Carbonelli: Sonate da camera, Nos. 1-6 Bojan Čičić & The Illyria Consort

• Giovanni Stefano Carbonelli (1694-1772): Sonate da camera No. 1 in D Major:
• 1 I. Adagio 03:17
• 2 II. Andante 02:28
• 3 III. Largo 01:55
• 4 IV. Allegro 03:12
• Sonate da camera No. 2 in D Minor:
• 5 I. Adagio - Allegro - Adagio 03:01
• 6 II. Allegro 02:43
• 7 III. Andante 01:49
• 8 IV. Aria. Allegro 00:59
• Sonate da camera No. 3 in E Major:
• 9 I. Adagio - Allegro - Adagio 03:40
• 10 II. Allegro 02:32
• 11 III. Adagio 01:10
• 12 IV. Giga. Allegro 01:56
• Sonate da camera No. 4 in G Major:
• 13 I. Adagio 01:25
• 14 II. Andante 04:12
• 15 III. Largo 01:00
• 16 IV. Presto 02:33
• Sonate da camera No. 5 in G Minor:
• 17 I. Adagio - Allegro - Adagio - Allegro - Adagio 03:31
• 18 II. Allegro 02:51
• 19 III. Adagio 00:52
• 20 IV. Giga. Allegro 03:06
• Sonate da camera No. 6 in A Major:
• 21 I. Adagio - Allegro - Adagio 04:10
• 22 II. Allegro 02:33
• 23 III. Aria con variazioni se piace 08:38
• Total Runtime 01:03:33

Info for Carbonelli: Sonate da camera, Nos. 1-6

In certain respects, Giovanni Stefano Carbonelli does not quite fit the eighteenth-century mould. For a neo-Corellian, he is unusually fond of complexity, both technical and compositional, and also unusually open to other contemporary influences, such as those of Handel and Vivaldi.

But the quality of his music speaks for itself – virtuosic and joyously melodic, these six ‘chamber sonatas’ had a huge impact on Delphian producer Paul Baxter. Carbonelli’s difficulty has ensured that his work is seldom played, but early-music rising star Bojan Čičić makes sure we have no sense of that as he and his Illyria Consort colleagues champion these groundbreaking compositions with exuberant confidence. Bojan Čičić is leader of Florilegium and frequently guest directs the Academy of Ancient Music and European Union Baroque Orchestra. He founded The Illyria Consort to explore rare repertoire of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. This is their first recording.

“[Carbonelli's] music is stately, taut and elegant in the hands of Bojan Čičić (a UK-based Croatian violinist) and his excellent Illyria Consort. They sound effortlessly stylish in these six chamber sonatas – Čičić makes even the high-wire showy stuff sing with a lyricism that is shapely, aerated and totally unforced.” (The Guardian)

„These performances are eloquent, engaging and really nicely ornamented. It’s one of my favourite discoveries this week.“ (BBC Radio 3 Record Review)

„On so many levels, this is a must-have CD. Fascinating music by a little-known composer, played with outstanding musical conviction by four excellent musicians.“ (Andrew Benson Wilson)

Bojan Čičić, violin
The Illyria Consort

Bojan Čičić & Illyria Consort
founded The Illyria Consort to explore rare repertoire of the 17th and 18th centuries from the Venetian Republic and the Habsburg Empire. The group has recently appeared at the Korkyra Baroque Festival and the Antwerp Laus Polyphoniae Festival with a programme of 16th and 17th-century Adriatic music, and has also toured Holland and Belgium extensively, performing baroque music from Vienna and Venice.

In 2014, The Illyria Consort presented "Treasures of the Monastery" at the Utrecht Early Music Festival, performing violin sonatas kept in manuscript form in the library of the Minorite monastery in Vienna and in 2015, the group traveled to Ghent to present a programme entitled "Sounds of Imperial Vienna" and performed Vivaldi: L'Estro Armonico at the Festival de Sablé.

The Illyria Consort’s debut recording of Giovanni Stefano Carbonelli’s Sonate da camera Nos. 1-6 achieved great critical acclaim and was chosen as one of Presto Classical’s “Presto Recordings of the Year” for 2017. The second volume, Sonatas 7-12, will be released later in 2019, but before this, they look forward to the release of their second disc in March 2019, a world première recording of Giovanni Giornovich’s London Violin Concertos.

Bojan Čičić
Known for his intelligent and virtuosic playing on both the violin and viola d'amore, Bojan Cicic specialises in repertoire ranging from the late 16th century to the Romantic period.

He has been a guest leader and soloist with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment and the Budapest Festival Orchestra and appears regularly as a leader and director with the Academy of Ancient Music and the European Union Baroque Orchestra.

He has featured as a leader on numerous recordings with ensemble Florilegium, La Nuova Musica, and the Arcangelo Consort. His recording of J.S. Bach’s Concerto for two violins with Rachel Podger was recently named the best available recording by BBC Music Magazine.

Bojan formed his own group, the Illyria Consort, to explore rare repertoire of the 17th and 18th centuries from the Venetian Republic and Habsburg Empire. They have performed at the Utrecht Early Music Festival, the Korkyra Baroque Festival, Festival Laus Polyphoniae, and at the Festival de Sablé. The Illyria Consort’s debut recording of Giovanni Stefano Carbonelli’s Sonate da camera Nos. 1-6 achieved great critical acclaim and was chosen as one of Presto Classical’s “Presto Recordings of the Year” for 2017. The second volume, Sonatas 7-12, will be released later in 2019, but before this, Bojan will be the soloist in Illyria Consort’s second release in March 2019, a world première recording of Giovanni Giornovich’s London Violin Concertos.

In 2016 Bojan was appointed Professor of Baroque Violin at the Royal College of Music, and is passionate about training the next generation of instrumentalists in historically-informed playing styles. In April 2018 he was appointed the leader of the Academy of Ancient Music.

Bojan plays a violin by Francesco Ruggieri from the 1680's, kindly loaned to him by the Jumpstart Junior Foundation.

Booklet for Carbonelli: Sonate da camera, Nos. 1-6