Antonio Bertali: Sonatas

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Le Concert Brise use only a single violin throughout; other melody lines are assigned to wind instruments. The colours are rich, opulent and fresh, the performances expressive. — Sunday Times, 12th January 2014

Release Date: 25th Nov 2013
Catalogue No: ACC24260
Label: Accent
Length: 64 minutes

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Bertali: Sonata XII a 4

Work length5:32

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William Dongois (cornet)
Concert Brise, Le
Recorded: 5-8 July 2012
Recording Venue: Evangelische Johanneskirche, Halle (Saale), German

Bertali: Sonata a due violini e gamba II

Work length7:14

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William Dongois (cornet)
Concert Brise, Le
Recorded: 5-8 July 2012
Recording Venue: Evangelische Johanneskirche, Halle (Saale), German

Bertali: Ciaconna per violino solo

Work length10:17

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Anne Schumann (violin)
Concert Brise, Le
William Dongois
Recorded: 5-8 July 2012
Recording Venue: Evangelische Johanneskirche, Halle (Saale), German

Bertali: Sonata a due violini e gamba III

Work length7:11

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William Dongois (cornet)
Concert Brise, Le
Recording Venue: Evangelische Johanneskirche, Halle (Saale), Germany

Bertali: Sonata II a 4

Work length6:42

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William Dongois (cornet)
Concert Brise, Le
Recording Venue: Evangelische Johanneskirche, Halle (Saale), Germany

Bertali: Sonata a due violini

Work length6:54

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William Dongois (cornet)
Concert Brise, Le
Recording Venue: Evangelische Johanneskirche, Halle (Saale), Germany

Bertali: Sonata a due violini fagotto IV

Work length3:41

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William Dongois (cornet)
Concert Brise, Le
Recorded: 5-8 July 2012
Recording Venue: Evangelische Johanneskirche, Halle (Saale), Germany

Bertali: Sonate I

Work length6:06

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William Dongois (cornet), Hadrien Jourdan (organ)
Recorded: 5-8 July 2012
Recording Venue: Evangelische Johanneskirche, Halle (Saale), Germany

Bertali: Sonata a 4 in D minor

Work length11:18

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William Dongois (cornet)
Concert Brise, Le
Recorded: 5-8 July 2012
Recording Venue: Evangelische Johanneskirche, Halle (Saale), Germany

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William Dongois is one of the best-known cornettists of our time. He is able to play the repertoire of his instrument – the cornett resembles a flute in its construction, whereas its wooden mouthpiece is used similarly to that of a trumpet – with dancelike elegance, rhetorical concision and, often, even with a certain "groove".

On this CD, together with the Ensemble Le Concert Brisé, he presents a portrait of the composer Antonio Bertali (1605-1669), who hailed from Verona and was active at the Habsburg court in Vienna starting at the age of 20. He composed in the stylus fantasticus, which represents a synthesis of the Italian and Austrian styles. Typical of this style are echoes of dance movements, sections written above ostinato basses having the effect of improvisations, chromatic passages, but also dialogues and echo effects – all combining to form a music full of interpretative freedom that always appears to be telling a story. Today, Bertali's great Chaconne for solo violin (also recorded here) belongs to the standard baroque repertoire, but Dongois and his ensemble also demonstrate in the lesser-known works how variegated and enticing this music is.

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12th January 2014

Le Concert Brise use only a single violin throughout; other melody lines are assigned to wind instruments. The colours are rich, opulent and fresh, the performances expressive.

Antonio Bertali: Sonatas

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