Italian Baroque Favourites

Featuring

Cappella Istropolitana
Francesco Geminiani
Pietro Antonio Locatelli
Giuseppe Torelli
Arcangelo Corelli
Francesco Onofrio Manfredini

Tomaso Albinoni

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Composer Biography

Francesco Geminiani, a composer on this album, was a pupil of Corelli and moved to London in 1714, where he performed at court with Handel.

Composer Biography

Pietro Antonio Locatelli, a composer on this album, settled in Amsterdam in 1729 and associated with the publisher Le Cène, working largely with gentlemen amateurs.

Composer Biography

Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni, a composer on this album, was born into a wealthy family in Venice, allowing him to devote himself exclusively to music after his father's death.

Composer Biography

Giovanni Battista Sammartini, a composer on this album, was part of the first generation to write symphonies, a form that would later dominate European music.

Composer Biography

Arcangelo Corelli, a violinist and composer on this album, made his career in Rome, serving Queen Christina of Sweden and later Cardinals Pamphili and Ottoboni.

Performer Biography

Capella Istropolitana, the orchestra on this album, was founded in 1983 by members of the Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra and is based in Bratislava.

Compositional Technique

The concerto grosso form, featured on this album, involves a contrast between a small group of soloists (the concertino) and the full string orchestra (the ripieno).