Scaramuccia

Scaramuccia – Pisendel Neue Sonaten (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 59:10 minutes | 1,15 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Snakewood Editions

This recording features the world premiere of unpublished works by Johann Georg Pisendel, concertmaster of the Dresden orchestra and one of the greatest virtuosi of the 18th century, although he is relatively unknown today.

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Scaramuccia – 1717: Memories of a Journey to Italy (2018/2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:02:08 minutes | 1,20 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Snakewood Editions

Imagine that you have the opportunity to fill your suitcase with the best music of your time. What would you take and what would you leave? Remember you do not have room for everything and you have to choose! This is more or less what happened to Pisendel (the concertmaster of the Dresden orchestra and one of the greatest virtuosos of his era) during his trip to Italy in 1717. For almost a year the young Pisendel toured Italy and met the greatest masters of his time, and throughout his sojourn, he collected the best compositions he could find and filled his suitcase with them. Incidentally, he was forced to use a smaller type of paper, taking up less space in his suitcase and allowing him to transport more musical treasures to Dresden.

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Scaramuccia – L’altra Venezia: Violin and Cello Sonatas (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:17:04 minutes | 1,45 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Lawo Classics

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.

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