Composed by Francesco Geminiani
with Mario Centurione , Walter Gallozzi , Maria Teresa Garatti , Musici , Roberto Michelucci , Aldo Bennici
2. Concerti Grossi (12) after Op 5 of Arcangelo Corelli No 2 in B flat major
Composed by Francesco Geminiani
with Mario Centurione , Walter Gallozzi , Maria Teresa Garatti , Musici , Roberto Michelucci , Aldo Bennici
3. Concerti Grossi (12) after Op 5 of Arcangelo Corelli No 3 in C major
Composed by Francesco Geminiani
with Mario Centurione , Walter Gallozzi , Maria Teresa Garatti , Musici , Roberto Michelucci , Aldo Bennici
4. Concerti Grossi (12) after Op 5 of Arcangelo Corelli No 4 in F major
Composed by Francesco Geminiani
with Mario Centurione , Walter Gallozzi , Maria Teresa Garatti , Musici , Roberto Michelucci , Aldo Bennici
5. Concerti Grossi (12) after Op 5 of Arcangelo Corelli No 5 in G minor
Composed by Francesco Geminiani
with Mario Centurione , Walter Gallozzi , Maria Teresa Garatti , Musici , Roberto Michelucci , Aldo Bennici
6. Concerti Grossi (12) after Op 5 of Arcangelo Corelli No 6 in A major
Composed by Francesco Geminiani
with Mario Centurione , Walter Gallozzi , Maria Teresa Garatti , Musici , Roberto Michelucci , Aldo Bennici
7. Concerti Grossi (12) after Op 5 of Arcangelo Corelli No 7 in D minor
Composed by Francesco Geminiani
with Mario Centurione , Walter Gallozzi , Maria Teresa Garatti , Musici , Roberto Michelucci , Aldo Bennici
8. Concerti Grossi (12) after Op 5 of Arcangelo Corelli No 8 in E minor
Composed by Francesco Geminiani
with Mario Centurione , Walter Gallozzi , Maria Teresa Garatti , Musici , Roberto Michelucci , Aldo Bennici
9. Concerti Grossi (12) after Op 5 of Arcangelo Corelli No 9 in A major
Composed by Francesco Geminiani
with Mario Centurione , Walter Gallozzi , Maria Teresa Garatti , Musici , Roberto Michelucci , Aldo Bennici
10. Concerti Grossi (12) after Op 5 of Arcangelo Corelli No 10 in F major
Composed by Francesco Geminiani
with Mario Centurione , Walter Gallozzi , Maria Teresa Garatti , Musici , Roberto Michelucci , Aldo Bennici
11. Concerti Grossi (12) after Op 5 of Arcangelo Corelli No 11 in E major
Composed by Francesco Geminiani
with Mario Centurione , Walter Gallozzi , Maria Teresa Garatti , Musici , Roberto Michelucci , Aldo Bennici
12. Concerti Grossi (12) after Op 5 of Arcangelo Corelli No 12 in D minor
Composed by Francesco Geminiani
with Mario Centurione , Walter Gallozzi , Maria Teresa Garatti , Musici , Roberto Michelucci , Aldo Bennici
Geminiani: 12 Concerti Grossi,Mario Centurione,Francesco Geminiani,I Musici,Maria Teresa Garatti,Aldo Bennici,Roberto Michelucci,Walter Gallozzi,Polygram Records,Classical,Classical Music,Concerto,Concerto Grosso
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Geminiani: Concerti Grossi (after Corelli Op 5) /AAM * Manze
Francesco Geminiani , Arcangelo Corelli , Andrew Manze , Richard Egarr , The Academy of Ancient Music , David Watkins , and Rachel Podger Manufacturer: Harmonia Mundi Fr. ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B00004UFDB Release Date: 2000-09-12 |
Tracks:
- I Grave/Allegro/Adagio
- II Allegro
- III Largo
- IV Allegro
- I Grave
- II Allegro
- III Vivace
- IV Adagio
- V Vivace
- I Adagio
- II Allegro
- III Adagio
- IV Allegro
- I Adagio
- II Allegro
- III Vivace
- IV Adagio
- V Allegro
- I Adagio
- II Vivace
- III Adagio
- IV Allegro
- I Adagio
- II Allegro
- III Adagio
- IV Allegro
- I Preludio - David Watkin
- II Giga - David Watkin
- III Adagio - David Watkin
- IV Tempo Di Gavotta - David Watkin
Tracks:
- I Preludio
- II Corrente
- III Sarabanda
- IV Giga
- I Preludio
- II Allemanda
- III Sarabanda
- IV Giga
- I Preludio
- II Giga
- III Adagio
- IV Tempo Di Gavotta
- I Preludio
- II Allemanda
- III Sarabanda
- IV Gavotta
- V Giga
- I Preludio
- II Allegro
- II Adagio
- IV Vivace
- V Gavotta
- Theme & Variations 1-8
- Variations 9-14
- Variations 15-25
- I Andante
- II Presto
- III Adagio
- IV Allegro
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Francesco Geminiani (born 1687 in Lucca, Italy; died 1762 in Dublin), a pupil of Corelli and one of the greatest violinists of his day, wrote a lot of music for his instrument, as well as a treatise on playing it. He made the orchestration of these 12 sonatas in tribute to his teacher, who would certainly have been proud if he had lived to hear them. Going far beyond mere arrangements, they seem to explore and reveal latent or unrealized intentions, adding sonorities and contrapuntal voices, enhancing character and expression. The most striking example is the famous "La Follia," where the usually hidden drama is suddenly released with a tumultuous virtuosity that foreshadows Liszt's orchestral version of Schubert's Wanderer Fantasy. The