Marini: Curiose invenzioni dall'opera ottava

Marini: Curiose invenzioni dall'opera ottava
Monica Huggett / Galatea - Paul Beier
Stradivarius "Dulcimer" 33549
Stradivarius "Echo" 35705

Contents:

  1. Sonata due corde
  2. Canzon quinta
  3. Sonata sopra la Monica
  4. Capriccio in modo di Lira
  5. Balletto - Sinfonia Quinta
  6. - Balletto Secondo
  7. - Corrente Seconda
  8. - Gagliarda Quarta
  9. - Corrente Decima
  10. - Ritornello Terzo
  11. Sonata undecima a 2
  12. Capriccio per decima quarta
  13. Sonata variata
  14. Balletto - Sinfonia Seconda
  15. - Balletto Ottavo alla Polacca
  16. - Gagliarda terza
  17. - Corrente ottava alla Polacca
  18. - Ritornello ottavo
  19. Sonata in ecco
  20. Canzon quarta
  21. Sonata d'inventione
  22. Pass'emezzo concertato in dieci parti

Performers: Monica Huggett (violin), Emilia Benjamin (violin, viol), Claudia Combs (violin), Caterina Dell'Agnello (cello, viol), Vincenzo Onida (dulcian), Paul Beier (lute, theorbo), Maurizio Martelli (theorbo), Ivan Pelà (theorbo), Gabriele Palomba (lute, archlute), Franco Pavan (archlute), Richard Savino (guitar), Fulvio Garlaschi (guitar), Fabio Bonizzoni (organ)

Playing time: 69'

Recording date: June 1998 (Svizzera)

Marini's Opus 8 was published in Venice in 1629 (dedicated in 1626), and contains perhaps his most distinctive and idiomatic violin writing. The present program contains an interesting cross-section of the publication.

A similar program by this ensemble, devoted to a different composer:

Buonamente: Balli, Sonate e Canzoni
Monica Huggett / Bruce Dickey / Ensemble Galatea - Paul Beier
Stradivarius 33603

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Todd M. McComb