Golden Strings – Mossi & Montanari: Violin Sonatas

Montanari, Antonio Maria, Mossi, Giovanni

Anima & Corpo, Pro, Gabriele

A 539

Giovanni Mossi and Antonio Montanari, two of the most esteemed violin virtuosi of eighteenth-century Rome, can finally take centre stage, away from the crowded panorama of Corelli's pupils and imitators; their works can be fully appreciated in this new recording devoted to their sonatas for violin. Three sonatas by Mossi for violin and continuo from his op. 5 and op. 6 are presented here; these collections remain lesser-known and lesser-recorded even today. The three violin sonatas by Montanari that the celebrated virtuoso Johann Pisendel brought from Rome to Dresden in 1717, after having taken lessons from Montanari himself, are recorded here together for the first time. The director of this project is the young violinist Gabriele Pro, one of the most promising Italian Baroque violinists of his generation. He is joined by cellist Maria Calvo, lutenist Simone Vallerotonda, already a star of many Arcana recordings, and award-winning harpsichordist Cristiano Gaudio.

https://youtu.be/cmvDWMdlzBY

Works:

Vivaldi: Concerto for 2 horns, strings & continuo RV539
•Vivaldi: Concerto for Multiple Instruments in G minor RV574
•Vivaldi: Concerto for Oboe & Bassoon in G major, RV 545
•Vivaldi: Concerto for Two Horns and Strings RV538
•Vivaldi: Concerto for two oboes in A minor, RV 536
•Vivaldi: Concerto for Violin & Cello in B flat minor, RV 547
•Vivaldi: Concerto for Violin & Viola da gamba, 'La maggiore' RV546
•Vivaldi: Concerto in D minor for Two Oboes, RV 535

CD x 1

Arcana

7.02.2023

3760195735398