Ensemble Aurora – On the Shoulders of Giants: Tracing the Roots of Counterpoint (2014) [Official Digital Download 24bit/44,1kHz]

Ensemble Aurora – On the Shoulders of Giants: Tracing the Roots of Counterpoint (2014)
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Enrico Gatti’s eighth recording for the Arcana label, and the debut album by his Ensemble Aurora in the role of string quartet, is without a doubt the most original of his discography. The result of years of research and discoveries, On The Shoulders of Giants is an exciting journey back to the roots of string quartet writing and counterpoint: from Renaissance tablatures to Mozart’s famous String Quartet in G major KV387, the first of the ‘Haydn’ Quartets, by way of Dario Castello, Johann Rosenmuller, Johann Sebastian Bach (the fourth counterpoint from The Art of Fugue) and the inevitable Corelli (Fuga a Quattro voci): a concentration of beautiful music, with a programme that encompasses different periods but with a clear main theme, which Enrico Gatti describes so well in his authoritative liner notes.

Tracklist:
01. Ensemble Aurora – Missa “Ecce sacerdos magnus”: Kyrie (02:47)
02. Ensemble Aurora – Messa delli Apostoli: Christe II (01:18)
03. Ensemble Aurora – Messa della domenica: Toccata cromaticha per la levatione (03:49)
04. Ensemble Aurora – Madrigale su testo di Petrarca: Là ver l’aurora (01:21)
05. Ensemble Aurora – Chanson su testo di Du Bellay: La nuict froide et sombre (03:26)
06. Ensemble Aurora – Sonate concertate in stil moderno, libro secondo: Sonata XV a 4 per stromenti d’arco (05:04)
07. Ensemble Aurora – Sonate à 2, 3, 4, è 5 stromenti da arco & altri: Sonata VII a 4 (07:15)
08. Ensemble Aurora – Fuga a quattro voci, Op. posth., Anh. 15 (02:11)
09. Ensemble Aurora – Die Kunst der Fuge, BWV 1080: Contrapunctus IV (05:25)
10. Ensemble Aurora – Adagio and Fuga in C Minor, K. 546: I. Adagio (03:00)
11. Ensemble Aurora – Adagio and Fuga in C Minor, K. 546: II. Fuga (04:21)
12. Ensemble Aurora – Quartet in G Major, K. 387: I. Allegro vivace assai (11:22)
13. Ensemble Aurora – Quartet in G Major, K. 387: II. Menuetto (Allegro)-Trio (06:56)
14. Ensemble Aurora – Quartet in G Major, K. 387: III. Andante cantabile (07:35)
15. Ensemble Aurora – Quartet in G Major, K. 387: IV. Fuga (Molto allegro) (08:30)

Personnel:
Composers:
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750)
Castello, Dario (c.1590-1644)
Corelli, Arcangelo (1653-1713)
Frescobaldi, Girolamo (1583-1643)
Lasso, Orlando di (c.1532-94)
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-91)
Palestrina, Giovanni Pierluigi da (c.1525-94)
Rosenmüller, Johann (1619-82)

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