Title: Pandolfi-Mealli: Sonatas for Violin & Continuo Artist: Daniel Sepec Label: Coviello Classics Product Type: COMPACT DISCS UPC: 4039956924210 Genre: Classical Artists Release Date: 2025-01-17 Number of Discs: 1
His life, shrouded in mystery, offers plenty of room for speculation and fantasy: Large parts of Giovanni Antonio Pandolfi Mealli's biography lie in unexplored and now probably also unexplorable darkness; he appears in various places, first secured in Innsbruck in 1660, then in Upper and Central Italy, he is preceded by a legendary reputation as a violin virtuoso, he publishes violin works, apparently without worrying about a stringent opus narrative, and it probably comes to a dramatic climax when he kills a fellow musician in a dispute in Messina in 1675 and then flees to France and finally to Madrid. His sonatas are no less fascinating: To many they did indeed seem 'baroque', i. e. overloaded and bizarre, but today we recognise in them a fascinating link between the virtuoso Italian and the southern German-Austrian baroque instrumental style, with it's typical harsh contrasts and surprise effects. Daniel Sepec and his colleagues present them with their usual precision.
Tracks: 1.1 6 Sonatas Op. 3~Sonata Prima: La Stella 1.2 6 Sonatas Op. 3~Sonata Seconda: La Cesta 1.3 6 Sonatas Op. 3~Sonata Terza: La Melana 1.4 6 Sonatas Op. 3~Sonata Quarta: La Castella 1.5 6 Sonatas Op. 3~Sonata Quinta: La Clemente 1.6 6 Sonatas Op. 3~Sonata Sesta: La Sabbatina 1.7 Sonate Cio Balletti~Il Raimono, Capriccetto "Al Sig. D. Pietro Raimondo" 1.8 Sonate Cio Balletti~Il Mauritio, Capriccetto 1.9 Sonate Cio Balletti~Il Catalano, Capriccetto 1.10 Sonate Cio Balletti~Il Monforti, Balletto 2.1 6 Sonatas Op. 4~Sonata Prima: La Bernabea 2.2 6 Sonatas Op. 4~Sonata Seconda: La Viviana 2.3 6 Sonatas Op. 4~Sonata Terza: La Monella Romanesca 2.4 6 Sonatas Op. 4~Sonata Quarta: La Biancuccia 2.5 6 Sonatas Op. 4~Sonata Quinta: La Stella 2.6 6 Sonatas Op. 4~Sonata Sesta: La Vinciolina
