Informationen zu "Arcangelo Corelli Ed: Bertram Turetzky Trio Sonata II Double Bass & Other Instruments, String Trio"
Verlag: Recital Music
Verlagsnummer: RM873
EAN: 9790570458738
ISMN: M-57045-873-8
Beschreibung
Bert Turetzky writes: 'The leading cello and bass players were part of the
complex mechanism which controlled the orchestra of the 18th and
19th-centuries. Previous to the 19th-century 'modern' baton-wielding
conductors were unknown. Orchestral direction was, basically, of a dual
nature with a keyboard-conductor, using chords, accents and physical motions,
aided by a violinist-leader, whence the title 'concert master'. To the side
of the keyboard-conductor were the leading cellist and bassist, frequently
playing from the conductor's own part. The playing of the Principal Bass was
considered an important element in keeping the orchestra together and
Domenico Dragonetti (1763-1846) was sometimes credited with the power of
leading or misleading an orchestra. In the May 1837 edition of THE MUSICAL
WORLD there is an allusion to this: 'Although he has been accused of leading
the orchestra, or, in the estimation of some leaders, of misleading, (for no
man in that situation approves of public correction) yet it must be
acknowledged that he has upon various occasions, by his promptitude and
decision, brought back a whole band who 'like sheep had gone astray' '. 'The
dynamic duo of cellist Robert Lindley (1776-1855) and double bassist Domenico
Dragonetti also proved to be very active in the chamber music field. The
programmes of the London concert giving associations provide evidence of some
of these activities. The Philharmonic Society records these 'Titans' as
appearing in six performances of the Beethoven Septet Op.20, five time in the
Septet of Hummel and numerous appearances in words for various string and
wind combinations by such composers as Spohr, Baudiot, Schubert, Ries,
Mayseder, Klengel, Neukomm, J.B. Cramer, Onslow and Moscheles. These records
also mention their playing a duet by Corelli on three occasions. This work is
certainly spurious and we may assume that this duo is an arrangement of
Corelli's Op.5. The bass part was most probably a corruption of the figured
bass part with the cello playing an interpolation of the original violin
part. Much acclaim was bestowed upon these two orchestral stalwarts when they
appeared in such duets and trios with 2 celli. This is one of the latter.'
Arcangelo Corelli (/k???r?li/,[1] 17 February 1653 ? 8 January 1713) was an
Italian violinist and composer of the Baroque era. Arcangelo Corelli
(1653-1713) was one of the leading Italian violinists and composers of the
Baroque era. Much of his music is still performed today, particularly his 12
Concerti Grossi for string orchestra, of which the Christmas Concerto is
especially popular. Both Lindley and Dragonetti played 'at the harpsichord'
and would have improvised the musical lines, based on the original bass part,
and the acclaim with which they were showered after performances of the
Corelli duets suggests that both embellished the original music to suit the
style and fashions of the day. Both were obviously showmen and two of the
leading musicians working in London during the first half of the 19th-century
and repertoire for a cello and bass duo at the time, apart from a Dragonetti
Duo, were non-existent and hence the need to transcribe. This trio is the
second of Corelli's 12 Sonata da Chiesa Op.3, composed in Modena in 1689, and
was originally for 2 violins and continuo. The present transcription by Bert
Turetzky is beautifully and masterfully arranged and is a work he will have
performed many times in his own concerts. The technical challenges are not
great, although cello 1 does play in the highest register in the final
movement, but this can be easily transposed an octave lower for ease, and the
four contrasting movements offer music of great skill and imagination for the
enterprising bass-line trio.
