Flights Of Fantasy - Early Italian Chamber Music
Details
- Composer
- BERTALI BIBER FRESCOBALDI
- Artist
- Huggett
- Format
- CD
- Label
- Avie Records
- Released
- Sep 01, 2010
- Catalog #
- AV2202
- UPC
- 822252220223
About
Think you know Italian baroque chamber music? Think again. The range, diversity - and even wackiness - is remarkable, as illustrated by Flights of Fantasy, an album of acute inventiveness by Avie stalwart Monica Huggett and the chamber soloists of her Irish Baroque Orchestra. Take Carlo Farina's Capriccio Stravagante, which translates as "outlandish whim", and imitates barking dogs, meowing cats and gunfire. More serious, but no less virtuosic, experimental forms occur in works by Marini, Castello, Legrenzi, and Cavalli - the Venetian best known for his operas - all heard on this album. Created in 1996, the period-instrument Irish Baroque Orchestra occupies a fundamental place in Ireland's musical landscape. Ten years in, the mantle of artistic director was assumed by Monica Huggett, who has created a decades-long career of critically acclaimed and award-winning recordings, including the Billboard chart-topping, Grammy-nominated Bach Orchestral Suites on Avie (AV 2171). critical acclaim for the Irish Baroque Orchestra and Monica Huggett "Nothing lacks from Sonnerie's playing, which is generously, beautifully judged for pace and attractively recorded ... classy" - Gramophone "fresh, lively, and full of spirit" - Classic FM CD of the Week, on Monica Huggett directing Bach Orchestral Suites (AV 2171) Irish Baroque Orchestra: Critics' Choice for the IBO's Masterworks Series, January 2010 - The Irish Times
Tracklist 10 tracks
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1 Sonata decima quarta a 4 06:37
- Track
- 1
- Title
- Sonata decima quarta a 4
- Duration
- 06:37
- Composer
- Dario Castello
- Ensemble
- Irish Baroque Orchestra Chamber Soloists
- Conductor
- Monica Huggett
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2 Capriccio stravagante 15:45
- Track
- 2
- Title
- Capriccio stravagante
- Duration
- 15:45
- Composer
- Carlo Farina
- Ensemble
- Irish Baroque Orchestra Chamber Soloists
- Conductor
- Monica Huggett
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3 Sonata a 6 05:30
- Track
- 3
- Title
- Sonata a 6
- Duration
- 05:30
- Composer
- Francesco Cavalli
- Ensemble
- Irish Baroque Orchestra Chamber Soloists
- Conductor
- Monica Huggett
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4 Per ogni sorte di strumento musicale diversi generi di sonate, Op. 22: Passacaglia a 4 05:23
- Track
- 4
- Title
- Per ogni sorte di strumento musicale diversi generi di sonate, Op. 22: Passacaglia a 4
- Duration
- 05:23
- Composer
- Biagio Marini
- Ensemble
- Irish Baroque Orchestra Chamber Soloists
- Conductor
- Monica Huggett
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5 Harmonia artificiosa-ariosa: Partia No. 6 in D Major 16:14
- Track
- 5
- Title
- Harmonia artificiosa-ariosa: Partia No. 6 in D Major
- Duration
- 16:14
- Composer
- Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber
- Ensemble
- Irish Baroque Orchestra Chamber Soloists
- Conductor
- Monica Huggett
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6 Sonata, Op. 8, No. 11, "La Fugazza" 04:51
- Track
- 6
- Title
- Sonata, Op. 8, No. 11, "La Fugazza"
- Duration
- 04:51
- Composer
- Giovanni Legrenzi
- Ensemble
- Irish Baroque Orchestra Chamber Soloists
- Conductor
- Monica Huggett
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7 Sonata seconda 05:13
- Track
- 7
- Title
- Sonata seconda
- Duration
- 05:13
- Composer
- Dario Castello
- Ensemble
- Irish Baroque Orchestra Chamber Soloists
- Conductor
- Monica Huggett
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8 Sonata a 5 08:16
- Track
- 8
- Title
- Sonata a 5
- Duration
- 08:16
- Composer
- Antonio Bertali
- Ensemble
- Irish Baroque Orchestra Chamber Soloists
- Conductor
- Monica Huggett
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9 Il primo libro di 12 capricci fatti sopra diversi soggetti et arie in partitura: Canzon Terza 04:23
- Track
- 9
- Title
- Il primo libro di 12 capricci fatti sopra diversi soggetti et arie in partitura: Canzon Terza
- Duration
- 04:23
- Composer
- Girolamo Alessandro Frescobaldi
- Performer
- Malcolm Proud
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10 Sonata decima sesta a 4 06:37
- Track
- 10
- Title
- Sonata decima sesta a 4
- Duration
- 06:37
- Composer
- Dario Castello
- Ensemble
- Irish Baroque Orchestra Chamber Soloists
- Conductor
- Monica Huggett