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Bach, Corelli, Handel & Telemann: Corellimania / Perl, Petri, Esfahani
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Bach, Corelli, Handel & Telemann: Corellimania / Perl, Petri, Esfahani

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Composer
Johann Sebastian Bach, Arcangelo Corelli, Georg Friedrich Handel, Georg Philipp Telemann
Artist
Michala Petri, Hille Perl, Mahan Esfahani
Format
CD
Label
OUR Recordings
Released
Oct 20, 2023
Catalog #
6220682
UPC
0747313168262

About

As the progenitor of a style whose influence more or less came to define the instrumental music of the High Baroque, Arcangelo Corelli (1653 - 1713) occupies a position in music history as unenviable as it is to his great credit. Just what made Corelli’s style seem strikingly novel to his contemporaries is a tricky question. To be sure, his standardization and popularization of certain formal tropes – most notably the succession of movement types in Sonate da Camera and Sonate da Chiesa – was a significant part of what his followers considered the ‘Corellian’ manner.

But Corelli’s actual compositional style, his way of organizing musical thoughts into phrases and motives, is fundamentally derived from the expressive capabilities of his chosen instrument, the violin. Certain melodic patterns used to modulate and to effect sequences (e.g., chains of sevenths and fifths) basically derive from specificities of violin technique that amplify an instrument with origins primarily in dance music into one that in Corelli’s hands, could imitate the rise and fall of the sung and spoken human voice. This tension between idiomatically instrumental techniques and the evocation of the voice is the defining characteristic of Corelli’s style throughout all his surviving works and would establish the “Roman School” as the supreme measure of musical taste for generations.

For this exploration of the 18th century’s Corelli Craze, the dynamic star trio of Mahan Esfahani, Hille Perl and Michala Petri unite to trace the Roman’s influence, (sometimes in name only...) on the musical legacies of Bach, Händel and Telemann, and of course two works from the pen of the celebrated Italian Master, himself. Gramophone about the Petri/Perl/Esfahani Trio’s Bach recording: “While the tonal and expressive range of the recorder, viol and harpsichord may appear constrained in comparison to, say, flute, cello and piano, in the hands of foremost players such as these, even a relatively lightweight work such as the C major Sonata, BWV1033, comes over as the ideal demonstration of a particular facet of the composer’s style and the performers’ abilities.”

