Fontana, Giovanni Battista

Venetian Art 1600 - The New Instrumental Style by G.B. Fontana & G.B. Buonamente / Le Concert Brisé, Dongois

1 CD / Accent Import / 2012-11-04

Works: Giovanni Battista Buonamente: Sinfonia no 6 for cornet & ensemble; Gagliarda seconda; Corrente Ottava; Sonata Quarta à 2 (Book 6); Sonata no 9 à 3 ("Questo e quel luoco"); Sonata Prima ...
Performers: Bauml, Katharina; Dongois, William; Lohff, Carsten; Moran, Christine; Spaeter, Matthias
Conductors: Dongois, William
Ensemble: ; Le Concert Brisé

The first sonatas composed at the beginning of the seventeenth century reflect the fundamental change that has taken place in vocal music around 1700. Starting...continue...
Recording information: Berlin-Spandau, Johannesstift (07/14/2011-07/19/2011)....continue...

A tre violini / Cuiller, Stradivaria Ensemble

1 CD / Cypress / 2012-07-01

Works: Biagio Marini: Sonate, symphonie e retornelli, Op. 8; Ciaccona, for 3 violins & continuo; Giovanni Battista Fontana: Sonata no 16 for violin, 2 cornettos, harp & continuo; Giovanni Battista Buonament...
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Ensemble: Stradivaria

Recitar Cantando / Morini, Beasley, Accordone

1 CD / Cypress / 2012-07-01

Works: Cherubino Busatti: Angela siete; Giovanni Battista Fontana: Sonata no 16 for violin, 2 cornettos, harp & continuo; Sonata no 8 for 2 violins & continuo; Claudio Monteverdi: L'Orfeo; Madrigals, Book 7...
Performers: Beasley, Marco; Morini, Guido; Pavan, Franco; Rocco, Stefano
Conductors: Morini, Guido;
Ensemble: Accordone

Trombone Grande

1 CD / Accent Import / 2012-05-27

Works: Girolamo Frescobaldi: In partitura, il primo libro della canzoni ... no 7, basso solo, "detta la Tuccina" (la Superba), f; In partitura, il primo libro della canzoni ... no 22, canto e basso, "detta ...
Conductors: Becu, Wim
Ensemble: Oltremontano

Wim Becu, as the guiding spirit of the Ensemble Oltremontano and soloist on this CD, imbues the Baroque bass trombone with an unparalleled vitality and...continue...
Recording information: Elzenfeld Chapel, Antwerp, Belgium (01/03/2012-01/06/2012)....continue...

Castello & Fontana: Sonate Concertate in Stil Moderno / John, Holloway, violin; Mortensen, Gower

1 CD / ECM / 2012-05-08

Works: Dario Castello: Sonata settima, for 2 instruments & continuo no 7 in G major (Sonata Concertate I/7); Sonata prima, for 2 instruments & continuo no 1 in C major (Sonata Concertate I/1); Sonata ottava...
Performers: Gower, Jane; Holloway, John; Mortensen, Lars Ulrik

Musical scholarship hasn't much to tell us about Dario Castello and Giovanni Battista Fontana, the two Italian composers from the turn of the 17th century...continue...
Recording information: Propstei St. Gerold (06/2008)....continue...

New Music from the Seventeenth Century / Quicksilver, Robert Mealy, Julie Andrijeski, David Morris and Greg Ingles

1 CD / Acis Productions / 2011-11-08

Works: Dario Castello: Sonate concertate in stil moderno Book 2; Sonata for 3 instruments & continuo no 11 (Sonata Concertate II/11); Sonata undecima, for 3 instruments & continuo no 11 in D major (Sonata C...
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Ensemble: Quicksilver (Classical)

This exciting debut recording from Quicksilver, brings together the leading historically-informed performers in America today to explore the rich chamber music repertoire of the 17th...continue...
Recording information: Concert Hall of Drew University, Dorothy Young Center f (05/26/2011-05/28/2011)....continue...

