Daniel Hope: Air - A Baroque Journey

Daniel Hope

anon.: Greensleeves to a Ground arr.: Olivier Fourés Bach, J S: - Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D major, BWV1068: Air ('Air on a G String') Falconieri: Ciaccona La suave melodia Passacalle à 3 Geminiani: Concerto grosso after Corelli, No. 5 in G minor arr. of Arcangelo Corelli's Sonata for Violin and Basso continuo, op. 5 no. 5 Handel: Sarabande from Suite in D minor, HWV437 arr.: Olivier Fourés Leclair, J-M: Tambourin Marini, B: Passacaglia à 4, Op. 22 Matteis the elder: Diverse Bizzarie Sopra La Vecchia Sarabanda O Pur Ciaconna Ground after the Scotch Humour Ortiz, D: Ricercata segunda Pachelbel: Canon & Gigue Telemann: Concerto TWV 51:a1 in A minor for violin (or oboe), strings & b.c. Valente, A: Gaillarda Napolitana Westhoff: Imitazione delle campane (from Sonate a Violino Solo, Sonata III La guerra così nominato di sua maesta (from Sonata in A major "La Guerra") Imitazione del liuto (from Sonate a Violino solo, Sonata II)

Air sets out to trace a Baroque journey. It is the story of four unique composers, three of whom were virtuoso violinists -- Falconiero, Matteis, and Geminiani from Italy, and Westhoff from Germany. They wandered throughout Europe during the 17th and 18th centuries in search of musical inspiration and cross-pollination, and their music and art of performance intrigued and delighted kings, contemporaries, and audiences alike. This album shows how diverse the music of the Baroque era was. Air: A Baroque Journey blends the simplest and at times most primitive forms of dance music with the most sophisticated and revolutionary compositions of the day, culminating in a work by Bach -- the great master, whose composition is Daniel Hope's inspiration for this collection, which also includes hits like Pachelbel's Canon and Handel's Sarabande. -- From the Label

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