We may wonder whether the violin was a northern Italian invention, for the instrument was also to be heard in the great cities of southern Italy at an early stage, from the beginning of the 17th century onwards. Certain southern Italian composers had clearly understood that the instrument was unequalled in it’s ability to express emotion allied to virtuosity, including Montalbano in Palermo, Pandolfi in Messina, Falconieri and Trabaci in Naples, and Leoni in Rome. They wasted no time in channeling the freedom and expressivity of the violin into rare, fascinating and original works, some of them recorded here for the first time.

Tracklist:

1. Fantasia Echa Para El Muy Reverendo Padre Falla
2. Sinfonia Marescotti A Due Violini
3. Sinfonia Sghemma A Violino Solo
4. Sinfonia Bargellini A Due Violini
5. La Suave Melodia
6. La Preciosa
7. Su Gallarda
8. Sinfonia Geloso A Violino Solo
9. Toccata Seconda E Ligature Per Arpa
10. Canzona Francesa A 4 Per Concerto Di Violini
11. Il Falvetti, Capriccetto Quarto 3
12. Il Mauritio. Capriccetto Violino Solo
13. Canzona A 3
14. Sonata No. 30, Terzo Tono
15. Passacaglio ‘il Marquetta’ A Due Violini: Arietta Adagissimo – Brando
16. Balletto, Per Clavicembalo
17. Sonata Nona Secondo Tono
18. Sinfonia Fiumicello A Due Violini
19. Capriccetto Il Catalano
20. Ballo A Tre
21. Toccata Seconda
22. Il Raimondo, Capriccetto Violino Solo

UPC: 5425004840592
Label: PASSACAILLE
Release Date: 1.3.20
Format: CD