La Sfera Armoniosa / Mike Fentross / Lidewij van der Voort
Concerti Grossi & Violin Concertos
- Type CD
- Label Challenge Classics
- UPC 0608917282924
- Catalog number CC 72829
- Release date 08 January 2021
About the album
Willem De Fesch was born in Alkmaar in 1687. He deserves an honorable place alongside such greats as Vivaldi and Handel, as his works sound at least as colorful, playful, inventive and sparkling as those of his contemporaries.
Sometime after 1700 his parents returned with him to Amsterdam. By then, the city had become an epicentre of music publishers. Many Italian composers published their work in the city; Vivaldi made public appearances and in 1729, Pietro Locatelli even opted to move there.
In 1708, De Fesch was appointed violinist in the orchestra of the Amsterdam City Theatre. He composed a lot of music for stage performances himself, such as the concerts in C and A minor on this CD.
As far as we know, orchestral works only started to appear again in 1741: the audibly matured Opus 10, also on this CD.
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11Concerto Grosso in D Major, Op. 10 No. 4
12:52 -
12Concerto Grosso in C Major, Op. 3 No. 1
07:54 -
13Concerto Grosso in E Minor, Op. 3 No. 5
06:59 -
14Violin Concerto in C Minor, Op. 5 No. 5
09:25 -
15Concerto Grosso in A Minor
06:45 -
16Concerto Grosso in C Major, Op. 10 No. 3
08:34 -
17Concerto Grosso in F Major, Op. 10 No. 5
07:35
Mike Fentross (artist)
La Sfera Armoniosa (orchestra)