Scaramuccia – L’altra Venezia: Violin and Cello Sonatas (2023) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

World premiere recording of violin and cello sonatas by Albinoni, Bigaglia, Caldara, Gentili, and Reali. Scaramuccia Ensemble.

It seems that the Venice of the early 18th century is today inexorably linked to the name of Vivaldi, but Venice is not only Vivaldi: in those years the young composer lives and breathes the music of Venetian masters today overshadowed by the imposing figure of the Prete Rosso. Great masters who, at the dawn of the 18th century, forged a new musical taste, an extraordinary change of style that in a matter of a few years will assimilate the old Italian tradition in a new exuberant and virtuous instrumental language.

“L’altra Venezia” shows us unexplored places in Venice at the turn of the century: composers hidden behind gigantic figures such as Vivaldi, works silenced for centuries that show us the splendor of a new style in the making. Composers that deserve to be remembered, works that must be unearthed. Thus, two sonatas by the great Albinoni recently discovered by Prof. Michael Talbot or sonatas of the former concertmaster of the San Marco orchestra, Giorgio Gentili, are some of the works that will be performed for the first time in a program made up entirely of premieres in modern times.

Tracklist:
1. Scaramuccia – Bigaglia: Violin Sonata in C major. Grave (03:33)
2. Scaramuccia – Bigaglia: Violin Sonata Sonata in C major. Allegro (02:10)
3. Scaramuccia – Bigaglia: Violin Sonata Sonata in C major. Largo (03:28)
4. Scaramuccia – Bigaglia: Violin Sonata in C major. Allegro (02:10)
5. Scaramuccia – Caldara: Violin Sonata in F major. Largo (01:37)
6. Scaramuccia – Caldara: Violin Sonata in F major. Allegro (02:00)
7. Scaramuccia – Caldara: Violin Sonata in F major. Largo (01:35)
8. Scaramuccia – Caldara: Violin Sonata in F major. Allegro (03:06)
9. Scaramuccia – Caldara: Violin Sonata in F major. Allegro (01:49)
10. Scaramuccia – Albinoni: Violin Sonata in B flat major. Adagio (02:47)
11. Scaramuccia – Albinoni: Violin Sonata in B flat major. Allegro (03:13)
12. Scaramuccia – Albinoni: Violin Sonata in B flat major. Adagio (02:43)
13. Scaramuccia – Albinoni: Violin Sonata in B flat major. Allegro (02:31)
14. Scaramuccia – Gentili: Cello Sonata in A major. Allegro (01:52)
15. Scaramuccia – Gentili: Cello Sonata in A major. Grave (01:55)
16. Scaramuccia – Gentili: Cello Sonata in A major. Allegro (02:22)
17. Scaramuccia – Gentili: Cello Sonata in A major. Presto (01:13)
18. Scaramuccia – Gentili: Cello Sonata in A major. Minuet (00:58)
19. Scaramuccia – Gentili: Capriccio 11, Op. 3. Allegro (00:45)
20. Scaramuccia – Gentili: Capriccio 11, Op. 3. Adagio (01:49)
21. Scaramuccia – Gentili: Capriccio 11, Op. 3. Allegro (01:27)
22. Scaramuccia – Gentili: Capriccio 11, Op. 3. Presto (01:40)
23. Scaramuccia – Gentili: Capriccio 11, Op. 3. Presto (01:14)
24. Scaramuccia – Gentili: Cello Sonata in G major. Adagio (03:35)
25. Scaramuccia – Gentili: Cello Sonata in G major. Allegro (02:00)
26. Scaramuccia – Gentili: Cello Sonata in G major. Grave (02:52)
27. Scaramuccia – Gentili: Cello Sonata in G major. Presto (01:18)
28. Scaramuccia – Gentili: Cello Sonata in G major. Allegro (01:29)
29. Scaramuccia – Albinoni: Violin Sonata in G minor. [Adagio] (02:49)
30. Scaramuccia – Albinoni: Violin Sonata in G minor. Balletto (02:00)
31. Scaramuccia – Albinoni: Violin Sonata in G minor. Corrente (01:51)
32. Scaramuccia – Albinoni: Violin Sonata in G minor. [Giga] (01:17)
33. Scaramuccia – Reali: Violin Sonata N.7 Op.2. Grave (02:45)
34. Scaramuccia – Reali: Violin Sonata N.7 Op.2. Allegro (03:05)
35. Scaramuccia – Reali: Violin Sonata N.7 Op.2. Grave (01:16)
36. Scaramuccia – Reali: Violin Sonata N.7 Op.2. Allegro (02:32)