A Schubertiade with Arpeggione L'Amoroso & Guido Balestracci

• Traditional:
• 1 Schöne Minka 03:35
• Franz Schubert (1797 - 1828): Sonatine No.1 in D Major, D. 384:
• 2 Sonatine No.1 in D Major, D. 384: I. Allegro molto 04:34
• 3 Sonatine No.1 in D Major, D. 384: II. Andante 04:18
• 4 Sonatine No.1 in D Major, D. 384: III. Allegro vivace 04:33
• Franz Schubert:
• 5 Schwanengesang, D. 957: Ständchen 05:43
• 6 An die Laute D. 905 02:00
• Sonate für Arpeggione in A Minor, D. 821:
• 7 Sonate für Arpeggione in A Minor, D. 821: I. Allegro moderato 12:07
• 8 Sonate für Arpeggione in A Minor, D. 821: II. Adagio 03:57
• 9 Sonate für Arpeggione in A Minor, D. 821: III. Allegretto 09:53
• Franz Schubert:
• 10 Die schöne Müllerin, D. 795: Pause 04:05
• 11 Schwanengesang, D. 957: Liebesbotschaft 03:04
• 12 An die Nachtigall, D. 497 01:46
• 13 Valse Le printemps, VWV 1177 04:07
• Total Runtime 01:03:42

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The arpeggione, invented in 1823 by the Viennese luthier Johann Georg Stauffer, had a curious destiny. As its alternative names ‘guitar violoncello’ and ‘guitare d’amour’ suggest, it is in fact a guitar fitted with a bridge, held between the knees like a cello and played with a bow. The instrument enjoyed some success for around a decade, but, oddly enough, almost nothing has survived from its specific repertory except one supreme masterpiece: the sonata Franz Schubert wrote for it in 1824. The guitar was very popular in Vienna at that time, and Schubert was also fond of it; the original version of Die schöne Müllerin was published with guitar accompaniment! Guido Balestracci and the musicians of L’Amoroso have built a delightful Schubertiad around this famous sonata, combining the arpeggione and the piano with voice and guitars to appropriate a rich selection of the Viennese composer’s lieder.

L'Amoroso:
Guido Balestracci, arpeggione & direction
Caroline Pelon, soprano
Massimo Moscardo, terz guitar
Éric Bellocq, guitar & archlute
Maude Gratton, fortepiano

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