playing is stunning. Tuned a half-tone down, the strings have a lovely, pure, transparent sound that supports and surrounds the soloist with a warm shimmer; the long notes float, the fast movements are crisp and light, the rhythm and counterpoint are clear. Andrew Manze, who also writes informative, entertaining program notes, plays with spectacular virtuosity, a beautiful tone, and all-out expressive abandon and imagination, letting loose cascades of infinitely varied, inventive ornamentation. The second disc features the easier, more familiar sonatas, loved by all violin students, but transformed here into brilliant concertos. One of them is added to the first disc in Geminiani's ornamented version for violin and cello, while a cello sonata by Geminiani himself closes the program, perhaps a miscalculation, since the music is distinctly inferior to Corelli's. --Edith EislerCustomer Reviews:
relaxing classical music NOT.......2007-02-23
he brought the house down or i should say the wren church
like a rock star in a way
he was covered in sweat
i love music
all music played with passion
i have fantasies
a young music group
outside the local classical music station
all relaxing all the time
they call the press those young musicians
we are so very passionate declares the young violinist
themes and variations 25
from geminiani's remiz of corelli
and they play their heart out
and maybe the tv station has a music lover
he loves jimmi at woodstock playing the national anthem
the smiths how soon is now
U2 playing sunday bloody sunday sunday live in dublin
its the last story the only in san francisco story
and its played to its fullest
and the young players really show it off
that young vioinest really plays
and that sweat and passion
he even makes a woop
during the most passionate part
impresses the station manager who loves jimmi at woodstock
and morrisey
and U2 in dublin
wow
Wonderfull Baroque.......2007-02-01
Corelli and his interpreters.......2006-05-10
go for the real thing.......2003-01-13
Manze stretches period performance - but not enough.......2002-08-24
Why turn our back on the glorious string tone evolved since 1700? Refitting instruments and using gut strings reduces a fine violin's projection capacity to that of a $500 student violin. This is progress? throughout history composers sought to maximize the impact of their music on audiences. They quickly adapted instrumental improvements as they became available. Did Beethoven frequently break hammers of his "Hammerklavier" because he was satisfied with the volume he was producing? Then why on earth abandon a resonant, responsive Steinway grand and play Beethoven sonatas on a pitiful fortepiano? It makes no esthetic sense. It is an insult to relegate a Vivaldi who electrified his audiences with bold new effects and dramatic flights of inspiration to the "ancient music" ghetto.
OK, back to Manze. Manze is technically gifted, and emotionally probably more in tune with Italian than English temperament. He allows greater expression than the quaint, contrived and mannered styles of the Keuken brothers or the Camerata Koln - but I still bet that if Antonio Vivaldi came back, heard Solisti Italiani playing his works in a tasteful but full-blooded "living tradition style" letting his inspiration be realized for the new age, and then heard Manze, he might well do a Peter Townshend and smash Manze's violin for him.
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Geminiani: Concerti grossi, Op. 3
Manufacturer: Opus 111 ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B000005W56 Release Date: 1997-10-14 |
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Geminiani was a talented composer, and one of the greatest violinists of his day (he died in 1762). His made his career largely in England, and was a colleague of both Corelli, who was his teacher, and Handel. His concertos follow what Corelli called the Church Sonata form--generally four movements in a slow-fast-slow-fast pattern. Also like Corelli, Geminiani published very little music, there being only three collections of concertos of which Opus 3 was the most important and popular. They are exceptionally well performed by Fabio Biondi, who is a real master of the Baroque violin. Sonics and presentation are truly first class as well. --David HurwitzCustomer Reviews:
Noble melancholy.......2000-12-06
He gets just a footnote in the textbooks because he was not responsible for major technical innovations. His contemporaries referred to him as 'Il Furibondo,' sensing a certain wildness in his rhythmic and melodic intentions. This is not Baroque music for the dinner, the bathtub, or the drive home. This is Baroque music that demands your attention.
