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Legrenzi: Sonate & Balletti

Clematis

Legrenzi: Sonate & Balletti
Legrenzi’s real gifts lie in writing catchy tunes, the adroit manipulation of short motifs and attractive quasi-fugato writing. Clematis have responded with carefully thought-out phrasing, a...

Legrenzi: Sonate & Balletti

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Legrenzi’s real gifts lie in writing catchy tunes, the adroit manipulation of short motifs and attractive quasi-fugato writing. Clematis have responded with carefully thought-out phrasing, a...

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After Carlo Farina and the Vitalis, Clematis continues its exploration of the Italian Baroque instrumental repertoire with Giovanni Legrenzi. The Sonatas taken from the collections he published in Venice between 1655 and 1673 feature highly diverse forms ranging from the trio sonata up to larger forms for 4, 5, or 6 parts and even double choir. His final collection of instrumental music, Balletti e Correnti, published in 1691, offers us a very different view of instrumental music in which certain French influences cannot be denied. Here, Clematis gives us the first complete anthology of his instrumental works. The variety of forms and forces ensures this disc with a fine diversity of styles from sonatas still close in spirit to those of Biagio Marini up to those for four violins foreshadowing the generation of Vivaldi. Recorded in two different locations, this anthology lets us discover these compositions in the sonority either of the church with its choir organ or, more intimate, the chamber.

Contents and tracklist

Sonata prima a 4 violini
Track length5:27
Sonata terza a 2 violoni
Track length5:33
Balleto primo (Allemanda)
Track length2:03
Corrente terza
Track length1:50
La Basadonna a 6
Track length3:07
La Cremona a 5
Track length4:03
L’Obizza a 2
Track length3:57
Balletto quarto
Track length1:19
Corrente terza
Track length1:29
Sarabanda prima
Track length2:02
Alemanda terza "La Piloni"
Track length1:09
Balletto secondo
Track length0:57
Corrente nona (Ciaconna)
Track length2:45
Sonata quarta a 2
Track length4:51
Sonata sesta a quattro viole da gamba o come piace
Track length5:58

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Awards and reviews

September 2016

Legrenzi’s real gifts lie in writing catchy tunes, the adroit manipulation of short motifs and attractive quasi-fugato writing. Clematis have responded with carefully thought-out phrasing, a well-balanced control of ensemble and a sensitive feel for style; the result…makes for attractive listening
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