Music for Strings in the Republic of Venice: 1615 - 1630: Strozzi, Picchi, Rovetta et al.

1 CD / Divox / 2011-10-25

Works: Giovanni Rovetta: Canzone no 3; Canzone no 4 in 4 parts; Canzone no 1 in 3 parts; Francesco Turini: Sonata à 3 "sopra la Monica"; Giovanni Battista Fontana: Sonata no 16 for violin, 2 cornettos,...
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Ensemble: Sonatori de la Gioiosa Marca

1615 & 1630, dates delimiting the period from which the pieces on this CD were drawn. Each marks both an end & a beginning. In...continue...

Latitude 37

1 CD / ABC Classics Import / 2011-07-26

Works: Laura Vaughan: Passamezzo antico, improvisation for ensemble (after Diego Ortiz); Folias, improvisation for ensemble (after Alessandro Piccinini); Amarilli mia bella, improvisation for ensemble (afte...
Performers: Blét, Guy Du; Martyn-Ellis, Simon; Rickard, Simon; Stagg, Siobhan
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Ensemble: Latitude 37

Recording information: Iwaki Auditorium (2010-08-29&2010-08-31_2010-)....continue...

Il Giardino Armonico play Bach, Biber, Corelli, Locke, Monteverdi, Rossi, Vivaldi

11 CD / Warner Classics / 2011-05-31

Works: Claudio Monteverdi: Il ritorno d'Ulisse in Patria; Dario Castello: Ciaccona; Sonata quarta, for 2 instruments & continuo no 4 in A minor (Sonata Concertate I/4); Sonate concertate in stil moderno Boo...
Performers: Dantone, Ottavio; Onofri, Enrico; Pianca, Luca
Conductors: Antonini, Giovanni
Ensemble: Il Giardino Armonico; Innsbruck Trumpet Consort

"Il Giardino Armonico's performances burst with freshness and prove how exciting original instruments can be" (USA Today). The career of Il Giardino Armonico, the award...continue...

Le Grazie del Violino: Nel Seicento Italiano

1 CD / Stradivarius / 2011-04-12

Works: Biagio Marini: Sonata no 4 for 2 violins; La Romanesca, for violin & continuo, Op. 3; Sonate, symphonie e retornelli, Op. 8; Bartolome de Selma y Salaverde: Canzona seconda (Canzoni, fantasie et corr...
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Ensemble: Arparla

Works for violin, basso continuo, and solo harp, taken from the 17th century Italian repertoire....continue...
Recording information: Asti, Italy (10/13/2008-10/17/2008)....continue...

Monteverdi: Vespers / Howarth

2 CD / Signum UK / 2011-04-03

Works: Claudio Monteverdi: Vespers of the Blessed Virgin; Dixit Dominus, motet for 6 voices and 6 strings (from Vespers), SV 206/2; Nigra sum sed formosa, antiphon for tenor (from Vespers), SV 206/3; Laudat...
Performers: Boden, Sam; Bury, Alison; Clegg, David; Davidson, Grace; Dougan, Eamonn; Gaunt, William; Hopkins, Kirsty; Long, Matthew [Vocals]; Mulroy, Nicholas; Travers-Brown, Timothy; Young, Stuart
Conductors: Howarth, Robert

This disc represents a new partnership between Signum Records and The Orchestra of the Age of the Enlightenment, one of London's and the world's leading...continue...
Recording information: Hall One, Kings Place, London, England (08/30/2010)....continue...

Violino o Cornetto

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 2011-02-08

Works: Giovanni Paolo Cima: Sonata for violin (or cornetto) & basso continuo; Sonata for violin, cello & harpsichord; Girolamo Frescobaldi: In partitura, il primo libro della canzoni ... no 3, canto solo, "...
Performers: Caudle, Mark; Caudle, Theresa; Miller, David [Lute/Baroque Guitar]; Ross, Alastair
Conductors: Caudle, Theresa
Ensemble: ; St. George's Canzona

Recording information: East Woodhay, Hampshire, England (11/24/2008-11/26/2008)....continue...

