Violin Sonatas Op. 5

Composer: Arcangelo Corelli
Conductor: Ottavio Dantone
Solist: Ottavio Dantone, Stefano Montanari
Orchestra: Accademia Bizantina
Genre: Baroque
Label: SACD
Booklet with lyrics/libretto: no
CDs / Unit: 1
Cat-Nr.: 47724-8
Total Time: 124:56
Recording Date: 4+8/2002
Technology: Hybrid: 5+1 surround and stereo high resolution (DSD technique) + stereo CD layer
Release Date: Sep 05

Description

It was probably the success of Opus V that consecrated Arcangelo Corelli as the supreme model for writing for the violin. In September ARTS MUSIC presents this remarkable collection of twelve sonatas for violin and basso as 2 Hybrid SACDs in multichannel sound.

The soloist of this remarkable recording is Stefano Montanari who is also the first violin leader of the Accademia Bizantina since 1995. During his education as soloist and musician of chamber music he also focused on the study of performance techniques on period instruments. Today, Montanari works with the most important European ensembles of early and baroque music, especially with Christopher Rousset and the group “Les Talens Lyriques”. Furthermore he works as a teacher of baroque violin at the International Academy of Music in Milan.

Table of MP3 Tracks

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Disc 1
1
Grave-Adagio-Grave-Allegro-Adagio
Sonata da Chiesa No. 1 in Re maggiore
03.51 0,99 €
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Allegro
Sonata da Chiesa No. 1 in Re maggiore
02.21 0,99 €
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Allegro
Sonata da Chiesa No. 1 in Re maggiore
04.00 0,99 €
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Adagio
Sonata da Chiesa No. 1 in Re maggiore
03.09 0,99 €
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Allegro
Sonata da Chiesa No. 1 in Re maggiore
01.28 0,99 €
6
Grave
Sonata da Chiesa No. 2 in Si bemolle maggiore
02.59 0,99 €
7
Allegro
Sonata da Chiesa No. 2 in Si bemolle maggiore
02.00 0,99 €
8
Vivace
Sonata da Chiesa No. 2 in Si bemolle maggiore
01.13 0,99 €
9
Adagio
Sonata da Chiesa No. 2 in Si bemolle maggiore
02.39 0,99 €
10
Vivace
Sonata da Chiesa No. 2 in Si bemolle maggiore
01.13 0,99 €
11
Adagio
Sonata da Chiesa No. 3 in Do maggiore
02.51 0,99 €
12
Allegro
Sonata da Chiesa No. 3 in Do maggiore
01.57 0,99 €
13
Adagio
Sonata da Chiesa No. 3 in Do maggiore
03.35 0,99 €
14
Allegro
Sonata da Chiesa No. 3 in Do maggiore
04.00 0,99 €
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Allegro
Sonata da Chiesa No. 3 in Do maggiore
02.16 0,99 €
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Adagio
Sonata da Chiesa No. 4 in Fa maggiore
02.07 0,99 €
17
Allegro
Sonata da Chiesa No. 4 in Fa maggiore
02.20 0,99 €
18
Vivace
Sonata da Chiesa No. 4 in Fa maggiore
01.05 0,99 €
19
Adagio
Sonata da Chiesa No. 4 in Fa maggiore
02.27 0,99 €
20
Allegro
Sonata da Chiesa No. 4 in Fa maggiore
02.13 0,99 €
21
Adagio
Sonata da Chiesa No. 5 in sol minore
03.06 0,99 €
22
Vivace
Sonata da Chiesa No. 5 in sol minore
01.58 0,99 €
23
Adagio
Sonata da Chiesa No. 5 in sol minore
02.23 0,99 €
24
Vivace
Sonata da Chiesa No. 5 in sol minore
01.35 0,99 €
25
Giga: Allegro
Sonata da Chiesa No. 5 in sol minore
01.26 0,99 €
26
Grave
Sonata da Chiesa No. 6 in La maggiore
03.16 0,99 €
27
Allegro-Adagio
Sonata da Chiesa No. 6 in La maggiore
02.07 0,99 €
28
Allegro
Sonata da Chiesa No. 6 in La maggiore
04.00 0,99 €
29
Adagio
Sonata da Chiesa No. 6 in La maggiore
02.17 0,99 €
30
Allegro
Sonata da Chiesa No. 6 in La maggiore
02.08 0,99 €
No. Tracktitle Tracktime Price put into basket  
Disc 2
1
Preludio (Vivace)
Sonata da Camera No. 7 in re minore
01.56 0,99 €
2
Corrente (Allegro)
Sonata da Camera No. 7 in re minore
02.36 0,99 €
3
Sarabanda (Largo)
Sonata da Camera No. 7 in re minore
02.01 0,99 €
4
Giga (Allegro)
Sonata da Camera No. 7 in re minore
01.58 0,99 €
5
Preludio (Largo)
Sonata da Camera No. 8 in mi minore
04.43 0,99 €
6
Allemanda (Allegro)
Sonata da Camera No. 8 in mi minore
02.00 0,99 €
7
Sarabanda (Largo)
Sonata da Camera No. 8 in mi minore
02.39 0,99 €
8
Giga (Allegro)
Sonata da Camera No. 8 in mi minore
01.45 0,99 €
9
Preludio (Largo)
Sonata da Camera No. 9 in La maggiore
04.56 0,99 €
10
Giga (Allegro)
Sonata da Camera No. 9 in La maggiore
02.45 0,99 €
11
Adagio
Sonata da Camera No. 9 in La maggiore
04.00 0,99 €
12
Tempo di Gavotta (Allegro)
Sonata da Camera No. 9 in La maggiore
02.50 0,99 €
13
Preludio (Adagio)
Sonata da Camera No. 10 in Fa maggiore
02.15 0,99 €
14
Allemanda (Allegro)
Sonata da Camera No. 10 in Fa maggiore
02.13 0,99 €
15
Sarabanda (Largo)
Sonata da Camera No. 10 in Fa maggiore
01.58 0,99 €
16
Gavotta (Allegro)
Sonata da Camera No. 10 in Fa maggiore
04.00 0,99 €
17
Giga (Allegro)
Sonata da Camera No. 10 in Fa maggiore
01.59 0,99 €
18
Preludio (Adagio)
Sonata da Camera No. 11 in Mi maggiore
01.53 0,99 €
19
Allegro
Sonata da Camera No. 11 in Mi maggiore
02.29 0,99 €
20
Adagio
Sonata da Camera No. 11 in Mi maggiore
04.00 0,99 €
21
Vivace
Sonata da Camera No. 11 in Mi maggiore
02.14 0,99 €
22
Gavotta (Allegro)
Sonata da Camera No. 11 in Mi maggiore
04.00 0,99 €
23
Tema-Variazione I (Adagio)
Sonata da Camera No. 12 in re minore "Follia"
01.24 0,99 €
24
Variazione 2-7 (Allegro)
Sonata da Camera No. 12 in re minore "Follia"
02.01 0,99 €
25
Variazione 8 (Adagio)
Sonata da Camera No. 12 in re minore "Follia"
04.00 0,99 €
26
Variazione 9-10 (Vivace-Allegro)
Sonata da Camera No. 12 in re minore "Follia"
04.00 0,99 €
27
Variazione 11-13 (Andante-Allegro)
Sonata da Camera No. 12 in re minore "Follia"
01.17 0,99 €
28
Variazione 14-15 (Adagio)
Sonata da Camera No. 12 in re minore "Follia"
01.50 0,99 €
29
Variazione 16-18 (Allegro)
Sonata da Camera No. 12 in re minore "Follia"
01.04 0,99 €
30
Variazione 19-22 (Adagio-Allegro)
Sonata da Camera No. 12 in re minore "Follia"
02.12 0,99 €

