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Schmelzer & Muffat - Sonatas - London Baroque

Posted By: zamorna

Date: 8 Dec 2009 21:54:37

Schmelzer & Muffat - Sonatas - London Baroque

One of London Baroque's first recordings, this 1986 issue of chamber sonatas by Schmelzer and Muffat retains its power to charm, move, and thrill. Directed by cellist Charles Medlam, London Baroque is a very tasteful and very virtuosic group whose tone was warm, whose affections were deep, whose insights were profound, and whose ensemble was unimpeachable. With violinists Ingrid Seifert and Richard Gwilt taking the lead, London Baroque plays these sonatas of the High Baroque with amazing intelligence, sensitivity, and musicality. Their performances of Schmelzer's two lamentation sonatas are mournful and sorrowful and their playing of the immense Passacaglia that closes Sonata a 5 from his Armonico tributo is a convincing piece of virtuoso playing and a compelling piece of musical architecture. While listeners looking for the rhythmic drive of Vivaldi or the emotional colors of Couperin or the massive forms of Bach may find Schmelzer and Muffat small beer, in these performances by London Baroque, they are still quite intoxicating. One of Harmonia Mundi's first digital recordings, this 1986 issue still sounds rich, full, and detailed. (James Leonard, All Music Guide)

George Muffat, a German composer, provides an interesting and important link between late seventeenth-century Italian and French music. He modelled his instrumental suites on those of Lully who had been his teacher in Paris; but the sonatas and concertos owe more to the Roman school of Stradella and Corelli. London Baroque have chosen two sonatas by Muffat; one of them, an extensive work, comes from his Armonico tributo. It's fullest scoring consists of two violins, two violas and basso continuo, but as Muffat himself explained these works are "suitable for few or many instruments". Here it is played with a full complement of instruments which is the most effective way of performing what is essentially a concerto grosso. The other piece by Muffat is a solo violin sonata dating from 1677.

Schmelzer was an Austrian who was born a generation earlier than Muffat. He was a versatile composer whose evident interest in incorporating some of the local colour of his native country (and neighbouring ones) results in fascinating sonorities and distinctive rhythms. There is a marked feeling for display in much of his instrumental music and that requires a virtuoso technique to realize the inherent possibilities. Idiomatic violin writing of this kind betrays a strong Italian influence but when it is placed at the service of a colourful folk tradition the results are both exciting and individual. The outstanding example of Schmelzer's craft on display here, perhaps, is the Lamento, a colourfully programmatic piece full of effective contrasts.

London Baroque bring insight and virtuosity to this repertoire. Ensemble is crisp and well balanced and intonation is excellent. Harmonia Mundi must also be congratulated for recognizing the importance of capturing both the rich sonorities afforded by Schmelzer's writing and of faithfully reproducing that clarity of line on which much of the music's intelligibility and ultimate effect depends. The two violinists are beautifully matched but special praise must go to Ingrid Seifert for her passionate account of the Sonata a ire to which the designation Lament has speculatively been appended. 'Lament' or no it is a captivating work presented here in colourful and authoritative terms. All in all then, a fine release of interesting sonatas, imaginatively performed and beautifully recorded. Informative presentation, good pressings and a somewhat overfed, inscrutable-looking cat on the cover add distinction to the issue. N. A. (Gramophone, Nov. 1986)

Tracklist:

SCHMELZER

Lamento sopra la morte Ferdinandi III a tre (2 violins, viola da gamba & continuo) in B major
01 Adagio 03:44
02 Allegro. Adagio. Allegro 02:17
03 Adagio 00:58

Sonata a tre violini (1677)
04 Andante 01:29
05 Allegro 02:36
06 Lent 01:49
07 Allegro 01:10

Sonata a tre (Lamentation?) (violino, 2 viole con organo e violone)
08 Adagio 02:00
09 Allegro. Adagio 01:42
10 Allegro 02:46

Sonata "Lanterly" a tre (2 violini, viola da gamba e violone)
11 Allegro 02:15
12 Sempre Allegro 02:50

Sonata IX (Duodena Selectarum Sonatorum, Nürnberg 1669) (violino, viola da gamba e basso) in A minor
13 Adagio. Allegro 01:16
14 Allegro. Adagio. Allegro 03:23

MUFFAT

Sonata V a 5 (Armonico Tributo 1682) (2 violini, 2 viole e basso)
15 Allemanda (grave) 04:02
16 Adagio 01:40
17 Fuga 01:44
18 Adagio 03:27
19 Passacaglia (grave) 10:24

Sonata per violino e basso in D major
20 Adagio 01:55
21 Allegro. Adagio. Allegro 07:57

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