian); Thomas Boysen (Guitar); Sergio Ciomei (Harpsichord); Naoki Kitaya (Harpsichord); Margaret Köll (Harp); Maurice Steger (Descant Recorder); Mauro Valli (Cello)
  • Notes: Audio Engineer: Christian Sager.
  • Running Time: 1 min. 3 sec.
  • Period Time: Baroque
  • Form: Orchestral
  • Written: 1648


Merula, Tarquinio : Il quarto libro delle canzoni da suonare, Op. 17 :: Canzona no 17 "La Monteverde"

  • Performers: Christian Beuse (Dulcian); Hille Perl (Viola da gamba); Lee Santana (Chitarrone); Maurice Steger (Treble Recorder)
  • Notes: Audio Engineer: Christian Sager.
  • Running Time: 3 min. 26 sec.
  • Period Time: Baroque
  • Written: 1651


Merula, Tarquinio : Canzoni overo sonate concertate per chiesa e camera, libro terzo, Op. 12 :: Canzona "La Pighetta"

  • Performers: Thor Harald Johnsen (Guitar); Christian Beuse (Dulcian); Sergio Ciomei (Harpsichord); Naoki Kitaya (Harpsichord); Margaret Köll (Harp); Hille Perl (Viola da gamba); Lee Santana (Chitarrone); Maurice Steger (Descant Recorder); Mauro Valli (Cello)
  • Notes: Audio Engineer: Christian Sager.
  • Running Time: 5 min. 55 sec.
  • Period Time: Baroque
  • Written: 1637


Piccinini, Alessandro : Intavolatura di liuto et di chitarrone, Book 1 :: Toccata no 2

  • Performer: Lee Santana (Chitarrone)
  • Notes: Audio Engineer: Christian Sager.
  • Running Time: 2 min. 17 sec.
  • Period Time: Baroque
  • Written: by 1623


Fontana, Giovanni : Sonate per il violino, o altro istromento :: Sonata no 6

  • Performers: Naoki Kitaya (Organ); Lee Santana (Chitarrone); Maurice Steger (Treble Recorder)
  • Notes: Audio Engineer: Christian Sager.
  • Running Time: 6 min. 24 sec.
  • Period Time: Baroque


Merula, Tarquinio : Canzoni overo sonate concertate per chiesa e camera, libro terzo, Op. 12 :: Canzona "La Strada"

  • Performers: Eva Borhi (Violin); Christian Beuse (Dulcian); Sergio Ciomei (Harpsichord); Naoki Kitaya (Organ); Maurice Steger (Descant Recorder)
  • Notes: Audio Engineer: Christian Sager.
  • Running Time: 3 min. 14 sec.
  • Period Time: Baroque
  • Written: 1637


Uccellini, Marco : Sonate, correnti et arie, Op. 4 :: Sonata no 2 "La Luciminia contenta"

  • Performers: Eva Borhi (Violin); Hille Perl (Viola da gamba); Lee Santana (Chitarrone); Maurice Steger (Descant Recorder)
  • Notes: Audio Engineer: Christian Sager.
  • Running Time: 4 min. 3 sec.
  • Period Time: Baroque


 

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