Caldara- Sonatas & Cantatas for Soprano / Violin & Continuo (CD)
This new first world recording explores Antonio Caldara and his sontatas and cantatas. Antonio Caldara is chiefly known as a composer of vocal music (operas, cantatas and oratorios), and is especially remembered for his operas, many of which are settings of librettos by Zeno and Metasasio. His stylistic development as a composer, however, has been described as a movement from works that are carefully crafted, with attention given to both musical and dramatic elements (his pre-1716 works) to music that becomes increasingly less detailed and texturally thinner (post-1716), reflecting Caldara's pressing schedule in Vienna. Today, manuscripts of Caldara's music are widely dispersed across Europe but his compositions which record so valuable a picture of the late Baroque in Italy and Austria are comparatively unknown to performers and little studied by scholars. The works are performed on this release by the ensemble I Solisti Ambrosiani.
Tracklist:
- Risoluto Son Già Tiranno Amore: No. 1, Risoluto Son Già
- Risoluto Son Già Tiranno Amore: No. 2, Arma Frodi Strali
- Risoluto Son Già Tiranno Amore: No. 3, Quel Panico Spavento
- Risoluto Son Già Tiranno Amore: No. 4, Guerra, Guerra
- Innocente Cor Mio: No. 1, Innocente Cor Mio
- Innocente Cor Mio: No. 2, Non Fidarti, E Non Scherzare
- Innocente Cor Mio: No. 3, La Vaga Luce
- Innocente Cor Mio: No. 4, Temi D'amore
- Sonate De Camera, Op. 2 No. 1: I. Preludio. Largo
- Sonate De Camera, Op. 2 No. 1: II. Allegro
- Sonate De Camera, Op. 2 No. 1: III. Allegro
- Sonate De Camera, Op. 2 No. 2: I. Preludio. Adagio
- Sonate De Camera, Op. 2 No. 2: II. Allegro
- Sonate De Camera, Op. 2 No. 2: III. Allegro
- Sonate De Camera, Op. 2 No. 3: I. Andante
- Sonate De Camera, Op. 2 No. 3: II. Allegro
- Sonate De Camera, Op. 2 No. 3: III. Allegro
- Sonate De Camera, Op. 2 No. 4: I. Preludio
- Sonate De Camera, Op. 2 No. 4: II. Allegro
- Sonate De Camera, Op. 2 No. 5: I. Preludio. Largo
- Sonate De Camera, Op. 2 No. 5: II. Allegro
- Sonate De Camera, Op. 2 No. 5: III. Allegro
- Sonate De Camera, Op. 2 No. 6: I. Preludio. Largo
- Sonate De Camera, Op. 2 No. 6: II. Allegro
- Sonate De Camera, Op. 2 No. 6: III. Presto
> Due to the current limited nature of music titles, ALL CD & Vinyl purchases are limited to FOUR copies per customer, per item. If you place multiple orders for multiples of the same title, your subsequent orders will be canceled.
This new first world recording explores Antonio Caldara and his sontatas and cantatas. Antonio Caldara is chiefly known as a composer of vocal music (operas, cantatas and oratorios), and is especially remembered for his operas, many of which are settings of librettos by Zeno and Metasasio. His stylistic development as a composer, however, has been described as a movement from works that are carefully crafted, with attention given to both musical and dramatic elements (his pre-1716 works) to music that becomes increasingly less detailed and texturally thinner (post-1716), reflecting Caldara's pressing schedule in Vienna. Today, manuscripts of Caldara's music are widely dispersed across Europe but his compositions which record so valuable a picture of the late Baroque in Italy and Austria are comparatively unknown to performers and little studied by scholars. The works are performed on this release by the ensemble I Solisti Ambrosiani.
Tracklist:
- Risoluto Son Già Tiranno Amore: No. 1, Risoluto Son Già
- Risoluto Son Già Tiranno Amore: No. 2, Arma Frodi Strali
- Risoluto Son Già Tiranno Amore: No. 3, Quel Panico Spavento
- Risoluto Son Già Tiranno Amore: No. 4, Guerra, Guerra
- Innocente Cor Mio: No. 1, Innocente Cor Mio
- Innocente Cor Mio: No. 2, Non Fidarti, E Non Scherzare
- Innocente Cor Mio: No. 3, La Vaga Luce
- Innocente Cor Mio: No. 4, Temi D'amore
- Sonate De Camera, Op. 2 No. 1: I. Preludio. Largo
- Sonate De Camera, Op. 2 No. 1: II. Allegro
- Sonate De Camera, Op. 2 No. 1: III. Allegro
- Sonate De Camera, Op. 2 No. 2: I. Preludio. Adagio
- Sonate De Camera, Op. 2 No. 2: II. Allegro
- Sonate De Camera, Op. 2 No. 2: III. Allegro
- Sonate De Camera, Op. 2 No. 3: I. Andante
- Sonate De Camera, Op. 2 No. 3: II. Allegro
- Sonate De Camera, Op. 2 No. 3: III. Allegro
- Sonate De Camera, Op. 2 No. 4: I. Preludio
- Sonate De Camera, Op. 2 No. 4: II. Allegro
- Sonate De Camera, Op. 2 No. 5: I. Preludio. Largo
- Sonate De Camera, Op. 2 No. 5: II. Allegro
- Sonate De Camera, Op. 2 No. 5: III. Allegro
- Sonate De Camera, Op. 2 No. 6: I. Preludio. Largo
- Sonate De Camera, Op. 2 No. 6: II. Allegro
- Sonate De Camera, Op. 2 No. 6: III. Presto
> Due to the current limited nature of music titles, ALL CD & Vinyl purchases are limited to FOUR copies per customer, per item. If you place multiple orders for multiples of the same title, your subsequent orders will be canceled.