Italian baroque mandolin sonatas


Sony/ 2021, DHM

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Abbate Ranieri Capponi - Sonata XII - Allegro nobile
adminAbbate Ranieri Capponi - Sonata XII - Allegro nobile
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Niccolò Susier - Sonata per mandola - Allegro
adminNiccolò Susier - Sonata per mandola - Allegro
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Niccolò Susier - Sonata per mandola - Giga
adminNiccolò Susier - Sonata per mandola - Giga
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Nicola Romaldi - Sonata per mandola - Adagio
adminNicola Romaldi - Sonata per mandola - Adagio
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Abbate Ranieri Capponi - Sonata VIII - Largo
adminAbbate Ranieri Capponi - Sonata VIII - Largo
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Giovanni Pietro Sesto da Trento - Sonata di mandolino - Larghetto
adminGiovanni Pietro Sesto da Trento - Sonata di mandolino - Larghetto

The 18th century was the golden age of the mandolin. The ensemble Artemandoline presents world premiere recordings of forgotten masterpieces written in Florence and Rome for mandolin and basso continuo. A music full of energy, beauty and virtuosity.The works that are featured on the present disc were all written during an extremely fertile period in the history of the mandolin. The inventive inquisitiveness of Baroque musicians took them in the direction of the subtlest of sonorities, and no sound was more subtle than that of the mandolin.This brings us to the end of our fascinating exploration of the world of the Italian Baroque. The works by Capponi, Romaldi and Susier have long been familiar to the Baroque ensemble Artemandoline, and their performances come up to the very highest expectations.This unpublished music has been overshadowed for far too long but will impress its present-day listeners with its blend of grandeur and charm, qualities that its performers have brought to light to perfection.This ambitious program is magnificently interpreted and well calculated to seduce its listeners. The Italian sonata constitutes an independent genre in the musical life of this period and quickly became an integral part of court entertainments in the palaces of the peninsula.


Artemandoline-Juan Carlos Muñoz & Mari Fe Pavón, baroque mandolins Manuel Muñoz, baroque guitarUlrik Gaston Larsen, theorboOleguer Aymamí, celloJean-Daniel Haro, double-bass & violoneRalf Waldner, organ & harpsichord

CRITIQUE

[...] Artemandoline, l’un des meilleurs ensembles de mandolines au monde, joue sur ce cd essentiellement de la musique italienne. La fraîcheur inspirée et la virtuosité étincelante sont fascinantes. Évidemment, cette maîtrise n'est pas le seul atout de ces interprétations, qui sont également puissamment expressives.

Pizzicato Revue, Remy Franck