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Ostinato!

Andrea Falconieri (1585-1656)
Passacalle
from Il primo libro di canzone, sinfonie, fantasie, capricci, brandi, correnti, gagliarde, alemane, volte... (Naples, 1650)


Tarquinio Merula (1594-1665)
Ruggiero
from Canzoni overo Sonate concertate per chiesa, e camera a due e a tre, libro terzo, opera duodecima (Venice, 1637)


Marco Uccellini (c.1603-1680)
Aria sopra la Bergamasca
from Il terzo libro delle sonate, arie et correnti a 2. 3. per sonare con diversi instromenti (Venice, 1642)


Giovanni Battista Vitali (1632-1692)
Passagallo secondo
from Varie partite del passemezo, ciaccon, capricij, e passagali, a tre...opera settima (Venice, 1682)


Johann Heinrich Schmelzer (c.1620-1680)
Sonata quarta [tetrachord]
from Sonatae unarum fidium (Nürnberg, 1664)


Martino Pesenti (c.1600-1648)
Passo e mezo a due
from Correnti, gagliarde, e balletti... (Venice, 1645)


Biagio Marini (1597-1665)
Pass' e mezzo
from Sonate, sinfonie, canzoni, pass'emezzi, baletti, corenti, gagliarde, & retornelli... opera VIII (Naples, 1616)


Giovanni Battista Vitali (1632-1692)
Capriccio sopra dodici figure
from Varie partite del passemezo, ciaccon, capricij, e passagali, a tre... opera settima (Venice, 1682)


intermission


Giovanni Battista Vitali (1632-1692)
Passagallo terzo
from Varie partite del passemezo, ciaccon, capricij, e passagali, a tre...opera settima (Venice, 1682)


Giovanni Antonio Bertoli (1598-after 1645)
Sonata settima [tetrachord]
from Le Compositioni musicali fatte per sonare col fagotto solo... (Venice, 1645)


Girolamo Frescobaldi (1583-1643)
Capriccio del soggetto scrito sopra l'aria di Ruggiero
from Il primo libro di capricci fatti sopra diversi soggetti, et arie... (Rome, 1624)


Giovanni Battista Vitali (1632-1692)
Ciaccona
from Varie partite del passemezo, ciaccon, capricij, e passagali, a tre...opera settima (Venice, 1682)


Salamone Rossi (1570?-1630)
Sonata duodecima sopra la Bergamasca
from Il quarto libro de varie sonate, sinfonie, gagliarde, brandi, e correnti... (Venice, 1642)


Johann Michael Nicolai (1629-1685)
Sonata a 2 [La Bergamasca]
No. 73 in the Codex Rost manuscript in the Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris (Strasbourg, 1688?)


Anonymous
Sonate "Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern" [tetrachord]
from the Codex 726 in the Minorite monastery (Vienna, ?)


Tarquinio Merula (1594- 1665)
Chiacona à 2. violini, & à 3. col basso
from Canzoni overo Sonate concertate per chiesa, e camera a due e a tre, libro terzo, opera duodecima (Venice, 1637)

Listen to Us

We have chosen a few of our concert recordings for you to listen to. Please click on the links below to download mp3 files. Enjoy!

Bertali:

Sonata a 4

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Nicolai:

Sonata 8 a 3

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Nicolai:

Sonata 4 a 3

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