Despite the numerous recordings and historical performances on the piano which have made the Goldberg Variations a heritage of our culture, it seems obvious that the instrument for which they were originally written for is to be favored i norder to offer a listening experience in which all the nuances of the work are completely restored. The possibilities of variation in sound and the choice of a historical tuning help to create a comprehensive framework for Bach's intentions. For this album, I have chosen a Werckmeister temperament to serve as a base and in which I hav emodified some fifths for the variations in minor. This results in a clear and relaxed light cast upon the variations in major, whereas variations in minor, which only seem to tarry before flat signs and then modulate in distant keys, are given a much more animated, almost coarse slant. - Davdi Pozzi

Giacomo Antonio Perti (1661-1756) was the most important composer and representative of the Bolognese school at the beginning of the 18th century. From 1696 up until his death, he was conductor at the Basilica of San Petronio in Bologna. The great prince of Tuscany, Ferdinando III de'Medici, especially valued Perti and charged him with the composition of six operas for his theater near Florence. In addition, Ferdinando III Perti with six extensive motets for the birthday of his father Cosimo III De'Medici. These motets are unique in the Bolognese tradition: on the one hand by the requirement of a zinc as a concertato instrument, on the other by the fusion of melodramatically inspired tone richness with the tradition of church music and strict counterpoint. Perti uses a complex range of styles that create a unique form for these motets.

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The violinist Gunar Letzbor is an established Austrian baroque music performance specialist, constantly searching for a specifically Austrian baroque string sound.From the over 100 sonatas contained in the Minoritenkonvent Manuscript XIV 726, one of the most important of Austrian baroque music sources, Mr. Letzbor has compiled the series "ex Vienna", consisting of three programs that shed light on various aspects of Austrian violin music. Sources ‘Scordato’, the second CD of the series, features violin works in which the instrument must be retuned, thus sounding in scordatura.

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