Reviews:

musicweb-international.com (17.08.2007)


"This interpretation is the best I know, and certainly the most dramatic and exciting. I therefore strongly recommend this set"

Read complete review:

http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2007/May07/Corelli_477248.htm

10/10 classicstoday.com (02.02.2007)


"this outstanding achievement must be ranked among the top period-instrument performances of these works"

read the complete review here:

http://www.classicstoday.com/review.asp?ReviewNum=10723

TUROK'S CHOICE (08.11.2006)


"strongly played by Baroque violinist Stefano Montanari, with a continuo consisting of a violoncello piccolo, violone, archlute, organ and harpsichord, used in varied combinations to provide a wonderful underlying bed of resonance for solo violin"

STEREO (08.11.2006)


"Montanari interpretiert seinen Violinpart mit raffinierter Bogenführung, feinster dynamischer Abstufung und Musikalität"

"Excellent! Very good interpretation of the violin parts from Montanari"

MUZYKA21 (08.11.2006)


5 Stars

American Record Guide (08.11.2006)


"The playing is very good - graceful and lively without bizarre tempos or any other shocking effects"

Crescendo (09.02.2006)


"Soloist Stefano Montanari completely follows the rudiments of chamber music always - also in the virtuose movements - keeping his ensemble in mind. In this way Corellis's music can develop simultaneosly, just like it is actually planned"

Diapason (09.02.2006)


"A performance that satisfy both the senses and the spirit, the art of the violin in his richest possibility and an extraordinary feeling for embellishments...Stefano Montanari finds an audacious way to perform Corelli's op.5 with Ottavio Dantone and the partners of Accademia Bizantina....A wonderful version that fully exploits the universe of his wide artistic choices"

MUSICA (09.02.2006)


"Technically and musically perfect...interpretation fascinating and full of verve...superlative technique of Montanari and superb, rich accompaniment of Dantone and of the members of that amazing ensemble Accademia Bizantina"

FonoForum (09.02.2006)


"All together he (Montanari) offers a colorful, virtouse Corelli on a high technical level and with self-confident but truely differentiated tempos"

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