The concerti in minor keys display the most inspired melodies, and fortunately they predominate. Their contrapuntal depth is always several layers deeper than you'll hear in Vivaldi. The several reprises in Op. 3, no. 6, and the unusual gigue of the final Allegro will strike you with their inventiveness, as will the remarkable opening and fugato of the G minor No. 2.
This is a good performance and recording of these remarkable works. Geminiani is a composer who will serve you well to enoble your melancholy moods.
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La Folia, Variations On A Theme
Manufacturer: Hyperion UK ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B0000063BT Release Date: 1998-03-10 |
Tracks:
- Sonata In D Minor, Op. 5 No. 12
- Les Follies d'Espagne
- Primo e Secondo Libro di Toccate: Folia From Toccata No. 7 (Primo tono)
- Trio Sonata In D Minor (Variations On 'La Folia'), RV63 (Op. 1 No. 12)
- 12 Variationen uber die Folie d'Espagne, Wq118,9,H263
- Concerto Grosso 'La Folia' (After Corelli)
Customer Reviews:
A unique but limited compilation.......2005-07-11
Truly, as a theme and variations, this CD may seem repetitive and boring to some. That would be a matter of personal taste. However, I am rather fascinated with it, even more so as I have learned of its history. Among the most famous and influential variations (and my favorites) are those of Arcangelo Corelli (Track No. 1) and Antonio Vivaldi (Track No. 4). I also enjoy the Geminiani. (...)
For a bit of concise background, I excerpt and adapt a few paragraphs from "La folia, a musical cathedral." Its roots (linguistically, metaphorically, musically) of madness, dance, folly, fertility, and pleasure have captured the imagination of many. The taste offered by "La Folia, Variations on a Theme" is perhaps not yet the definitive collection, but for those entranced by La folia, it whets the appetite for more:
"'Folía' (modern spelling; the old spelling lacked the accent, as was the norm in Spain during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries) is of Iberian origin and refers to a fertility dance in three-four time originating in the late 15th century. In music Folia meant, at least till the 1670s, a very quick-paced and tumultuous dance, in which the dancers carried men dressed as women upon their shoulders. They were literally driven mad by the noise and the stirring rhythm. The 'early' Folia is sometimes called Folías españolas while the 'later' Folia might be indicated as Folías italianas. Derived from the Tuscan term 'Folle' (meaning empty-headed) the title Follia (with double LL) is used by many Italian composers. . . . The English word Folly has roughly the same meaning as the Tuscan term. In France the structure and its variations became known as Folies d'Espagne, with reference to its presumed origin. . . .
"What is so special about this tune?
"(1) The instant appeal of the music might be explained in the human's pursuit for balance. Speaking from a musicological point of view we are dealing with almost perfect symmetry and intricate harmonic layering.
"(2) By far the most important reason is that it is very pleasant music to listen to. There is somehow an instant appeal for listeners and composers alike. It even sounds familiar when you have never heard the piece before. . . . Being captivated by the tune is of course a matter of personal taste, for there remain plenty of people who get bored by hearing only a couple of variations.
"(3) From 1672 up to now the theme has not lost its power. . . . Composers are always looking for something that will give a piece instant flavour and character. La Folia variations provide lots of freedom too because there are no fixed numbers of variations to complete nor has there to be any structure between the variations.
"(4) Finally there is the interesting social phenomenon that the music had its roots in popular culture and developed into a stately court dance; from a fertility dance for the people into a courtly flirtation."
Very Redundant.......2005-06-05
For those of you who don't know, La Folia is just a piece with the same repeating pattern. These patterns go on for one hour with this CD and become boring and annoying.
Tracks number four and five are really the only decent tracks on this album.
Don't become dissapointed with this CD like I did.
