Arcangelo Corelli (1653-1713)
Chaconne, op. 2 n° 12
Sonate a tre en ré mineur, op. 3 n° 5
Sonate en fa majeur, op. 5 n° 4
Sonate en sol mineur, op. 5 n° 12
Sonate a tre en ré majeur, op. 2 n° 1
Sonate en sol mineur, op. 5 n° 8
Sonate a tre en fa majeur, op. 2 n° 3
Sonate a tre en la mineur, op. 3 n° 9

Antonio Fantinuolli, violoncelle
Ugo Nastrucci, théorbe et guitare
Claudia Ferrero, clavecin
Academia del Ricercare

Lorenzo Cavasanti, flûte
Luisa Busca, flûte

“This recording brings together authentic masterpieces by Corelli in the original versions for recorder published in London by Walsh and by Pierre Mortier (Sonata 1 op. 2) in the first years of the eighteenth century. [...] The success that Corelli had at the turn of the century ensured that in London almost all his compositions were arranged for recorder. In fact the recorder was one of the most popular instruments and its characteristics matched perfectly Corelli’s elegant style. The recorder has peculiarities that sharply differentiate it from any other instrument. For example, it can have an extraordinary speed of attack in sound and in articulation, features that in the Baroque period bring it closer than other instruments to the virtuoso qualities of the violin. Indeed there are many publications of Sonatas originally dedicated both to the violin and to the recorder, like for example the 12 Sonatas by F. Mancini, the 12 Sonatas by F. M. Veracini, the 12 Divertimenti da Camera by G.B. Bononcini, the Sonatas by M. Bitti and a Sonata by A. Vivaldi. This helps us to realize how the recorder and the violin were often interchangeable in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries". Lorenzo Cavasanti