Mazzaferrata: Primo Libro Delle Sonate A 2 Violini (Il)
7/1/2002, 49 Tracks, 56:04
Featuring
Stefano Montanari
Claudia Combs
La Ghirlanda Mosicale
Giovanni Battista Mazzaferrata
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Interpretation
The continuo section is varied, featuring positive organ, harpsichord, lute, archlute, theorbo, and guitar, with instrument choices depending on each sonata's character.
Instruments
The recording uses a viola da gamba for the bass part, as its sound quality was deemed better suited for dialogue with the higher parts in a liturgical context, a common practice in the 17th century.
Compositional Technique
Each sonata in Mazzaferrata's Op. 5 typically has four movements with contrasting dynamics and tempos, though without a fixed order, sometimes resembling a suite.
Composer Biography
Giovanni Battista Mazzaferrata, the composer, was already well-known as both a teacher and composer before publishing these sonatas in 1674.
Interpretation
The performers chose to use a cornetto instead of a violin in some sonatas to add timbral variety, a practice common in the 17th century.
Critical Reception
The success of Mazzaferrata's Op. 5 sonatas was such that they were re-published twice, first in Venice in 1678 and again in Bologna in 1688.
Composition History
Mazzaferrata's 'Il primo libro delle sonate a 2 violini, op. 5' was his first and only purely instrumental work, published in Bologna in 1674.
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