Verso Venezia - Castello, Merula, Legranzi: Sonate & Canzoni Pallade Musica

• Giovanni Legrenzi (1626-1690)
• 1 18 Trio Sonatas, Op. 2: No. 7. Sonata a 2, La donata 06:43
• Dario Castello (1590-1658)
• 2 Sonata settima a 2 06:05
• Tarquinio Merula (1607-1665)
• 3 Canzoni da suonare, Book 4, Op. 17: Canzon decima prima, La Miradoro 05:28
• Dario Castello (1590-1658)
• 4 Sonata seconda a soprano solo 05:33
• Giovanni Legrenzi (1626-1690)
• 5 18 Trio Sonatas, Op. 2: No. 8. Sonata a 2, La foscari 05:04
• Tarquinio Merula (1607-1665)
• 6 Canzoni da suonare, Book 4, Op. 17: Canzon decima settima, La Monteverde 03:58
• Giovanni Legrenzi (1626-1690)
• 7 La Fugazza, Book 3, Op. 8: No. 5. Sonata a 2, La Galini 05:47
• Dario Castello (1590-1658)
• 8 Sonata prima a sopran solo 04:40
• Tarquinio Merula (1607-1665)
• 9 Canzoni da suonare, Book 4, Op. 17: Canzon decima quarta, La Cappellina 05:56
• Dario Castello (1590-1658)
• 10 Sonata ottava a 2 04:40
• Tarquinio Merula (1607-1665)
• 11 Canzoni da suonare, Book 4, Op. 17: Canzon decima seconda, La Scarinza 04:17
• Giovanni Legrenzi (1626-1690)
• 12 La cetra, Op. 10, Book 4: Sonata No. 5 a 2 06:30
• Total Runtime 01:04:41

Info for Verso Venezia - Castello, Merula, Legranzi: Sonate & Canzoni

ATMA presents the first album by Pallade Musica, the 2012 Grand Prize winners at the Early Music America Baroque Performance Competition in New York. Pallade Musica brings together four of Montreal’s most promising Early Music performers: Tanya LaPerrière, Baroque violin; Elinor Frey, Baroque cello; Esteban La Rotta, theorbo, and Mylène Bélanger, harpsichord. The ensemble focuses on repertoire for violin, cello and continuo.

Two genres are offered in this program: the canzona and the sonata from 17th century in Venice. Although they use the same instruments, belong to the same style, and sound quite similar, these two genres have very different origins and aesthetic purposes. Verso Venezia includes music written by Dario Castello, Giovanni Legrenzi and Tarquinio Merula — Venetian composers who were at the forefront of the transformation of the canzona into the sonata form.

Tanya LaPerrière, violin
Elinor Frey, violoncello
Esteban La Rotta, theorbo
Mylène Bélanger, harpsichord

Pallade Musica
brings together four of Montreal's most promising Early Music performers. Grand Prize winners at the Early Music America Baroque Performance Competition in New York, October 2012, the quartet consists of Tanya LaPerrière, Baroque violon, Elinor Frey, Baroque cello, Esteban La Rotta, theorbo, and Mylène Bélanger, harpsichord. Based on dedicated research and continuous exploration, Pallade Musica’s performances are acclaimed for their expressive and elegant interpretations, earning praise for their “spectacular virtuosity” (Tom Strini) and “tremendous ensemble sense” (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel).

In September 2013, Pallade Musica recorded “Verso Venezia,” its first CD on the ATMA label, featuring music of Castello, Legrenzi, and Merula. The ensemble has performed throughout Canada including at the Ottawa Chamber Music Festival, Festival Montréal Baroque, Festival Alexandria, Toronto Music Garden, Early Music Vancouver, Early Music Society of the Islands (Victoria), and in the United States at Early Music Now (Milwaukee), the Chicago Cultural Center, and will soon perform at Renaissance and Barouqe (Pittsburgh), Early Music Guild (Seattle), and the Connecticut and Indianapolis Early Music Festivals, and in Bogotà, Colombia. The members of Pallade Musica regularly appear with leading early music ensembles all over the world, while also pursuing careers as soloists and teachers.

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