JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH - Nicola Lamon Maria Giovanna Fiorentino

Maria Giovanna Fiorentino and Nicola Lamon explore Johann Sebastian Bach through sonatas, the Partita BWV 1013 and the Concerto BWV 985 for solo harpsichord.

Formats and editions

• CD — CVLD328CD
• Hi-Res file 88.2kHz · 24bit — CVLD328

Musicians

Maria Giovanna Fiorentino — flute and recorder
Nicola Lamon — harpsichord

Recording and production

Original 88.2 kHz · 24-bit recording at Studio Rosso, Zanotto Strumenti, Silvelle di Trebaseleghe, Italy, on 4, 5 and 6 July 2020.

Production: Velut Luna
Executive producer: Marco Lincetto
Musical production and editing: Mattia Zanatta
Recording, mix and mastering: Marco Lincetto
Photography: Marco Lincetto
Design and layout: L’Image

Track listing

Sonata in Mi maggiore BWV 1035 per flauto e basso continuo
01 - Adagio ma non tanto, 2:16
02 - Allegro, 3:13
03 - Siciliano, 3:47
04 - Allegro assai, 3:13
Partita in La minore BWV 1013 per flauto solo
05 - Allemanda, 4:32
06 - Corrente, 2:47
07 - Sarabande, 3:38
08 - Bourèe anglaise, 2:00
Concerto in Sol minore BWV 985 per cembalo solo
09 - (Allegro), 2:46
10 - Adagio, 2:15
11 - Allegro, 2:24
Sonata in Si minore BWV 1030 per flauto e clavicembalo obbligato
12 - Andante, 7:40
13 - Largo e dolce, 3:11
14 - Presto, 6:23

tot. time: 50:14

Critical notes

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 Eisenach, 1750 Leipzig) was a German composer and musician, Thomaskantor in Leipzig from 1723 until his death. Considered among the greatest geniuses in music history, his works are notable for their intellectual depth, mastery of technical and expressive means, and artistic beauty. He achieved a remarkable synthesis between the German style of Pachelbel and Buxtehude and the works of Italian composers (especially Vivaldi, whose numerous pieces he transcribed, assimilating above all his concertante style). His work constituted the culmination and development of the various stylistic-compositional trends of his era. The degree of structural complexity, technical difficulty, and the exclusion of the melodramatic genre, however, made his work the preserve of only the most gifted musicians and at the time limited its diffusion among the general public, compared to the popularity achieved by other contemporary musicians such as Handel or Telemann. In 1829, the performance of the St. Matthew Passion, conducted in Berlin by Felix Mendelssohn, brought to the knowledge of a wide audience the extremely high quality of Bach's compositional work, which has since been considered the compendium of Baroque counterpoint.
The Kantor of Leipzig, where he composed so many cantatas and sacred works, remains a miracle of the Baroque and of music in general, certainly. I decided to include in the CD the Sonata BWV 1030 for flute and obbligato harpsichord, the partita for solo flute BWV 1013, the Concerto BWV 985 for harpsichord, transcribed from a concerto by Telemann and the sonata for flute and continuo 1035 for the love of the composer and the pieces.

Biographies

Nicola Lamon

Nicola Lamon studied at the "B. Marcello" conservatory in Venice, graduating in 2001 with honors in both Organ and Organ Composition with Elsa Bolzonello Zoja and Harpsichord with Sergio Vartolo and Marco Vincenzi. He also obtained a full marks diploma in Gregorian Chant with Lanfranco Menga. In the academic year 2005-2006, at the "B. Marcello" Conservatory in Venice, he obtained a second-level specialist academic diploma in organ with a score of 110 cum laude. He participated in numerous masterclasses at various international academies: in organ and improvisation with H. Davidson and W. Porter in Smarano (TN), with J.L. Gonzalez Uriol in Daroca (Spain), at the Accademia Chigiana in Siena, for harpsichord, with Christophe Rousset, obtaining a diploma of merit. He has received several awards in various national and international competitions: in organ, the third prize in Borca di Cadore in 2001 and 2005, the first prize in Viterbo in 2003, and the third prize in Fano Adriano (TE) in 2006; in harpsichord, the first prize in Fusignano (RA) in 2003 and the first prize in Pesaro in 2005. He has held the position of second organist at the prestigious Basilica of San Marco in Venice, collaborating with the Cappella Marciana in concert and recording performances. He follows and studies with particular interest historical partimento and improvisation aimed at researching and performing basso continuo. With his colleague David Brutti on cornetto, he founded the duo "Seicento Stravagante" engaged in promoting Renaissance and Baroque keyboard instruments, participating in recordings and concerts. He also works as an organist and continuo harpsichordist in various ensembles, collaborating also in masterclasses and advanced training courses. He was an adjunct professor at the "C. Pollini" Conservatory of Padua for keyboard practice and vocal repertoire reading, and has worked as a harpsichord accompanist at the Arrigo Pedrollo Conservatories in Vicenza and Agostino Steffani in Castelfranco Veneto (TV). He is also involved in the monumental complete performance of the two books of Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier and The Art of Fugue.

Maria Giovanna Fiorentino

Maria Giovanna Fiorentino born in Padua in 1961, she studied recorder in Padua with S. Balestracci (1976-1982) and obtained a diploma in recorder at the Tartini Conservatory in Trieste. Graduated in Literature with honors from the University of Padua with a thesis in Music History, she collaborates with articles, conferences and lecture-concerts in musicological research. She has given 163 concerts in Italy and abroad and several recordings in ensembles such as the C.M.A. of Padua, the Chamber Orchestra of Padua, Accademia Bach, the Compagnia dei Febi Armonici, Interensemble and Serenissima Chamber Orchestra at the XXIII Festival of Early Music in Urbino. She has recorded D. Bigaglia's sonatas for flute and b.c., Corelli's Op. V, Sammartini's Trio Sonatas and Bellinzani's and Barsanti's Sonatas for Tactus. She continued with Vivaldi's Concertos a 4 in 2014 and with Boismortier's Op. XXXVII for Urania Records, as well as F. Couperin's Concerts Royaux, announced for release in September-October 2017. She has taught recorder at the "G. Tartini" Conservatory in Trieste and at the Musician School in Reggio Emilia and recorder and Music History at the Morello Foundation in Castelfranco Veneto 1997-2003. From 2008 to 2011 she was president of ERTAItalia, the association of recorder teachers and students in Italy, twinned with its European counterparts, and has also served as vice-president. She specialized for four years with Pedro Memelsdorff, passing the repertoire exam at the Civica Scuola di Musica di Milano in 1988, and with Frans Brüggen, Marijke Miessen, Kees Boeke, Walter van Hauwe and Matthias Weilenmann.

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