Veracini - Sonate da camera, op.2 | Dynamic CDS7860

Veracini - Sonate da camera, op.2

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Label: Dynamic

Cat No: CDS7860

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Chamber

Release Date: 21st February 2020

Contents

Artists

Fabrizio Longo (violin)
Ensemble Opera Qvinta

Works

Veracini, Antonio

Sonate da camera (10) for solo violin, op.2

Artists

Fabrizio Longo (violin)
Ensemble Opera Qvinta

About

Antonio Veracini (1659-1733) was born in Florence during the Renaissance, and developed a career as a composer under the Medici patronage. He worked in close contact with the most eminent figures of the court and managed the best music school of the city. This release features the ten Violin Sonatas Opus 2 composed in 1694, which were officially conceived to provide practice works for beginners but actually require of performers excellent technical skills, and are equally noteworthy for their wealth of inspiration. As often occurred at that time, the sonatas are dedicated to members of the Tuscan élite of the day, which makes them even more evocative.

The collection is not only varied in its contents but also substantially well-structured. The sonatas consist of a minimum of three to a maximum of five movements of different character, anticipating, also on account of the way in which the music material is treated, characteristic traits of what would be Corelli’s successful Opus 5 (1700). The edition of Antonio Veracini’s sonatas consists of two scores, one for the violin and one for the harpsichord or the violone.

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