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The first instrumental collection by Giovanni Legrenzi, Sonate a due e tre Op. 2, was published during the composer's last years as organist at the Santa Maria Maggiore Church in Bergamo, along with three other collections, including 'Sonate da chiesa, da camera, correnti, balletti, alemane e sarabande a tre, due violini e violone' Op. 4 (1656), perhaps in an attempt to secure a better position by dedicating his works to high-ranking personalities. After all, other important composers with an interest in instrumental music, such as Tarquinio Merula and Maurizio Cazzati also held positions in Bergamo. The collection includes nine sonatas 'a due,' of which six for two violins and continuo and three for violin, violone or bassoon and continuo, and eight sonatas a tre for two violins, violone and continuo.

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Conductor Pascal Gallois writes of this new release: “For this recording, I was keen to bring together two major figures of the 20th century: Arnold Schoenberg for the first half-century and Pierre Boulez for the second. I collaborated with Pierre Boulez during the last few decades of his life and I also performed many works by Schoenberg under his direction. Boulez often pointed out that starting in the early twentieth century contemporary music engineered by Stravinsky on the one hand and Schoenberg on the other. Schoenberg's masterpiece - he was only 25 when he composed Transfigured Night in 1899 - in a poetic piece by the symbol of the German Romanticism (and of tonal music), along with a work by Boulez dating from 1984, Dérive 1. This recording yet again demonstrates the phenomenal qualities of Dimitri Vassilakis' interpretation of Boulez, and his qualities as a pianist transcending a phrasing of wonderful intelligence and sensibility. In this album, Dimitri also offers a new "mirror" version of the 3rd sonata, in addition to the world premiere of Boulez's Fragment of a sketch for piano. We warmly thank the composer's family and assigns, who kindly granted us permission to record this final score.”

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This recording retraces the baton pass in the history of the virtuous cello, from the great Italian Masters, exemplified by the names listed amongst Bach's compositions, to Master Eisenach who is in his early 40s.

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Classical Music