Label: Signum Classics
Format: CD
Barcode: 0635212004128
Catalog number: SIGCD 041
Releasedate: 01-10-03
Format: CD
Barcode: 0635212004128
Releasedate: 01-10-03
Modus Phantasticus presents a unique collection of German viol music, transcribed and arranged in charivari’s individual and historically-informed manner.
Germany was never blessed with the same solo viol traditions that flourished in England and France. The viol took a back seat in favour of the keyboard and the violin which provided a vehicle for the elaborate technical display found in "stylus phantasticus" music.
However the viol came into to its own within a consort of instruments, gaining a reputation for providing special effects alluding to mortality and the supernatural. The ability of the viol to enrich the texture and enhance sonority of vocal and sacred music meant that it could often dominate the scoring in music of this type.
The profile of the viol in Germany was raised considerably with the arrival, during the late 16th century and the first half of the 17th century, of elite violists from England. This disc follows the development of German viol repertoire and its English influences. The pieces are chosen for their beauty, their uniqueness or their suitability for charivari agréable’s speciality – wonderfully inventive arrangements and transcriptions.
Germany was never blessed with the same solo viol traditions that flourished in England and France. The viol took a back seat in favour of the keyboard and the violin which provided a vehicle for the elaborate technical display found in "stylus phantasticus" music.
However the viol came into to its own within a consort of instruments, gaining a reputation for providing special effects alluding to mortality and the supernatural. The ability of the viol to enrich the texture and enhance sonority of vocal and sacred music meant that it could often dominate the scoring in music of this type.
The profile of the viol in Germany was raised considerably with the arrival, during the late 16th century and the first half of the 17th century, of elite violists from England. This disc follows the development of German viol repertoire and its English influences. The pieces are chosen for their beauty, their uniqueness or their suitability for charivari agréable’s speciality – wonderfully inventive arrangements and transcriptions.
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1Erbarm dich mein, O Herre Gott, BWV 72104:10
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2In Dir ist Freude02:16
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3Feritevi, ferite, SWV 9, arr. Kah Ming Ng02:22
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4Suite in D major from Stricturae Viola di Gambicae (1677):Adagio01:25
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5Suite in D major:Allegro00:58
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6Suite in D major:Sarabande & Double03:58
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7Suite in D major:Gigue01:07
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8Sonata in Bb major for viola da gamba & b.c.06:53
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9Ciaccona in F minor06:04
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10Concerto for four violins:Grave01:19
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11Concerto for four violins:Allegro02:04
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12Concerto for four violins:Adagio01:12
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13Concerto for four violins:Spirituoso02:36
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14Paysan en Rondeau04:17
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15Sonata a 2 in E minor08:41
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16Chaconne in G major03:11
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17Das alte Jahr vergangen ist, BWV 61402:20
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18Sonata op. 2/4 in A minor09:27
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19Ciaconna in G major06:12
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20Liebster Jesu, wir sind hier, BWV 634/70603:17