Notes and Editorial Reviews
Sometimes you can judge a book by its cover, for the silk, lace and velvet outfits worn by the members of the Eroica Trio in the booklet photos do at least hint at the nature of the music-making on the disc. This is baroque repertoire played in an unabashedly old-fashioned way, warm and genteel, soft phrases delivered at stately tempos with lush vibrato, not a hint of the spare-toned edginess of many authentic instruments practitioners.
The romantic attitude is most strongly conveyed in the two well-known works heard in arrangements, the grandly tragic Adagio of Tommaso Albinoni and the dramatic Chaconne from J. S. Bach's D minor Partita, which here almost sounds more like a work of the 19th century than the 18th. The three trio sonatas
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by Antonio Vivaldi, his compatriot and contemporary Antonio Lotti and Frenchman Jean-Baptiste Loeillet, are somewhat less arresting pieces but still given lovely, affectionate performances. Read less
Works on This Recording
1.
Partita for Violin solo no 2 in D minor, BWV 1004: 5th movement, Chaconne by Johann Sebastian Bach
Performer:
Sara Sant'Ambrogio (Cello),
Adela Peña (Violin),
Erika Nickrenz (Piano)
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Eroica Trio
Period: Baroque
Written: circa 1720; Cöthen, Germany
Date of Recording: 07/1999
Venue: St. Stephen's Church, Tiburon, CA
Length: 14 Minutes 48 Secs.
Notes: Arranged: Anne Dudley
2.
Sonata in G major by Antonio Lotti
Performer:
Erika Nickrenz (Piano),
Sara Sant'Ambrogio (Cello),
Adela Peña (Violin)
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Eroica Trio
Period: Baroque
Date of Recording: 07/1999
Venue: St. Stephen's Church, Tiburon, CA
Length: 8 Minutes 40 Secs.
3.
Adagio for Organ and Strings in G minor by Tomaso Albinoni
Performer:
Sara Sant'Ambrogio (Cello),
Erika Nickrenz (Piano),
Adela Peña (Violin)
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Eroica Trio
Period: Baroque
Written: Venice, Italy
Date of Recording: 07/1999
Venue: St. Stephen's Church, Tiburon, CA
Length: 6 Minutes 58 Secs.
Notes: Arranged: Eroica Trio
This work was reconstructed by Remo Giazotto in 1945 from a fragment by
Albinoni.
4.
Trio Sonata for Violin, Cello and Basso Continuo in C minor, RV 83 by Antonio Vivaldi
Performer:
Adela Peña (Violin),
Erika Nickrenz (Piano),
Sara Sant'Ambrogio (Cello)
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Eroica Trio
Period: Baroque
Written: Venice, Italy
Date of Recording: 07/1999
Venue: St. Stephen's Church, Tiburon, CA
Length: 7 Minutes 35 Secs.
5.
Sonata in D major by Dietrich Buxtehude
Performer:
Adela Peña (Violin),
Sara Sant'Ambrogio (Cello),
Erika Nickrenz (Piano)
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Eroica Trio
Period: Baroque
Written: Germany
Date of Recording: 07/1999
Venue: St. Stephen's Church, Tiburon, CA
Length: 9 Minutes 34 Secs.
6.
Sonatas (6) for Flute, Oboe/Violin and Basso Continuo, Op. 5: no 2 in B minor by Jean-B Loeillet
Performer:
Adela Peña (Violin),
Erika Nickrenz (Piano),
Sara Sant'Ambrogio (Cello)
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Eroica Trio
Period: Baroque
Written: by 1717; France
Date of Recording: 07/1999
Venue: St. Stephen's Church, Tiburon, CA
Length: 8 Minutes 40 Secs.
Sound Samples
I. Allegro from Sonata in C minor, F. XVI No. 1
II. Largo from Sonata in C minor. F XVI No. 1
III. Allegro from Sonata in C minor, F. XVI No. 1
Sonata in B minor: I. Largo
Sonata in B minor: II. Allegro con spirito
Sonata in B minor: III. Adagio
Sonata in B minor: IV. Allegro
Chaconne from Partita in D minor
Sonata in D, Op. 2: I. Adagio-Allegro
Sonata in D, Op. 2: II. Arietta & Variations
Sonata in D, Op. 2: III. Largo-Vivace
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