Various authors: Stravaganze Barocche Federico Guglielmo & Diego Cantalupi

• Michel Farinel (1649 - 1726): La Folia The Division Violin, London 1684:
• 1 Farinel: La Folia The Division Violin, London 1684 04:09
• Thomas Baltzar (1630 - 1663): A Prelude for the Violin by Sen'r Balshar a Germaine The Division Violin, London 1684:
• 2 Baltzar: A Prelude for the Violin by Sen'r Balshar a Germaine The Division Violin, London 1684 01:54
• Gaspar Sanz (1640 - 1710): Canario Instrucción de Música sobre la guitarra española, Zaragoza, 1674:
• 3 Sanz: Canario Instrucción de Música sobre la guitarra española, Zaragoza, 1674 02:20
• Nicola Matteis (1650 - 1714): Diverse Bizzarrie sopra la vecchia Sarabanda o pur Ciaccona Ayrs for the Violin, The First Part, [Londra?] 1676:
• 4 Matteis: Diverse Bizzarrie sopra la vecchia Sarabanda o pur Ciaccona Ayrs for the Violin, The First Part, [Londra?] 1676 04:29
• Passaggio rotto | Andamento veloce Other Ayrs for the Violin, The Second Part, [Londra?] 1676:
• 5 Matteis: Passaggio rotto | Andamento veloce Other Ayrs for the Violin, The Second Part, [Londra?] 1676 02:23
• Gaspar Sanz: Preludio o capricho arpeado por la + Instrucción de Música sobre la guitarra española, Zaragoza, 1674:
• 6 Sanz: Preludio o capricho arpeado por la + Instrucción de Música sobre la guitarra española, Zaragoza, 1674 03:20
• Nicola Matteis: Un poco di maniera Italiana Ayrs for the Violin, The First Part, [Londra?] 1676:
• 7 Matteis: Un poco di maniera Italiana Ayrs for the Violin, The First Part, [Londra?] 1676 02:00
• Aria Ridicola Ayrs for the Violin, The First Part, [Londra?] 1676:
• 8 Matteis: Aria Ridicola Ayrs for the Violin, The First Part, [Londra?] 1676 00:59
• Gasparo Visconti (1683 - 1713): Prelude by Sign’r Gasperini Select Preludes or Volentarys for the Violin, London 1705:
• 9 Visconti: Prelude by Sign’r Gasperini Select Preludes or Volentarys for the Violin, London 1705 01:05
• Lelio Colista (1629 - 1680): Passacaille dite Mariona Recueil des pieces de guitare composées par Mr François Le Cocq, Gand, 1730:
• 10 Colista: Passacaille dite Mariona Recueil des pieces de guitare composées par Mr François Le Cocq, Gand, 1730 02:50
• Thomas Baltzar: Sen’r Balshar’s Division on John come kiss me now The Division Violin, London 1684:
• 11 Baltzar: Sen’r Balshar’s Division on John come kiss me now The Division Violin, London 1684 04:44
• Carlo Ambrogio Lonati (1645 - 1712): Carlo Ambrogio Lonati, Prelude by Sign’r Ambrogio Lonati Select Preludes or Volentarys for the Violin, London 1705:
• 12 Lonati: Carlo Ambrogio Lonati, Prelude by Sign’r Ambrogio Lonati Select Preludes or Volentarys for the Violin, London 1705 01:24
• Gaspar Sanz: Maricapalos Libro segundo, de cifras sobre la guitarra española Zaragoza, 1675:
