Viola da gamba > Matteis, Nicola

False Consonances of Melancholy / Matteis, Beyer, Barciela, Lopes, Incogniti

1 CD / Zig Zag Territoires / 2009-10-13

Works: Nicola Matteis: Work(s); Diverse bizzarie Sopra la Vecchia Sarabanda o pur Ciaccona (from Ayres for the Violin); Aria amorosa; The False Consonances of Musick; Musica grave (from Ayrs for the Violin)...
Performers: Barciela, Baldomero; Beyer, Amandine; Lopes, Ronaldo [Guitar]; Romano, Frank
Conductors: Beyer, Amandine
Ensemble: Gli Incogniti

Amandine Beyer, who released a beautiful interpretation of Vivaldi's Four Seasons in 2008, now tackles some unknown pieces of Nicola Matteis....continue...
Recording information: Monastère de Tibaes (03/16/2009-03/20/2009)....continue...

[The Venice Collection] - An Excess of Pleasure & The Winged Lion / Palladian Ensemble

2 CD / Linn Records / 2009-06-30

Works: Marco Uccellini: Sonate, arie et correnti, Op 3; Sonate, arie et correnti, Op. 3; Sonate, correnti et arie, Op 4; Nicola Matteis: Ayres for the Violin; Ayres for the Violin, Book 4; Matthew Locke: Br...
Performers: Carter, William; Levine, Joanna; Podger, Rachel; Thorby, Pamela
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Ensemble: Palladian Ensemble

BBC Music Magazine
Sparkling playing with the sense of uninhibited joy which only technical mastery and unbridled imagination can generate.
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