Legrenzi - Bass Cantatas & Sonatas
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Label: Brilliant Classics
Cat No: 96239
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 1
Release Date: 13th August 2021
Contents
Works
A' Pie d'eccelso monteAmore e virtu
Cessa d'essere amante
Dal calore agitato
Il mio core non e con me
Sonatas (16), op.8
Sorgea del sen di Lete
Artists
Mauro Borgioni (baritone)David Brutti (cornetto)
Renato Criscuolo (bass violin)
Mvsica Perdvta
Works
A' Pie d'eccelso monteAmore e virtu
Cessa d'essere amante
Dal calore agitato
Il mio core non e con me
Sonatas (16), op.8
Sorgea del sen di Lete
Artists
Mauro Borgioni (baritone)David Brutti (cornetto)
Renato Criscuolo (bass violin)
Mvsica Perdvta
About
Legrenzi often conjures up comical situations for the bass voice: for instance, in the canzonetta Son canuto e d’un bambin, where the words revolve around the idea that there are slaves of love even in old age; or in the cantata Dal calore agitato, where the subject is the erotic dreams of a poor Arcadian shepherd.
The three trio sonatas on this recording are among Legrenzi’s best instrumental compositions. They come from the six printed collections of instrumental sonatas, and are all à violino (played in this version on the cornett, which was common practice in the 17th century, and viola da brazzo). Within conventional formal structures, Legrenzi invests these works with a remarkably advanced sense of melody. The impression is Legrenzi was most at home working with a small ensemble, rather than with the larger groups of instrumentalists that had become common in 17th-century Venice.
Praise for Mvsica Perdvta on Brilliant Classics:
‘The overall impact is simply stunning… the most exciting and original Handel cantata I’ve heard in many a year.’ – Fanfare (Handel cantatas, 94426)
‘Director Renato Criscuolo keeps his forces tightly under control, which adds stability to the music. As the cellist in the sinfonia, he gives a rather rousing performance, which brings the music alive.’ – Fanfare (Pergolesi, 94763)
‘The ensemble, like the cellist, plays with sensitivity and personality… This is a lot of fun.’ – Fanfare (Porpora, 95279)
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