Per Flauto / Ganassi Consort Köln.

1 CD / MD&G / 2011-01-25

Works: Giovanni Battista Fontana: Sonata no 15a for violin (or cornetto) & basso continuo (from "Sonate à 1, 2, 3..."); Bartolome de Selma y Salaverde: Canzona; Susanne Un Jour; Girolamo Frescobaldi: I...
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Ensemble: Ganassi Consort Köln

A gem from the early days of digital recording technique is heard here in new guise. MDG has blown its own archival dust from a...continue...
: Christine Kyprianides, Eberhard Zummach, Cordula Breuer, Joachim Vogelsänger.

Recording information: Ev. Kirche Hohnrath (1988)....continue...

The Developing Sonata / Tripla Concordia

1 CD / Stradivarius / 2010-09-14

Works: Arcangelo Corelli: Sonata for violin & continuo in D minor, Op. 5/7; Evaristo Dall'Abaco: Sonata for violin & continuo in G minor, Op. 1/5; Domenico Scarlatti: Sonata for Harpsichord in D minor, K 21...
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Ensemble: Tripla Concordia

A musical journey that highlights the musical style of the Baroque age, from the early Italian Baroque masterpieces of the 17th century through to the...continue...
Recording information: Montevarchi, Italy (02/2007)....continue...

Garden of Early Delights / Thorby, Lawrence-King

1 Super Audio CD / Linn Records / 2010-03-23

Works: Diego Ortiz: Trattado de glosas; Jacob van Eyck: Der Fluyten Lust-hof; Dario Castello: Sonate concertate in stil moderno Book 2; John Dowland: Second Booke of Songes; Third and Last Booke of Songes; ...
Performers: Lawrence-King, Andrew; Thorby, Pamela

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Il Canto D'Orfeo

1 CD / EtCetera Records / 2010-03-09

Works: Francesco Rasi: O che felice giorno, madrigal; Antonio Brunelli: La pastorella, madrigal; Marco Uccellini: Sonate, arie et correnti, Op. 3; Stefano Landi: Labri soavi, madrigal; Giovanni Maria Nanino...
Performers: Lefilliâtre, Claire; van Elsacker, Jan
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Ensemble: Il Trionfo Del Tempo

The greatest of all musical myths tells how the Thracian singer Orpheus lost his beloved Eurydice to death, saved her from the underground world, and...continue...
Recording information: VRT Studio Toots, Brussels, Belgium (12/04/2008-12/06/2008)....continue...

Venezia 1625 / Maurice Steger, et al

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2009-04-14

Works: Giovanni Battista Fontana: Sonata for solo violin no 2 (Sonata seconda); Sonata for solo violin no 3; Sonata for solo violin no 4; Sonata for solo violin no 6; Marco Uccellini: Sinfonie boscareccie, ...
Performers: Barczi, Péter; Beuse, Christian; Borhi, Éva; Boysen, Thomas C.; Ciomei, Sergio; Frey, Sabrina; Kitaya, Naoki; Perl, Hille; Santana, Lee; Steger, Maurice; Temmingh, Stefan; Valli, Mauro

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...continue...

La Voce nel Violino - Cima, Uccelini, Fontana, etc

1 CD / Zig Zag Territoires / 2008-02-12

Works: Giovanni Paolo Cima: Sonata à 4 (dai Concerti Ecclesiastici, Milano 1610); Sonatas (6) "Concerti ecclesiastici"; Marco Uccellini: Sonata for violin & continuo "La Luciminia contenta" (from Op. ...
Performers: Onofri, Enrico; Palmeri, Alessandro
Conductors: Onofri, Enrico
Ensemble: Imaginarium

This release features short pieces by Cima, Uccelini, Fontana, Monteverdi, Gesualdo, Castello, Frescobaldi, Veracini, Rognono & Pandolfi Mealli. Enrico Onofri illustrates the emancipation of the...continue...