Corelli's best work........2000-09-01
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Geminiani: 12 Concerti Grossi
Manufacturer: Polygram Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B00000417X Release Date: 1994-02-15 |
Tracks:
- Concerto No. 1 In D: Grave - Allegro - Adagio
- Concerto No. 1 In D: Allegro
- Concerto No. 1 In D: Largo
- Concerto No. 1 In D: Allegro
- Concerto No. 2 In B Flat: Adagio
- Concerto No. 2 In B Flat: Allegro
- Concerto No. 2 In B Flat: Vivace
- Concerto No. 2 In B Flat: Adagio
- Concerto No. 2 In B Flat: Vivace
- Concerto No. 3 In C: Adagio
- Concerto No. 3 In C: Allegro
- Concerto No. 3 In C: Adagio
- Concerto No. 3 In C: Allegro
- Concerto No. 4 In F: Adagio
- Concerto No. 4 In F: Allegro
- Concerto No. 4 In F: Vivace
- Concerto No. 4 In F: Adagio
- Concerto No. 4 In F: Allegro
- Concerto No. 5 In G Minor: Adagio
- Concerto No. 5 In G Minor: Vivace
- Concerto No. 5 In G Minor: Adagio
- Concerto No. 5 In G Minor: Allegro
- Concerto No. 6 In A: Adagio
- Concerto No. 6 In A: Allegro
- Concerto No. 6 In A: Adagio
- Concerto No. 6 In A: Allegro
Tracks:
- Concerto No. 7 In D Minor: Preludio: Vivace
- Concerto No. 7 In D Minor: Corrente: Allegro
- Concerto No. 7 In D Minor: Sarabanda: Largo
- Concerto No. 7 In D Minor: Giga: Allegro
- Concerto No. 8 In E Minor: Preludio: Largo
- Concerto No. 8 In E Minor: Allemanda: Allegro
- Concerto No. 8 In E Minor: Sarabanda: Largo
- Concerto No. 8 In E Minor: Giga: Allegro
- Concerto No. 9 In A: Preludio: Largo
- Concerto No. 9 In A: Giga: Allegro
- Concerto No. 9 In A: Adagio
- Concerto No. 9 In A: Tempo di Gavotta: Allegro
- Concerto No. 10 In F: Preludio: Adagio
- Concerto No. 10 In F: Allemanda: Allegro
- Concerto No. 10 In F: Sarabanda: Largo
- Concerto No. 10 In F: Gavotta: Allegro
- Concerto No. 10 In F: Giga: Allegro
- Concerto No. 11 In E: Preludio: Adagio
- Concerto No. 11 In E: Allegro
- Concerto No. 11 In E: Adagio
- Concerto No. 11 In E: Vivace
- Concerto No. 11 In E: Gavotta: Allegro
- Concerto No. 12 In D Minor: 'La Follia'
Customer Reviews:
Lovely, lush, but old school.......2005-03-02
They are, however, reflective of where baroque music was back in I Musici's heyday 20 years ago. This makes them wonderfully played, but probably a bit tame. So much so, I was actually quite shocked that this was the recording of these I grew up with. The pace is almost languid.
There is no denying it, though, at the Philips DUO price, they remain a bargain. Other, more daring renditions have a more daring price too. So, pick your poison.
Beautiful music - played with the heart and skill.......2002-08-21
This is beautiful and fun music. Since Corelli's music was all the rage it was natural for composers to find ways to get the public (especially in England) more of it or at least music very much like it.
The recording is very nice and the playing is quite nice if not blazingly original. But do we need extreme individual statements in music of this type? I think a more subdued brand of personal expression is more suitable and I Musici gives us that.
I really do enjoy listening to this disk and believe you will, too.
Very Satisfying.......2000-08-05
Perfect Gem for Geminiani.......2000-03-31
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Ombra Mai Fu; Pachelbel Canon
Manufacturer: Denon Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B00000C3HQ Release Date: 1993-01-04 |
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Italian Concerti Grossi
Manufacturer: Cbc ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B00005NBZV Release Date: 2001-07-01 |
Tracks:
- Il Pianto D'Arianna Con VI Quattor, Op. VII No.6: Andante-Allegro-Adagio-Andante-Allegro-Largo...
- Son in d 'La Follia', Op.1, No.12: I. Adagio/II. Andante/III. Allegro/IV/V/VI/VII/VIII/IX...
- Con A Quattro In Forma Pastorale Per Il Santo Natale, Op.8 No.6 'Christmas Con': I. Grave-Vivace...
- Con A Quattro In Forma Pastorale Per Il Santo Natale, Op.8 No.6 'Christmas Con': II.Largo
- Con A Quattro In Forma Pastorale Per Il Santo Natale, Op.8 No.6 'Christmas Con': III. Vivace
- Con Grosso in f: I. Grave
- Con Grosso in f: II. Allegro
- Con Grosso in f: III. Largo
- Con Grosso in f: IV. Allemande
- Con Grosso No.12 in d 'Follia': I. Adagio/II/III. Allegro/IV/V/VI/VII/VIII/IX. Adagio/X. Vivace...
- L'Estro Armonico: Con in d, Op.3 No.11: I. Allegro-Adagio E Spicato-Allegro
- L'Estro Armonico: Con in d, Op.3 No.11: II. Largo E Spicato
- L'Estro Armonico: Con in d, Op.3 No.11: III. Allegro
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Geminiani: 12 Concerti Grossi
Manufacturer: Zig Zag Territoires ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B0001HZ8YK Release Date: 2004-07-13 |
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Geminiani: Concerti Grossi 1-12
Ensemble 415 Manufacturer: Harmonia Mundi USA ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B000N0TQ84 Release Date: 2004-07-13 |
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