A Cinque

A Cinque String Sonatas between XVII & XVIII Century (LDV14110)

GIOVANNI LEGRENZI (1626-1690)

• Sonata op. 8 n. 12 “La Marinona” 
• Sonata op. 8 n. 11 “La Fugazza”

GEORG MUFFAT (1653-1704)

• Sonata prima da Armonico Tributo in Re Maggiore

TOMASO ALBINONI (1671-1751)

• Sonata Op. 2 n. 6 in Sol minore
• Sonata Op. 2 n. 3 in Do Maggiore

GEORG PHILIPP TELEMANN (1671-1751)

• Sonata Op. 2 n. 6 in Sol minore

Il Trattenimento Armonico

Nicola Reniero, Direttore al Cembalo

Matteo Rozzi, violin I | Arianna Brandalise, violin II
Martina Pettenon, Viola Contralto
Luca Lazzarini, Viola Tenore
Caterina Colelli, Cello

The five-part writing for strings has its period of greatest development in the 16th and 17th centuries, only to fall into a progressive obsolescence. The most commonly used instrumental ensemble included two violins, alto and tenor viola da braccio, cello and basso continuo. Of this quintet, the instrument that undergoes a progressive dismissal is the viola tenore, which in this recording we propose in its original late seventeenth century mounting.

1 CD - 2024