Bononcini, Caldara & Others: Cantate e sinfonie Aurata Fonte

• Giovanni Bononcini (1670 - 1747):
• 1Bononcini: Non ardisco pregarti, amata bella10:18
• Antonio Caldara (1670 - 1736):
• 2Caldara: Io soffrirò tacendo11:07
• Giovanni Bononcini:
• 3Bononcini: Sinfonia No. 1 for Cello & Continuo in D Major06:28
• Antonio Caldara:
• 4Caldara: Arda il mio petto amante08:36
• Francesco Bartolomeo Conti (1681 - 1732):
• 5Conti: Dimmi, o sorte nemica06:55
• Antonio Caldara:
• 6Caldara: Sinfonia for Cello & Continuo in D Major07:34
• Emanuele D’Astorga (1680 - 1757):
• 7D’Astorga: Che ti giova, amor crudele, L. 3110:32
• Andrea Stefano Fiore (1686 - 1732):
• 8Fiore: Di quel sguardo fatal12:11
• Total Runtime01:13:41

Info for Bononcini, Caldara & Others: Cantate e sinfonie

Among the musical genres that were most appreciated and cultivated in Vienna in the early eighteenth century, one that stands out decidedly is the chamber cantata. The Italian cantatas, which were favourite compositions for the cultivated entertainment of the court, were abundantly circulated in manuscript form and collected in a great quantity of books that made chiefly between the eighteen-tens and the eighteen-forties. Now these cantatas are scattered in collections and libraries that have been the object of important musicological studies. The six cantatas presented in this recording are all drawn from the Mus.Hs.17567 manuscript in the Österreichische Nationalbibliothek of Vienna, and were quite probably all composed there around 1710-1712. It is an extremely interesting handwritten-copy collection formed of twelve compositions that are attributed with certainty to Giovanni Bononcini (three), Francesco Conti (three), Antonio Caldara (three), Emanuele d’Astorga (two), and Andrea Stefano Fioré (one). The two symphonies by Caldara (for solo cello) and Giovanni Bononcini are completing the listening of this cd by the Aurata Fonte ensemble, already protagonist of the recording of some great Italian Baroque music discovery.

Aurata Fonte:
Miho Kamiya, Vincenzo Di Donato, Francesco De Poli, Daorsa Dervishi, Alessandra Bottai, Monica Pelliciari, Małgorzata Maria Bartman, Perikli Pite, Valeria Montanari,

Aurata Fonte Ensemble
It was born from valuable encounters and a continuous flow of experiences, friendships and periodic collaborations of its members with various early music groups and ensembles. It develops its activity by devoting itself to researching both ancient musical sources and their performance. An ensemble that experiments with musical experiences, finding joy and complicity along the way. The ensemble was formed in the best schools and academies: Scuola di Musica di Fiesole, Accademia Chigiana di Siena, Scuola Civica di Milano, Fondazione Cini di Venezia, Dipartimento di Musica Antica del Conservatorio di Parma, Dipartimento di Musica Antica del Conservatorio di Cesena. The members have studied with distinguished masters such as Roberto Gini, Wieland Kujken, Mauro Valli, Enrico Onofri, Luigi Mangiocavallo, Maurizio Naddeo, Gloria Banditelli, Masaaki Suzuki, Giovanbattista Columbro, Marcello Gatti and Barthold Kujken.

The ensemble has gained heterogeneous musical experience. In the Baroque repertoire and with the use of original instruments, they have had collaborations with specialised groups such as Europa Galante, Ensemble Concerto, I Barocchisti, Armonia delle Sfere, La Calandria, Ensemble "Terre d'Otranto, Albanian Baroque Ensemble, Harmonicus Concentus, Ensemble Cantar Lontano, Canalgrande, Ensemble Il Continuo, Cremona Baroque Orchestra, Lodoviciano Festival Orchestra, Bach Colegium Japan, Chamber and Symphony Orchestras. They have performed in many important halls around the world: Salle Playel in Paris, Teatro Real in Madrid, Palau della musica in Barcelona, Barbican centre in London, Albert Hall London, Concertgebouw Amsterdam, China, Japan, USA, Australia and New Zealand.

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