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Composer
Alessandro Scarlatti

Artist
Accademia Bizantina
Ottavio Dantone
Catalogue Number:
470 650-2 DSA
International Release Date:
March 2004
Audio clips:
Concerto III in mi minore (E minor) per cembalo, archi e continuo — Andante con spirito


TRACKLISTING

Sinfonia avanti l’oratorio “Agar et Ismaele esiliati”
1 Grave — Presto — Largo — Presto — Presto

Concerto III in mi minore (E minor) per cembalo, archi e continuo
2 Allegretto comodo
3 Andante con spirito

Introduttione con due violini di concertino, archi e continuo “San Filippo Neri”
4 (Allegro) — Adagio e staccato

Concerto VI in mi bemolle maggiore (E flat major) per cembalo, archi e continuo
5 Allegro moderato
6 Andante con espressione

Sinfonia con violino e violoncello soli “Il primo omicidio”
7 Spiritoso — Adagio — Allegro

Concerto V in sol maggiore (G major) per cembalo, archi e continuo
8 Allegro
9 (Presto)

Sinfonia con due violini e violoncello di concertino “L’Assunzione della Beata Vergine”
10 Largo — Presto — (Largo) — (Presto) — Allegro

Concerto IV in do minore (C minor) per cembalo, archi e continuo
11 Andante
12 Allegretto moderato

Sinfonia con due violini di concertino “Il trionfo della Vergine assunta in Cielo”
13 Presto — Allegro

Concerto I in do maggiore (C major) per cembalo, archi e continuo
14 Allegro
15 Allegretto

Sinfonia con due violini di concertino e due violini di ripieno “Il giardino di rose”
16 Adagio — Presto — Largo e piano — Allegro

Concerto II in la maggiore per cembalo, archi e continuo
17 Andantino
18 Andante con moto




ABOUT THIS SACD

Ottavio Dantone and the Accademia Bizantina have quickly established themselves as one of Italy's leading baroque ensembles and they made their Decca debut with Andreas Scholl on his album Arcadia. They will be touring that repertoire with Andreas in the Spring of 2004.

This revelatory disc of music by Alessandro Scarlatti includes no fewer than six “new” Scarlatti harpsichord concertos — the result of a great deal of detective work inspired by manuscripts held in the British Library in London.

It seems likely that the keyboard parts held in the British Library are parts of concertos by Alessandro Scarlatti. The music is of such quality that Ottavio Dantone decided to reconstruct the complete works using information in the scores to recreate the missing parts for string orchestra. The resulting “new” concertos are the product of much intuition, logic and a deep knowledge of the styles and conventions of the period.

In addition to the six “new” concertos, Accademia Bizantina offer six rarely-heard sinfonias, also by Alessandro Scarlatti. These three-movement works are, in essence, overtures to his “musical dramas”, a device he dreamt up and which soon became standard for all Italian operas.

The title of the disc is taken from the title of one of the Sinfonias “Il giardino di rose”.

KEY FACTS
75.13 minutes SACD Surround / SACD Stereo /
CD Stereo
Recording location: Casa Romei, Ferrara, Italy, 14-15 February, 28 April 2002
88.2kHz / 24 bit 5 channel PCM recording
English / French / German n/a
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