Arcangelo Corelli: Concerti grossi, Op. 6 Il Dolcimelo

• Arcangelo Corelli (1653 - 1713): Concerto I - D Major:
• 1 Concerto I: Largo - Allegro - Adagio 02:45
• 2 Concerto I: Largo - Allegro 02:43
• 3 Concerto I: Largo 02:58
• 4 Concerto I: Allegro - Adagio 01:36
• 5 Concerto I: Allegro 02:05
• Concerto II - F Major:
• 6 Concerto II: Vivace - Allegro - Adagio - Vivace - Allegro 03:16
• 7 Concerto II: Largo - Andante 00:55
• 8 Concerto II: Allegro 01:41
• 9 Concerto II: Grave - Andante Largo 01:48
• 10 Concerto II: Allegro 01:58
• Concerto III - C Minor:
• 11 Concerto III: Largo 03:02
• 12 Concerto III: Allegro - Adagio 02:12
• 13 Concerto III: Grave 01:25
• 14 Concerto III: Vivace 02:35
• 15 Concerto III: Allegro 02:21
• Concerto V - B Flat Major:
• 16 Concerto V: Adagio - Allegro - Adagio 03:38
• 17 Concerto V: Adagio 01:39
• 18 Concerto V: Allegro - Adagio 01:51
• 19 Concerto V: Largo 01:05
• 20 Concerto V: Allegro 02:11
• Concerto IV - D Major:
• 21 Concerto IV: Adagio 00:34
• 22 Concerto IV: Allegro 03:03
• 23 Concerto IV: Adagio 01:52
• 24 Concerto IV: Vivace 00:55
• 25 Concerto IV: Allegro 03:01
• Concerto VI - F Major:
• 26 Concerto VI: Adagio 01:56
• 27 Concerto VI: Allegro 01:57
• 28 Concerto VI: Largo 03:29
• 29 Concerto VI: Vivace 02:15
• 30 Concerto VI: Allegro 02:56
• Total Runtime 01:05:42

Info for Arcangelo Corelli: Concerti grossi, Op. 6

Few composers with such a relatively small oeuvre have had such a great influence to the music-interested contemporaries and later generations like Arcangelo Corelli. Besides a collection of trio sonatas, solo sonatas, and the concerti grossi (recorded here), published as Op. 1 - 6, there is only a handful of compositions handed down in manuscript.

What is the fascination that Corelli's music held for his contemporaries and the following generations? In fact, his compositions, with their well-balanced form, clear phrasing, intuitive themes, subtle sequences and unobtrusive harmonies, have something timeless about them, comparable to the music of his French antipode Lully or, later, that of Mozart.

In December 1725 the complete arrangement of Corelli's Concerti grossi for two recorders, as heard on this recording with the ensemble Il Dolcimelo, was published in England. It probably goes back to the recorder player and composer Johann Christian Schickardt (ca. 1681 - 1762) from Braunschweig and is characterized by the fact that different types of flutes are used in order to keep the original keys and to be able to use the orchestral parts of the original version. Thus the pieces can be played not only as trio sonatas but also as real concerti grossi.

The ensemble Il Dolcimelo was happy to engage Han Tol, a former prominent member of the Flanders Recorder Quartet, as a guest for this recording.

Han Tol, recorder
Robert Sagasser, violone
Thomas Boysen, baroque guitar
Thomas Boysen, theorbo
Christoph Lehmann, organ b.c.
Christoph Lehmann, harpsichord
Katja Beisch, recorder
Doris Runge, cello
Il Dolcimelo

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