Tracklist 26 tracks

  1. 1 I. Largo 02:24
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Largo
    Duration
    02:24
    Composer
    Arcangelo Corelli
    Performer
    Michala Petri, Hille Perl, Mahan Esfahani
  2. 2 II. Vivace 01:30
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Vivace
    Duration
    01:30
    Composer
    Arcangelo Corelli
    Performer
    Michala Petri, Hille Perl, Mahan Esfahani
  3. 3 III. Adagio 02:06
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Adagio
    Duration
    02:06
    Composer
    Arcangelo Corelli
    Performer
    Michala Petri, Hille Perl, Mahan Esfahani
  4. 4 IV. Presto 01:24
    Track
    4
    Title
    IV. Presto
    Duration
    01:24
    Composer
    Arcangelo Corelli
    Performer
    Michala Petri, Hille Perl, Mahan Esfahani
  5. 5 Fugue in B Minor on a theme by Corelli, BWV 579 (arr. for recorder, viola da gamba and harpsichord) 04:32
    Track
    5
    Title
    Fugue in B Minor on a theme by Corelli, BWV 579 (arr. for recorder, viola da gamba and harpsichord)
    Duration
    04:32
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Michala Petri, Hille Perl, Mahan Esfahani
  6. 6 I. Largo 01:56
    Track
    6
    Title
    I. Largo
    Duration
    01:56
    Composer
    George Frideric Handel
    Performer
    Michala Petri, Hille Perl, Mahan Esfahani
  7. 7 II. Vivace 03:01
    Track
    7
    Title
    II. Vivace
    Duration
    03:01
    Composer
    George Frideric Handel
    Performer
    Michala Petri, Hille Perl, Mahan Esfahani
  8. 8 III. Furioso 02:04
    Track
    8
    Title
    III. Furioso
    Duration
    02:04
    Composer
    George Frideric Handel
    Performer
    Michala Petri, Hille Perl, Mahan Esfahani
  9. 9 IV. Adagio 01:21
    Track
    9
    Title
    IV. Adagio
    Duration
    01:21
    Composer
    George Frideric Handel
    Performer
    Michala Petri, Hille Perl, Mahan Esfahani
  10. 10 V. Alla breve 01:48
    Track
    10
    Title
    V. Alla breve
    Duration
    01:48
    Composer
    George Frideric Handel
    Performer
    Michala Petri, Hille Perl, Mahan Esfahani
  11. 11 VI. [Andante] 03:21
    Track
    11
    Title
    VI. [Andante]
    Duration
    03:21
    Composer
    George Frideric Handel
    Performer
    Michala Petri, Hille Perl, Mahan Esfahani
  12. 12 VII. A tempo di menuet 01:59
    Track
    12
    Title
    VII. A tempo di menuet
    Duration
    01:59
    Composer
    George Frideric Handel
    Performer
    Michala Petri, Hille Perl, Mahan Esfahani
  13. 13 I. Prelude 02:38
    Track
    13
    Title
    I. Prelude
    Duration
    02:38
    Composer
    George Frideric Handel
    Performer
    Michala Petri, Hille Perl, Mahan Esfahani
  14. 14 II. Sonata 01:33
    Track
    14
    Title
    II. Sonata
    Duration
    01:33
    Composer
    George Frideric Handel
    Performer
    Michala Petri, Hille Perl, Mahan Esfahani
  15. 15 III. Aria con variazioni 04:41
    Track
    15
    Title
    III. Aria con variazioni
    Duration
    04:41
    Composer
    George Frideric Handel
    Performer
    Michala Petri, Hille Perl, Mahan Esfahani
  16. 16 IV. Minuet 03:18
    Track
    16
    Title
    IV. Minuet
    Duration
    03:18
    Composer
    George Frideric Handel
    Performer
    Michala Petri, Hille Perl, Mahan Esfahani
  17. 17 Duet No. 1 in E Minor, BWV 802 02:53
    Track
    17
    Title
    Duet No. 1 in E Minor, BWV 802
    Duration
    02:53
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Michala Petri, Hille Perl, Mahan Esfahani
  18. 18 Duet No. 2 in F Major, BWV 803 03:28
    Track
    18
    Title
    Duet No. 2 in F Major, BWV 803
    Duration
    03:28
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Michala Petri, Hille Perl, Mahan Esfahani
  19. 19 Duet No. 3 in G Major, BWV 804 02:45
    Track
    19
    Title
    Duet No. 3 in G Major, BWV 804
    Duration
    02:45
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Michala Petri, Hille Perl, Mahan Esfahani
  20. 20 Duet No. 4 in A Minor, BWV 805 02:41
    Track
    20
    Title
    Duet No. 4 in A Minor, BWV 805
    Duration
    02:41
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Michala Petri, Hille Perl, Mahan Esfahani
  21. 21 I. Largo 01:23
    Track
    21
    Title
    I. Largo
    Duration
    01:23
    Composer
    Georg Philipp Telemann
    Performer
    Michala Petri, Hille Perl, Mahan Esfahani
  22. 22 II. Allemanda: Presto 02:39
    Track
    22
    Title
    II. Allemanda: Presto
    Duration
    02:39
    Composer
    Georg Philipp Telemann
    Performer
    Michala Petri, Hille Perl, Mahan Esfahani
  23. 23 III. Sarabanda: Grave 02:28
    Track
    23
    Title
    III. Sarabanda: Grave
    Duration
    02:28
    Composer
    Georg Philipp Telemann
    Performer
    Michala Petri, Hille Perl, Mahan Esfahani
  24. 24 IV. Corrente: Vivace 02:22
    Track
    24
    Title
    IV. Corrente: Vivace
    Duration
    02:22
    Composer
    Georg Philipp Telemann
    Performer
    Michala Petri, Hille Perl, Mahan Esfahani
  25. 25 Von Gott will ich nicht lassen (arr. for recorder, viola da gamba and harpsichord) 04:45
    Track
    25
    Title
    Von Gott will ich nicht lassen (arr. for recorder, viola da gamba and harpsichord)
    Duration
    04:45
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Michala Petri, Hille Perl, Mahan Esfahani
  26. 26 Violin Sonata in D Minor, Op. 5, No. 12, "La folia" (arr. for recorder, viola da gamba and harpsichord) 10:09
    Track
    26
    Title
    Violin Sonata in D Minor, Op. 5, No. 12, "La folia" (arr. for recorder, viola da gamba and harpsichord)
    Duration
    10:09
    Composer
    Arcangelo Corelli
    Performer
    Michala Petri, Hille Perl, Mahan Esfahani