Ensemble Mélero – Buxtehude: Trio Sonatas & Variations (2023) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Ensemble Mélero – Buxtehude: Trio Sonatas & Variations (2023)
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Heinrich Schütz, Dieterich Buxtehude and J. S. Bach are considered the most important musicians and composers of their generations in Germany. Buxtehude was, for a long time, mainly renowned for his organ music, and it was only through the German musicologist and librarian Carl Stiehl’s discovery of the Düben Collection in 1888 that his vocal music started to gain attention. His chamber music first came into focus during the 1970s, when research about the performance practices of early music started to be conducted on a larger scale, along with performances with period instruments. Buxtehude’s trio sonatas now belong to the standard repertoire. Ensemble Mélero plays a selection of trio sonatas on this recording with the ambition to give examples of his sense of variety and inventiveness. With the variations for harpsichord, the goal is to give the listener further examples of Buxtehude’s ornamentation and ability to vary over a given theme.

Ensemble Mélero is known for performing instrumental music from around 1650–1750, focusing on music composed for baroque violin, bass viol and harpsichord. The trio has been active since 2008 and is based in Stockholm. The instrument combination offers a varied musical experience – from pure simplicity to lively polyphony.

Tracklist:
1. Ensemble Mélero – Trio Sonata in C Major, BuxWV 256: I. Vivace (01:42)
2. Ensemble Mélero – Trio Sonata in C Major, BuxWV 256: II. Allegro (01:43)
3. Ensemble Mélero – Trio Sonata in C Major, BuxWV 256: III. Largo (00:43)
4. Ensemble Mélero – Trio Sonata in C Major, BuxWV 256: IV. Allegro (01:42)
5. Ensemble Mélero – Trio Sonata in C Major, BuxWV 256: V. Adagio – Allegro (02:48)
6. Ensemble Mélero – Trio Sonata in A Minor, BuxWV 254: I. Adagio (01:43)
7. Ensemble Mélero – Trio Sonata in A Minor, BuxWV 254: II. Allegro (01:49)
8. Ensemble Mélero – Trio Sonata in A Minor, BuxWV 254: III. Lento – IV. Lento (03:00)
9. Ensemble Mélero – Trio Sonata in A Minor, BuxWV 254: V. Largo (01:04)
10. Ensemble Mélero – Trio Sonata in A Minor, BuxWV 254: VI. Presto – VII. Lento (02:23)
11. Ensemble Mélero – Courante Simble in A Minor, BuxWV 245 (07:58)
12. Ensemble Mélero – Trio Sonata in D Major, BuxWV 260: I. Adagio (00:30)
13. Ensemble Mélero – Trio Sonata in D Major, BuxWV 260: II. Allegro (02:13)
14. Ensemble Mélero – Trio Sonata in D Major, BuxWV 260: III. Largo (00:39)
15. Ensemble Mélero – Trio Sonata in D Major, BuxWV 260: IV. Arietta (07:24)
16. Ensemble Mélero – Trio Sonata in D Major, BuxWV 260: V. Largo – VI. Vivace (02:14)
17. Ensemble Mélero – Aria in D Minor “Rofilis”, BuxWV 248 (02:54)
18. Ensemble Mélero – Trio Sonata in C Minor, BuxWV 262: I. Poco adagio (01:33)
19. Ensemble Mélero – Trio Sonata in C Minor, BuxWV 262: II. Allegro – III. Lento (02:10)
20. Ensemble Mélero – Trio Sonata in C Minor, BuxWV 262: IV. Allegro – V. Vivace (04:05)
21. Ensemble Mélero – Aria & Variations in A Minor, BuxWV 249 (04:48)
22. Ensemble Mélero – Trio Sonata in B-Flat Major, BuxWV 255: I. Vivace (05:02)
23. Ensemble Mélero – Trio Sonata in B-Flat Major, BuxWV 255: II. Lento – III. Allegro (03:11)

Personnel:
Ensemble Mélero:
Hanna Wiklund – baroque violin
Leif Henrikson – bass viol
Cajsa Trepte – harpsichord

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