John Holloway - Johann Heinrich Schmelzer: Unarum fidium (1999)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 332 Mb | Total time: 63:08 | Scans included
Classical | Label: ECM Records | # ECM 1668 | Recorded: 1997
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 332 Mb | Total time: 63:08 | Scans included
Classical | Label: ECM Records | # ECM 1668 | Recorded: 1997
John Holloway’s recital of mid 17th century music mines the rich sonic possibilities of a highly unusual instrumental combination: baroque violin with basso continuo provided by harpsichord and organ played simultaneously by two musicians, both realising the figured bass to the full harmonic, contrapuntal and rhythmic potential of their instruments. Aloysia Assenbaum and Lars Ulrik Mortensen brilliantly support Holloway’s exhilarating account of Bertali’s "Chiacona" and move with him through the mysteries of Schmelzer’s "Sonatae Unarum Fidium".