Il Giardino Armonico’s many fine studio recordings of Bach, Handel, Vivaldi, and other Baroque masters are well-known to WFMT listeners. On this edition of Baroque&Before, we have the rare opportunity to hear Il Giardino Armonico in a concert of trio sonatas.
Recorded live in concert during 2013 March Music Days International Festival in the Concert Hall in Ruse, Bulgaria’s fifth largest city.
Giovanni B. Fontana (1571-~1630)
Trio Sonata, for three violins and basso continuo
Tarquinio Merula (~1595-1665)
Chaconne
Johann Heinrich Schmelzer (~1623-1680)
Trio Sonata in D, for three violins and basso continuo
Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767)
Trio Sonata in F, for two chalumeaux, violin and basso continuo
Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)
Trio Sonata No. 12 in D minor, RV 63 (‘La Follia’)
H.I.F. von Biber (1644-1704)
Partita VI in D, from ‘Harmonia artificioso-ariosa: diversi mode accordata, C. 67’ (1696)
Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767)
Allegro, from ‘Recorder Concerto in C, TWV 51:C1’ (encore)
PERFORMERS
Il Giardino Armonico
Giovanni Antonini, Director, flautino, chalumeau
Tindaro Capuano, chalumeau
Stefano Barneschi, Marco Bianchi, Liana Mosca; violin
Opening Theme for Baroque&Before:
Joan Ambrosio Dalza: Piva, performed by Musica Reservata (Boston Skyline BSD 123)