Treasury of a Saint / Caecilia-Concert

1 CD / Challenge Classics / 2006-09-12

Works: Bartolome de Selma y Salaverde: Canzone "Est-ce Mars", for ensemble; Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck: Est-ce Mars, variations for keyboard, SwWV 321; Philipp Friedrich Buchner: Sonata 9 for bassoons & cont...
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Ensemble: Caecilia-Concert

The Caecilia-Concert presents a varied selection of pieces composed during the 17th century in different styles. These compositions can be roughly categorized into three genres...continue...

Frutti Musicali / Colpron, Napper, et al

1 CD / ATMA / 2004-05-01

Works: Marco Uccellini: Sonata for violin & continuo "detta la Vittoria trionfante", Op. 4/1; Giovanni Battista Fontana: Sonata Seconda for soprano recorder, viola da gamba & lute (from Sonata à 1, 2, ...
Performers: Colpron, Francis; Weimann, Alexander

Anno 1630 / Lorenzo Ghielmi, Enrico Onofri, Margret Köll

1 CD / Winter & Winter / 2003-08-05

Works: Giovanni Battista Fontana: Sonata seconda a violino solo; Girolamo Frescobaldi: Canzona 'La Bernardinia' (from Il primo libro delle canzoni, Rome, 1628); Il secondo libro di toccate; Work(s); Il prim...
Performers: Ghielmi, Lorenzo; Köll, Margret; Koll, Margret; Onofri, Enrico

Viaggio Musicale / Il Giardino Armonico

1 CD / Teldec (USA) Import / 2001-01-02

Works: Claudio Monteverdi: Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria; Tarquinio Merula: Canzoni overo sonate concertate per chiesa e camera, libro terzo, Op. 12; Work(s); La Cattarina; Ruggiero; Dario Castello: Sonate ...
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Ensemble: Il Giardino Armonico

"...Il Giardino Armonico deserves full credit...for creating such an imaginative and coherent programme: the sonatas are colourfully varied through the use of violins, recorders or...continue...

Defense de la Basse de Viole - Les Enterprises du Violon

3 CD / Ricecar / 1999-10-01

Works: Jacques Morel: Suite deuxième in D minor; Chaconne en trio, for flute, cello & continuo in G major; Jean-Baptiste Cappus: La Perrette - Rondeau; Roland Marais: Deuxième Suite in C minor...
Performers: Balssa, Emmanuel; Fernandez, Francois; Hantai, Pierre [Conductor/Harpsichord]; Penson, Guy; Suzuki, Hidemi; Zipperling, Rainer
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Ensemble: Ricercar Consort

Note: This title is rare and is considered a collector’s item. It is priced according to its common market value. If the record label that...continue...

Recorder music by Fontana, Barsanti, et al / Clas Pehrsson

1 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 1994-10-11

Works: Giovanni Battista Fontana: Sonata Prima for recorder; Francesco Barsanti: Sonata for recorder & continuo in C minor, Op. 1/4; Georg Philipp Telemann: Sonata for violin (or flute) & continuo in E mino...
Performers: Andersson, Tommie; Ohrwall, Anders; Pehrsson, Clas; Schuback, Thomas; Wieslander, Maria

Divisions on an Ayre / William Sharp, Folger Consort

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 1991-11-01

Works: John Dowland: Can she excuse, P 42; Third and Last Booke of Songes; Tobias Hume: The Earl of Pembrooke's Galiard, for bass & ensemble; Fain Would I Change That Note for soprano & ensemble; Robert Joh...
Performers: Eisenstein, Robert; Kendall, Christopher; Reiss, Scott
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Ensemble: Folger Consort