Giuseppe Torelli: Christmas Concerto and much more

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Giuseppe Torelli
 Giuseppe Torelli
GIUSEPPE TORELLI (1658-1709) was an Italian violist, violinist, teacher, and composer.

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1-3. Giuseppe Torelli - Christmas Concerto
Concerto in forma di Pastorale per il Santissimio Natale Op. 8 No. 6
Simon Standage
Collegium Musicum 90

I. Grave - Vivace
II. Largo
III. Vivace

4. Giuseppe Torelli - Sinfonia in A Minor Op. 5 No. 1
"Sinfonia prima" for two violins, cello, and basso continuo in A minor Op. 5
Performed by Insieme Strumentale di Roma
Directed by Giorgio Sasso

5. Giuseppe Torelli - 12 CONCERTI GROSSI CON UNA PASTORALE PER IL SANTISSIMO NATALE: Op. 8 (Post., Felice Torelli, 1709)

Concerto for two violins, strings and basso continuo in A minor, Op. 8 n. 2

I. Allegro - 0:00
II. Largo - 2:06
III. Allegro - 4:56

Concerto for two violins, strings and basso continuo in B flat major, Op. 8 n. 4

I. Allegro - 6:57
II. Largo e con affetto: Allegro, largo - 10:04
III. Allegro - 13:29

Concerto for two violins, strings and basso continuo in G major, Op. 8 n. 5

I. Allegro - 16:14
II. Adagio - 18:11
III. Allegro - 20:28

CONCERTO À QUATTRO IN FORMA DI PASTORALE PER IL SANTISSIMO NATALE in G minor, Op. 8 n. 6

I. Grave: Vivace - 23:51
II. Largo - 26:39
III. Vivace - 28:25

Concerto for violin, strings and basso continuo in C minor, Op. 8 n. 8

I. Vivace - 32:48
II. Adagio - 34:31
III. Allegro - 37:10

Concerto for violin, strings and basso continuo in E minor, Op. 8 n. 9

I. (Vivace) - 37:10
II. Largo: Allegro, largo - 40:16
III. (Allegro) - 45:33

VIOLIN I
Simon Standage (G. Grancino, Milan, 1685)
Miles Golding (A. Mariani, Pesaro, c.1650)
Catherine Martin (J. Ch. Fricker, 1721)
Rodolfo Richter (J. Stainer, Adsam, c. 1670)
VIOLIN II
Catherine Weiss (T. Eberle, Naples, 1770)
Diane Moore (Anonymous, English or Flemish, c. 1780)
Nicolette Moonen (M. Albanus, 1643)
Ellen O'Dell (D. Rubio 1987, copy of Stradivarius)
VIOLA
Jane Rogers (R. Ross 1992, copy of Guarnerius, 1676)
Andrew Byrt (Anonymous, Saxony, c. 1740)
VIOLONCELLO
Jane Coe (J. H. Rottenburgh, Brussels, 1753)
Helen Verney (Anonymous English, 1730)
BASS OF VIOLIN
Helen Gough (M. Bowers 1993, copy of 17th-century original)
Anna Holmes (B. Maynard 1980, copy of Brothers Amati, 1610)
THEORBO
William Carter (K. Jacobsen, 1998)
CHAMBER ORGAN
Nicholas Parle (R. Jennings 2002, after 17th-century English)

Collegium Musicum 90 / Simon Standage (conductor)

2005 - DDD
Chaconne

[on authentic instruments]


6. Giuseppe Torelli - Concerto musicale a quattro for strings [with winds in this recording] and basso continuo in B minor - Op. 6 n. 3 (Augsburg, L. Kroniger & G. Göbel,1698)
[for Sophie Charlotte, Electress of Brandenburg]

I. Allegro - 0:05
II. Adagio - 1:47
III. Allegro - 2:56

Bojan Čičić, Oliver Sändig, Hazel Brooks, Camilla Scarlett, Linda Hannah-Andersson, Richard Wade, Veronique Matarasso (violin)
Rachel Stott, Heather Birt, Hazel Brooks (viola)
Gareth Deats (violoncello)
Ibi Aziz (viola da gamba)
Elizabeth Harré (violone)
Mark Baigent, Jane Downer, Nicholas Benda (oboe)
Michael Brain (bassoon)
Jørgen Skogmo (theorbo & baroque guitar)
David Bannister (positive organ)

Charivari Agréable / Kah-Ming Ng (conductor)
http://www.charivari.co.uk

2009
Signum SIGCD157 - DDD
http://www.signumrecords.com

[on authentic instruments]


7. Giuseppe Torelli - Sinfonia for 4 Trumpets and Strings G.33
Allegro - Adagio 4:10 - Presto 4:46

8. Giuseppe Torelli - Concerto for trumpet, strings and basso continuo in D major
(Amsterdam, E. Roger n. 188, 1715)

I. Allegro - 0:05
II. Adagio, presto - 2:10
III. Allegro - 4:34

St James Baroque Players / Ivor Bolton (conductor)
http://www.ivorbolton.com/

1993
Teldec 0927.40838.2 - DDD
http://www.warnerclassicsandjazz.com/

[on authentic instruments]