After the success of the album "Vivaldiana" Michael Form and Dirk BÃ¶rner continue their exploration of the Venetian repertoire for recorder with the present recording. The focus of her interest this time is Tomaso Albinoni, whose fame during his lifetime was spread far beyond the borders of Veneto and Italy. Even today it seems justified to name him in the same breath as Antonio Vivaldi, the rival star of the Venetian music scene of the early 18th century. A sonata by Albinoni and - as a world premiere recording - a Concerto di camera for recorder can be heard here, harpsichordist Dirk BÃ¶rner contributes an original composition based on a theme by Albinoni. The two sonatas by Antonio Vivaldi, recorded here, are a continuation of the Vivaldiana" album. These are works that never existed in this form. The regrouping of sentences from different sources was a widespread technique, not only in Vivaldi's catalogue of works. The recorder sonata by Paolo Benedetto Bellinzani finally deserves special attention. The grand-gestured Largo and a virtuoso fast movement are followed by variations on the famous Follia theme. Bellinzani must surely have intended this conclusion as an allusion to Arcangelo Corelli's Violin Sonatas, Op. 5 (Rome, 1700).

Tracklist:

Recorder Sonata In A Minor: I. Adagio
Recorder Sonata In A Minor: II. Allegro
Recorder Sonata In A Minor: III. Largo
Recorder Sonata In A Minor: IV. Vivace
Violin Sonata In C Minor, Op. 2 No. 7, Rv 8: I. Preludio. Andante (Performed On Recorder)
Violin Sonata In C Minor, Rv 6: IV. Allemanda (Performed On Recorder)
Violin Sonata In C Major, Rv 3: III. Largo (Performed On Recorder)
Cello Sonata In A Minor, Rv 44: II. Allegro Poco (Performed On Recorder)
Recorder Sonata In A Minor: I. Preludio. Largo
Violin Sonata In A Minor, Op. 2 No. 12, Rv 32: II. Capriccio. Presto (Performed On Recorder)
Violin Sonata In A Minor, Rv 25: VII. Andante (Performed On Recorder)
Recorder Sonata In A Minor: Allegro (After Vivaldi's Rv 127)
Recorder Sonata No. 4 In B-Flat Major: I. Largo E Nobile
Recorder Sonata No. 4 In B-Flat Major: II. Siciliano. Larghetto
Recorder Sonata No. 4 In B-Flat Major: III. Largo
Recorder Sonata No. 4 In B-Flat Major: IV. Allegro
Toccata Über Ein Thema Von Albinoni
Fuga Über Ein Thema Von Albinoni
Recorder Sonata In D Minor, Op. 3 No. 12: I. Largo
Recorder Sonata In D Minor, Op. 3 No. 12: II. Allegro
Recorder Sonata In D Minor, Op. 3 No. 12: III. Allegro Moderato
Recorder Sonata In D Minor, Op. 3 No. 12: IV. Follia
Recorder Sonata In A Minor: I. Allegro Non Troppo
Recorder Sonata In A Minor: II. Aria. Andante
Recorder Sonata In A Minor: III. Allegro

UPC: 7619990104051
Label: Pan Classics
Release Date: 6.21.19
Format: CD

Albinoni / Form / Borner - Albinoni's Venice (CD)