Concertos For Strings

Artists

Album Info

Release Date: 1992

Label: Sony Classical

DIGITAL RECORDING

1 – 3 (a-moll/en la mineur/in la minore)
4 – 6 (C-Dur/en ut majeur/in do maggiore)
7 – 9 (f-moll/en fa mineur/in fa minore)
10 – 12 (B-Dur/en si bémol majeur/in si bemolle maggiore)
13 – 15 (G-Dur/en sol majeur/in sol maggiore)
16 – 18 (D-Dur/en ré majeur/in re maggiore)
19 – 21 (G-Dur/en sol majeur/in sol maggiore)
22 – 24 (e-moll/en mi mineur/in mi minore)
25 – 27 (A-Dur/en la majeur/in la maggiore)

Antonio Vivaldi Portrait
Painting: François Morellon, 1723
Photo: Archiv für Kunst und Geschichte, Berlin

1 – 3 Konzert für Violoncello, Streicher und Basso continuo a-moll / Concerto pour violoncelle, cordes et basse continue en la mineur / Concerto per violoncello, archi e basso continuo in la minore
4 – 6 Konzert für Streicher und Basso continuo C-Dur / Concerto pour cordes et basse continue en ut majeur / Concerto per archi e basso continuo in do maggiore
7 – 9 Konzert für Streicher und Basso continuo f-moll / Concerto pour cordes et basse continue en fa mineur / Concerto per archi e basso continuo in fa minore
10 – 12 Konzert für Violine, Violoncello, Streicher und Basso continuo B-Dur / Concerto pour violon, violoncelle, cordes et basse continue en si bémol majeur / Concerto per violino, violoncello, archi e basso continuo in si bemolle maggiore
13 – 15 Konzert für 2 Violinen, 2 Violoncelli, Streicher und Basso continuo G-Dur / Concerto pour 2 violons, 2 violoncelles, cordes et basse continue en sol majeur / Concerto per 2 violini, 2 violoncelli, archi e basso continuo in sol maggiore
16 – 18 Konzert für 4 Violinen, Streicher und Basso continuo D-Dur / Concerto pour 4 violons, cordes et basse continue en ré majeur / Concerto per 4 violini, archi e basso continuo in re maggiore
19 – 21 Konzert für Violoncello, Streicher und Basso continuo G-Dur / Concerto pour violoncelle, cordes et basse continue en sol majeur / Concerto per violoncello, archi e basso continuo in sol maggiore
22 – 24 Konzert für Streicher und Basso continuo e-moll / Concerto pour cordes et basse continue en mi mineur / Concerto per archi e basso continuo in mi minore
25 – 27 Konzert für Streicher und Basso continuo A-Dur / Concerto pour cordes et basse continue en la majeur / Concerto per archi e basso continuo in la maggiore

Total time: 66'19

Recorded at the Hervormde Kerk, Bennebroek, Netherlands, June 25–27, 1990.

Instruments/Makers:

Anner Bylsma, Violoncello/Violoncelle
Matteo Goffriller, Venice 1669

Violin / Violine / Violon / Violino I:
Giovanni Paolo Maggini, c. 1610–20
Douglas C. Cox, 1986, copy of Stradivarius, c. 1725
Antonio Mariani, 1619
Hendrik Jacobs, Amsterdam, 1705
Antonio Mariani, 1650

Violin / Violine / Violon / Violino II:
Guadagnini School, c. 1790
Sebastian Klotz, Mittenwald, 1746
Benjamin Banks, Salisbury/England, 1793
Willibrord Crijnen, Amsterdam, 1988, copy of Johannes Cuypers, Den Haag, 1796
Klotz School, Mittenwald, 1775

Viola / Alto:
Otto Erdeze, copy of Maggini, 1962
Joseph Hill, 1760
Ian Clarke, Bundarra Biddeston/Australia, 1985

Violoncello / Violoncelle:
Paris School, c. 1750
Peter Walmsley, London, 1732

Violone:
Reinhard Ossenbrunner, 1983

Theorbo / Theorbe / Théorbe / Tiorbo:
Jacob van de Geest, Vevey/Switzerland, 1974, after Johann Christian Hoffmann

Harpsichord / Cembalo / Clavecin / Clavicembalo:
Titus Crynen, Amsterdam, copy of A. Ruckers, 1640 (Yale)

Pitch: a' = 435 Hertz

Translations:
© 1992 Lionel Salter
© 1992 Hans Christoph Worbs
© 1992 Daniel Goetzmann
© 1992 Rosanna Bossone

Coverfront: Gabriele Balla: Ladies Concert in "Filarmonici", Venezia, 1782 (Archiv für Kunst und Geschichte, Berlin).

℗ 1992 Sony Classical GmbH.
© 1992 Sony Classical GmbH / [Sony Classical logo] and SONY CLASSICAL are trademarks of Sony Corporation.

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