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A release that opens the precious casket of the works of two Italian seventeenth-century composers and violinists. It is a journey into the enveloping Baroque musical production through the compositions of Marco Uccellini (c.1610-1680), a prominent figure in the development of the sonata and technique for violin, and Michelangelo Rossi (1601 / 2-1656), a multifaceted composer, violinist and also organist. Born from the in-depth research of Davide Monti and Maria Christina Cleary at the State Archives, at the Museum and at the Estense Library in Modena, where Marco Uccellini was Chapel Master, the album presents an artistic dialogue between the two authors in a path that intertwines the in-depth themes and the respective compositional solutions. Protagonists of this very fine musical tale, careful to capture the spirit of the time in depth in a complex landscape of cultural stories, we find Davide Monti violin, Maria Christina Cleary double harp, Alberto Rasi viola da gamba and violone, Rogério Gonçalves dulciana. The release invites you to discover the suggestions that gather in these rediscovered pages of the Italian Baroque, letting yourself be carried away by a free imaginative and emotional listening.
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Critics’ Choice 2021 – Catherine Moore
American Record Guide – January/February 2022
“… Sonata 5 is especially toccata-like (in fact its title in Italian is “Sonata over [or] Toccata”). All four musicians in Arpala revel in its lively character and florid roulades with vigorus and engaging performances. Sonata 4 is quite different. Here it’s just harp and violin creating a delicate texture as a backdrop for ornamented flourishes in free meter. The duo’s carefree mastery exemplifies the Italian ideal of sprezzatura, that hard-to-translate term that roughly means “skilled nonchalance” It’s the art of making hard things look easy… There are 14 violin sonatas by Uccellini in this program, al played very well…”
Catherine Moore – American Record Guide – March/April 2021
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