• 13 Sanz: Maricapalos Libro segundo, de cifras sobre la guitarra española Zaragoza, 1675 06:13
• Anonymous: The Duke of Norfolk or Paul’s Steeple. A Division to a Ground The Division Violin, London 1684:
• 14 Anonymous: The Duke of Norfolk or Paul’s Steeple. A Division to a Ground The Division Violin, London 1684 02:02
• Giovanni Bononcini (1670 - 1747): Prelude by Sign’r Bononcini Select Preludes or Volentarys for the Violin, London 1705:
• 15 Bononcini: Prelude by Sign’r Bononcini Select Preludes or Volentarys for the Violin, London 1705 01:55
• Santiago De Murcia (1673 - 1739): Grabe - Saldívar Codex n. 4, 1732:
• 16 Murcia: Grabe - Saldívar Codex n. 4, 1732 02:02
• Arcangelo Corelli (1653 - 1713): Prelude by Arcangelo Corelli Select Preludes or Volentarys for the Violin, London 1705:
• 17 Corelli: Prelude by Arcangelo Corelli Select Preludes or Volentarys for the Violin, London 1705 01:02
• Santiago De Murcia: Preludio Grave (da Arcangelo Corelli, Sonata op. V n. 3) Saldívar Codex n. 4, 1732:
• 18 Murcia: Preludio Grave (da Arcangelo Corelli, Sonata op. V n. 3) Saldívar Codex n. 4, 1732 02:37
• Giga (da Arcangelo Corelli, Sonata op. V n. 3) Saldívar Codex n. 4, 1732:
• 19 Murcia: Giga (da Arcangelo Corelli, Sonata op. V n. 3) Saldívar Codex n. 4, 1732 02:54
• Arcangelo Corelli: Sonata op. V n.10 Sonate a violino e violone o cimbalo, opera quinta, Roma 1700 | Preludio. Adagio (ornamenti: Manchester Public Library, :
• 20 Corelli: Sonata op. V n.10 Sonate a violino e violone o cimbalo, opera quinta, Roma 1700 | Preludio. Adagio (ornamenti: Manchester Public Library, Ms. 130) 02:04
• Sonata op. V n.10 Sonate a violino e violone o cimbalo, opera quinta, Roma 1700 | Allamanda. Allegro (ornamenti di Mattewh Dubourg):
• 21 Corelli: Sonata op. V n.10 Sonate a violino e violone o cimbalo, opera quinta, Roma 1700 | Allamanda. Allegro (ornamenti di Mattewh Dubourg) 02:49
• Sonata op. V n.10 Sonate a violino e violone o cimbalo, opera quinta, Roma 1700 | Sarabanda. Largo (ornamenti di William McGibbon):
• 22 Corelli: Sonata op. V n.10 Sonate a violino e violone o cimbalo, opera quinta, Roma 1700 | Sarabanda. Largo (ornamenti di William McGibbon) 02:26
• Sonata op. V n.10 Sonate a violino e violone o cimbalo, opera quinta, Roma 1700 | Gavotta. Allegro, e quattro variazioni (ornamenti di Charl:
• 23 Corelli: Sonata op. V n.10 Sonate a violino e violone o cimbalo, opera quinta, Roma 1700 | Gavotta. Allegro, e quattro variazioni (ornamenti di Charles McLean) 04:13
• Sonata op. V n.10 Sonate a violino e violone o cimbalo, opera quinta, Roma 1700 | Giga. Allegro (ornamenti di Johan Helmich Roman):
• 24 Corelli: Sonata op. V n.10 Sonate a violino e violone o cimbalo, opera quinta, Roma 1700 | Giga. Allegro (ornamenti di Johan Helmich Roman) 03:11
• Total Runtime 01:05:05

