Charivari Agréable
Harmonia Caelestis
- Type CD
- Label Signum Classics
- UPC 0635212004920
- Catalog number SIGCD 049
- Release date 01 January 2007
About the album
This album explores the overlap of repertory for the cornett and the violin (occasioned by their frequent interchangeability), and in the marriage of both instruments. Of the two, the cornett’s particular appeal, according to Girolamo Dalla Casa (1584), lies in its tonal similarity to the human voice, an attribute poetically likened by Marin Mersenne (1636) to ‘a brilliant ray of sunshine piercing the shadows’. The juxtaposition of wind and strings is most vividly enhanced by the pairing of a violin with a cornett in small-scale vocal and instrumental works. The most beautiful is arguably the sonata by Cima, one of the earliest trio sonatas. It is hoped that our conceit of re-lighting the cornett’s gleam will find favour among those who delight in the capriciousness of the music of the Seicento.
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11Mascara
02:11 -
12Ciaccona mosaica
05:49 -
13Toccata
01:39 -
14Sinfonia
08:15 -
15Balletto
02:30 -
16Sonata
03:25 -
17Chiaccona
04:00 -
18Canzon
06:01 -
19Canzon l'amaltea
03:32 -
110Sinfonia
01:43 -
111Contraponto
05:39 -
112Ballo alla Polacha
04:54 -
113Diminuzioni
04:22 -
114Bergamasca mosaica
06:00