Composer: Antonio Maria Montanari, Giovanni Mossi
Performer: Gabriele Pro, Anima & Corpo
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Arcana
Catalogue: A539
Release: 2023
Size: 1.18 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Montanari: Dresden Sonata in D minor
01. I. Adagio
02. II. Allegro
03. III. Adagio
04. IV. Giga senza basso
Mossi: Sonata in D minor, Op. 6 No. 4
05. I. Cantabile
06. II. Allegro moderato
07. III. Sarabanda
08. IV. Giga
09. V. Minuet
Montanari: Dresden Sonata in E minor
10. I. Largo
11. II. [Allegro]
12. III. [Allegro]
Mossi: Sonata in E major, Op. 6 No. 5
13. I. Adagio cantabile
14. II. Allegro moderato
15. III. Sarabanda
16. IV. Giga
17. V. Minuet
Montanari: Dresden Sonata in A minor
18. I. Largo
19. II. Allegro
20. III: Allegro assai
Mossi: Sonata in G minor, Op. 5 No. 6
21. I. Adagio
22. II. Allegro
23. III. Siciliana
24. IV. Allegro moderato
Giovanni Mossi and Antonio Montanari, two of the most esteemed violin virtuosi of eighteenth-century Rome, can finally take centre stage, away from the crowded panorama of Corelli’s pupils and imitators; their works can be fully appreciated in this new recording devoted to their sonatas for violin. Three sonatas by Mossi for violin and continuo from his op. 5 and op. 6 are presented here; these collections remain lesser-known and lesser-recorded even today. The three violin sonatas by Montanari that the celebrated virtuoso Johann Pisendel brought from Rome to Dresden in 1717, after having taken lessons from Montanari himself, are recorded here together for the first time. The director of this project is the young violinist Gabriele Pro, one of the most promising Italian Baroque violinists of his generation. He is joined by cellist Maria Calvo, lutenist Simone Vallerotonda, already a star of many Arcana recordings, and award-winning harpsichordist Cristiano Gaudio.