Info for Various authors: Stravaganze Barocche

For the recording of "Stravaganze Barocche", Federico Guglielmo and Diego Cantalupi were entrusted with two extraordinary masterpieces by Antonio Stradivari, the "Hellier" inlaid violin and the "Sabionari" guitar. Both built in 1679, and now preserved in private collections and exhibited in Cremona as part of the "Friends of Stradivari" project.

The "Hellier" violin, never used for recordings or concerts in recent years, is one of only ten known decorated instruments made by the great master luthier: the quality of the materials and the excellence of the workmanship convinced Simone Fernando Sacconi to call it "the most precious". The decoration of the top and back consists of an alternating sequence of ivory circles and diamonds inserted between two fillets and glued with black putty, probably obtained by mixing ebony putty and glue. The head and sides are decorated with the dark inlay technique.

The famous "Sabionari" guitar is one of the five Stradivari guitars known today and, in a perfectly original configuration, the only one to be used, albeit rarely and with a rigorous conservation protocol, for concerts and recordings. The instrument demonstrates how the luthier has also been able to innovate plucked instruments. The 74 cm fingerboard is unusual for baroque guitars and has been designed to use thinner gut strings, which provide a warm tone and greater harmonic content.

"What makes this disc special - observes Federico Guglielmo - lies in the fact that the two instruments were built in the same year, within a few months of each other. This is why we have chosen to present a repertoire that is beautiful and at the same time as contemporary as possible with the instruments used", obviously prepared with gut strings and accessories that perfectly conform to the dictates of the most rigorous philology.

Federico Guglielmo, violin
Diego Cantalupi, lute

Federico Guglielmo
Italian conductor and violinist Federico Guglielmo was born in Padua in 1968. He studied violin with his father and later graduated at the Benedetto Marcello Music Conservatory in Venice. He attended numerous master classes in Violin, Chamber Music and Orchestral Conducting with such names as: Salvatore Accardo; Vladimir Spivakov; Isaac Stern; Trio Beaux Arts; Trio di Trieste; Amadeus Quartet; Quartetto Italiano; La Salle Quartet; and Gianluigi Gelmetti. He won many awards in several international competitions, including the 1st prize at the 1991 Vittorio Gui International Competition in Florence. Encouraged by Christopher Hogwood, he has devoted himself to the study of historically informed practice, using Baroque and Classical violins. He has conducted and performed with various string orchestras, such as: the Academy of Ancient Music in London; the Handel; Haydn Society in Boston; the Tokyo Chamber Orchestra; the Orchestra di Padova e del Veneto, the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra. In 1994, he founded L’Arte dell’Arco, an ensemble that specializes in Venetian music of the 17th and 18th Centuries. Federico Guglielmo has also conducted Baroque opera such as Paisiello’s La Daunia Felice , D. Scarlatti’s La Dirindina; Vivaldi’s first opera, Ottone in Villa, at the Teatro Olimpico in Vicenza, and Piccinni’s Il finto turco, also in Vicenza. In 2017, he worked with period instrument ensemble il pomo d’oro for the first time, leading a concert tour with violinst Alina Ibragimova. He has performed in many of the world's most important halls and theaters: Musikverein in Vienna; Wigmore Hall London; Società del Quartetto in Milan; Accademia di Santa Cecilia in Rome; Auditorio Nacional in Madrid; Herkulessaal in Munich; Carnegie Hall in New York; Suntory Hall, Opera City and Bunka Kaikan in Tokyo; Izumi and Symphony Hall in Osaka; and the Teatro Colon in Buenos Aires. He realized numeros recordings, many of which received awards and great critical acclaim. Federico Guglielmo is praised for his “sparkling virtuosity”, his “brilliant and entertaining interpretations” and his extraordinary versatility.

Diego Cantalupi
studied guitar under the patient guidance of Mauro Storti.

Interested in learning more about ancient performance praxis, he graduated in lute with Andrea Damiani; at the same time, he graduated in Musicology from the School of Paleography and Musical Philology in Cremona (University of Pavia) doing a thesis on the history and repertoire of the theorbo and organizing a curriculum focused on Renaissance and Baroque music, ancient notation and musical philology.

He collaborates with numerous ensembles, including l'Arte dell'Arco, Venexiana, La Barocca, il Pomodoro, Kammerakademie Potsdam, i Solisti Filarmonici Italiani, i Solisti Veneti, and with leading soloists, including dames Emma Kirkby, Federico Guglielmo, and Sergio Azzolini.

He is founder and artistic and musical director of Ensemble L'Aura Soave - Cremona and Ensemble BariAntiquA. Since 2010, he has held the Chair of Lute at the Conservatorio "N. Piccinni" in Bari.

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