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AV 2202

Flights of Fancy: Early Italian Chamber Music

Released Date:
01 Sep 2010

Originally recorded in 2010
Artists:

Monica Huggett


Irish Baroque Orchestra Chamber Soloists



Venue:

St Peter's Church, Drogheda, County Louth, Ireland



Producer:

Francois Eckert



Engineer:

Francois Eckert



Record Label
Avie Records

Genre:

Chamber


Early Music

Total Time - 78:49
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DARIO CASTELLO

(fl. 1st half of 17th century)
1 

Sonata decimaquarta a 4, due soprani e due tromboni overo violete

 6:37
  (2 violins, viola da gamba, bass violin and continuo - organ, harp, theorbo)  
  Allegro - Adagio - Duo - Allegro - Adagio - Allegro - Adagio - Adagio  
 

CARLO FARINA

(c. 1604-39)
2 

Capriccio Stravagante

 15:45
  (violin, 2 violas and continuo - bass violin, harpsichord and theorbo)  
  [No tempo indicatioin] - La Lira - Il Pifferino - Lira Variata - Qui si batter con il legno -  
 

FRANCESCO CAVALLI

(1602-76)
3 

Sonata a 6 (1656)

 5:30
  (2 violins, alto viola, tenor viola, bass violin, theorbo and continuo - organ)  
  [no tempo indication]  
 

BIAGIO MARINI

(1594-1663)
4 

Passacaglio a 4

 5:23
  (2 violins, tenor viola and continuo - bass violin, organ, lirone, harp and theorbo)  
  Introduzione - Prima Parte - Seconda Parte - Terza Parte - Finale  
 

HEINRICH IGNAZ FRANZ VON BIBER

(1644-1704)
5 

Harmonia Artificiosa Partia VI

 16:14
  (2 violins and continuo - bass violin, lirone, harp, harpsichord and theorbo)  
  Adagio, Allegro ( Harpeggio) - Aria - Variatio I-XIII 0  
 

GIOVANNI LEGRENZI

(1616-90)
6 

La Fugazza Sonata a 5 (1671), cue violini, alto viola, tenore viola et viola da brazzo

 4:51
  92 violins, alto viola, tenor viola, viola da gamba and continuo - bass violin, organ and theorbo)  
  [no tempo indication] - Adagio - Allegro - Adagio - Allegro - Adagio - Allegro - Adagio - Allegro  
 

DARIO CASTELLO

7 

Sonata Seconda a sopran solo

 5:13
  (violin and continuo - bass violin, theorbo, harp, lirone and organ)  
  Allegro - Adagio - Allegro - Adagio - Allegro - Tremolo - Allegro - Adagio - Adagio - Adagio - Adagio  
 

ANTONIO BERTALI

(1605-69)
8 

Sonata a 5

 8:16
  (2 violins, alto viola, tenor viola, viola da gamba and continuo - bass violin and organ)  
 

GIROLAMO FRESCOBALDI

(1583-1643)
9 

Canzona Terza (1627/1637)

 4:23
  (harpsichord solo)  
 

DARIO CASTELLO

10 

Sonata decima sesta a 4 per stromenti d'arco

 6:37
  (2 violins, tenor viola, bass violin and continuo - organ, theorbo and harp)  
  Allegro - Adagio - Adagio - Adagio - Allegro - Adagio - Allegro - Adagio  


Think you know Italian baroque chamber music? Think again. The range, diversity – and even wackiness – is remarkable, as illustrated by Flights of Fantasy, an album of acute inventiveness by Avie stalwart Monica Huggett and the chamber soloists of her Irish Baroque Orchestra. Take Carlo Farina’s Capriccio Stravagante, which translates as “outlandish whim”, and imitates barking dogs, meowing cats and gunfire. More serious, but no less virtuosic, experimental forms occur in works by Marini, Castello, Legrenzi, and Cavalli – the Venetian best known for his operas – all heard on this album.

Created in 1996, the period-instrument Irish Baroque Orchestra occupies a fundamental place in Ireland’s musical landscape. Ten years in, the mantle of artistic director was assumed by Monica Huggett, who has created a decades-long career of critically acclaimed and award-winning recordings, including the Billboard chart-topping, Grammy-nominated Bach Orchestral Suites on Avie (AV 2171).

"... this release is very sucessful. It captures both the letter and spirit of this vivacious, demonstrative music. Engineering is good, too, with a good balance within sections, and between the ripieno and soloists. This is also one of the few early orchestral recordings where the continuo makes itself heard as well as felt. Throw in a truly generous album length, as well; in short, buy it."

Barry Brenesal

 

Fanfare - January/February 2011

"...Hugget and Duff characterise the variations with intelligence and artistry."

Robin Stowell

The Strad - November 2010



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