Giovanni Paolo Cima (1570-1622)
Sonate a 2
Sonate pour violon et violone

Pietro Paolo Raimondo (17ème siècle)
Casandra

Girolamo Frescobaldi (1583-1643)
Toccata pour épinette et luth

Dario Castello (?1590-?1638)
Sonata prima pour violon et basse continue
Sonata seconda pour violon et basse continue

Capitaine Tobias Hume (1569-1645)
Loves farewell, pour basse de viole

Michele Mascitti (?1663-1760)
Sonate en la mineur pour violon et basse continue, op. 3 n° 10

Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)
Sonate pour violon et basse continue, op. 2 n° 3

Ensemble Chiaroscuro

Fabrizio Haim Cipriani, violon
Antonio Fantinuoli, violoncelle, basse de viole
Giangiacomo Pinardi, théorbe, luth
Sirio Restani, clavecin

The term ‘musical journey’ has certainly been used since ancient times, one may think of the exquisite reports of Charles Burney, who travelled through Europe in the 1700s reporting his impressions and collecting manuscripts. This recording of Ensemble Chiaroscuro sees a very authentic and original concert programme, a journey through time and space. From Dario Castello’s stil modern, rich in enthusiasm and exploration, to the eighteenth-century sonatas that are the culmination of that research. A champion, Captaine Hume, who plays the viola evocatively, Italian composers who write in the style of the French and Germans who write in the style of the Italians, precursors of a Europe yet to come, but that in music has never ceased to exist.