Italian Baroque Music

[micrologus]

The more I listen to Italian Baroque Music, the lower Bach is rated in my list of favorite composers.





[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9IKAdcGnQA&feature=related"]YouTube - Rinaldo Alessandrini-Concerto Italiano "Ave regina Coelorum"[/ame]

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7aK4_W7P25I&feature=related"]YouTube - Domenico Scarlatti - Stabat Mater a 10 voci - parte 1[/ame]

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AA9swUm9B9M&feature=related"]YouTube - Domenico Scarlatti - Stabat mater a 10 voci - parte 2[/ame]

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jA3IwAN4qd4&feature=related"]YouTube - Domenico Scarlatti - Stabat mater a 10 voci - parte 3[/ame]

[Diane Denton]

Thank you for the beautiful examples. Italian Baroque is at the top of my favorites list!

Are you familiar with Alessandro Stradella (1639-1682)?

I have links to samples of his music and more information on my website:
http://www.astradellasojourn.com

[micrologus]

No, I'm not familiar with Alessandro Stradella.

I clicked on the link on your website in the hope to hear the violin sonata, but I was disappointed. It's not a violin sonata by Stradella but by Elisabeth-Claude Jacquet de la Guerre.

But finaly I found this (also on your website)

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MMuVXrl2DzI"]YouTube - Alessandro Stradella - Sonata in La minore per violino e b.c.[/ame]

Thanks for the information

[Stlukesguild]

Nothing undermines Bach in my opinion... certainly not the Italian Baroque composers... although I do quite like much of their work. I just recently got this disc:



The music is absolutely marvelously thought out and performed and the packaging is quite special. Highly recommended!

http://www.zigzag-territoires.com/ar...e=1773&lang=en

[Diane Denton]

Originally Posted by micrologus

No, I'm not familiar with Alessandro Stradella.

I clicked on the link on your website in the hope to hear the violin sonata, but I was disappointed. It's not a violin sonata by Stradella but by Elisabeth-Claude Jacquet de la Guerre.

But finaly I found this (also on your website)

YouTube - Alessandro Stradella - Sonata in La minore per violino e b.c.

Thanks for the information

Thanks for looking at my site and I apologize for the link which as you so rightly noted is not a Stradella composition. I will be fixing asap--probably linking to a Stradella Sinfonia for violin & cello.

[Diane Denton]

Originally Posted by micrologus

No, I'm not familiar with Alessandro Stradella.

I clicked on the link on your website in the hope to hear the violin sonata, but I was disappointed. It's not a violin sonata by Stradella but by Elisabeth-Claude Jacquet de la Guerre.

But finaly I found this (also on your website)

YouTube - Alessandro Stradella - Sonata in La minore per violino e b.c.

Thanks for the information

I have fixed the link on the front page of my website to go to a Youtube video of an absolutely stunning performance of Stradella's Sinfonia A Tre D Moll:

http://www.astradellasojourn.com/index.html

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SjwX01S3mQw&feature=related"]YouTube - Alessandro Stradella (1639-1682) - Sinfonia A Tre D Moll[/ame]

There are 2 more Stradella music links on: http://www.astradellasojourn.com/links.html
and many more on Youtube

Here are some suggested CDs of Alessandro Stradella compositions:


If interested in Stradella and other Italian Baroque composers of 17th and 18th centuries (especially rarer works) check out The Alessandro Stradella Consort (formerly Camerata Ligure):
http://www.alessandrostradellaconsort.com/

[hemiola07]

French Baroque is also great. And I mean the more obscure French Baroque masters, not just the commonly heard-of Rameau, Couperin, and Leclair. Hotteterre, Philidor, and Marais are just a few of the many such composers I'd recommend. Warning: French Baroque is a totally different world from Italian and German Baroque, and quite a tangle to learn in the beginning. See my thoughts on the issue:

http://hemiola07.wordpress.com/2010/...-french-to-me/

However, I'd say give it a try; it's so charming. And yes, if I wasn't a recorder player, I would not know about this stuff ....

[ninjaquartet]

I also very like Tartini and plan to get all his violin concerto. I think it is the same task as collecting Vivaldi's for the reason on how to avoid duplicity.

And how about more modern , classical composer as Boccherini, Viotti and Paganini, all very Italiano and masterful in their respected specialization (Boccherini=chamber, Viotti and Paganini=violin).