Giovanni Antonio Pandolfi Mealli
Daniel Sepec · violin
Edition: Authentic Performance
Booklet: de / en
Media: 2 CDs / HD Download
COV 92421
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 the dramatic climax probably comes when he kills a fellow musician in a quarrel 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 its typical harsh contrasts and surprise effects. Daniel Sepec and his colleagues present them with their usual precision.
Giovanni Antonio Pandolfi Mealli (1624-1687) | ||
6 Sonatas Op. 3 | ||
1. | Sonata Prima: La Stella | 4:30 |
2. | Sonata Seconda: La Cesta | 7:03 |
3. | Sonata Terza: La Melana | 5:37 |
4. | Sonata Quarta: La Castella | 7:25 |
5. | Sonata Quinta: La Clemente | 8:34 |
6. | Sonata Sesta: La Sabbatina | 7:31 |
7. | Il Raimono, Capriccetto “Al Sig. D. Pietro Raimondo” | 3:35 |
8. | Il Mauritio, Capriccetto | 3:47 |
9. | Il Catalano, Capriccetto | 6:43 |
10. | Il Monforti, Balletto | 1:20 |
Total time CD 1: | 56:09 | |
6 Sonatas Op. 4 | ||
1. | Sonata Prima: La Bernabea | 6:19 |
2. | Sonata Seconda: La Viviana | 5:42 |
3. | Sonata Terza: La Monella Romanesca | 6:12 |
4. | Sonata Quarta: La Biancuccia | 7:58 |
5. | Sonata Quinta: La Stella | 4:51 |
6. | Sonata Sesta: La Vinciolina | 6:56 |
Total time CD 2: | 38:01 | |
Total time CD 1 + CD 2: | 1:34:10 |