The Di Martinelli Manuscript: Violin Sonatas of the Late 17th Century Eva Saladin, Johannes Keller, Sebastian Wienand, Daniel Rosin

• Johann Christoph Pez (1664 - 1716):
• 1 Pez: Violin Sonata No. 30 in G Minor 10:57
• Gian Carlo Cailò (1659 - 1722):
• 2 Cailò: Violin Sonata No. 3 in A Major 08:32
• Henricus Albicastro (1660 - 1730):
• 3 Albicastro: Violin Sonata No. 21 in D Minor 09:33
• Johann Heinrich Schmelzer (1620 - 1680):
• 4 Schmelzer: Violin Sonata No. 20 in B Minor 07:37
• Carlo Ambrogio Lonati (1645 - 1710):
• 5 Lonati: Violin Sonata No. 8 in G Minor 10:32
• Pietro Paolo Cappellini:
• 6 Cappellini: Violin Sonata No. 24 in B Major 06:59
• Anonymous:
• 7 Violin Sonata No. 10 in F Major 07:18
• David Petersen (1651 - 1737):
• 8 Petersen: Speelstukken: No. 4, Violin Sonata in D Major 07:36
• Total Runtime 01:09:04

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The so-called Di Martinelli Collection is preserved in the Catholic University of Leuven (Belgium), and contains a total of sixty-five manuscripts and thirty-two prints, including a remarkable manuscript with thirty-two late 17th-century violin sonatas from which the works on the present recording are taken. Collected in the manuscript are challenging pieces of various origins, whereby three regional focal points can be ascertained: composers of Flemish-Netherlandish descent (Petersen, Goor), composers from South-German/Habsburg regions (Albicastro, Schmelzer, Pez, Wentzely, Finger and erroneously Biber) and several Italian composers (Cailò, Lonati, Capellini). All of the musicians on the present recording studied at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis and represent a new generation in the field of historical musical practice, a generation which combines high technical mastery with curiosity for the historical fundamentals and joy in experimentation. Eva Saladin, Swiss-Dutch descent, is meanwhile one of the most renowned representatives of her generation on the baroque violin. The basso continuo team joining her for this project (Johannes Keller, Sebastian Wienand and Daniel Rosin) includes the use of two harpsichords, a practice that shows off fascinating possibilities in terms of sound and harmonic and figurative elaboration.

Eva Saladin, violin
Johannes Keller, harpsichord
Sebastian Wienand, harpsichord
Daniel Rosin, cello

Eva Saladin
of Dutch and Swiss origins, studied Bachelor and Master on modern violin with Kees Koelmans and baroque violin with Lucy van Dael at the Amsterdam Conservatory. In 2013 she finished her Master on baroque violin at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis with Leila Schayegh and David Plantier cum laude. During her studies in Basel, she was a regular member of Rudolf Lutz’s improvisation class.

She is currently living in Basel, Switzerland, and works as a freelance musician combining orchestra projects, chamber music and solo recitals in many different festivals and series throughout Europe.

In her solo programmes, experimenting with different playing techniques and improvisation play an important role. Besides her work with Ensemble Odyssee she is one of the concertmasters of La Cetra Barockorchester Basel and performs with groups such as Gli Angeli Genève, ll Profondo, Profeti della Quinta, Les Passions de L’Ame, Orchester der St. Galler Bachstiftung, Ensemble Daimonion and Ensemble Quadrel.

She recorded several CDs for labels like Resonando, Glossa, Pan Classics, Brilliant Classics, Lynn Records and Cantus.

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