A trip to the world of the Italian virtuosi with works by 'The Red Priest' Antonio Vivaldi as well as his rarely heard predecessor Antonio Bertali 'Il valoroso del violino' We also include music by the greatest of all Italian guitarists, Francesco Corbetta, the Frenchman Forqueray who ' wanted to do everything on the viol that the Italians did on the violin, and succeeded... playing like the Devil himself.' and the inimitable Neapolitan Scarlatti who, not content with sounding like just one Devil gave a listener the impression that ' Ten thousand demons were at the instrument!'.
Antonio Vivaldi [1678-1741]
- Sonata in B flat major RV 729 [12'] [Tutti]
Domenico Scarlatti [1685-1757]
- 3 Sonatas for Harpsichord [15'] [Solo Harpsichord]
Antonio Vivaldi [1678-1741]
- Sonata in c minor RV 6-
Antonio Bertali [1605-1669]
- Ciaconna in C [22'] [Tutti]
Interval
Antoine Forqueray [1671-1745]
- La Leclair, La du Vaucel, La DuBuisson [12'] [Viol and continuo]
Francesco Corbetta [1615-1681]
- Prelude, Folia D'Espagna, Ciaconna [12'] [Solo guitar]
Antonio Vivaldi [1678-1741]
- Sonata Op.2 No.2 in A major [8'] [Tutti]
Total length of music approx. 85'