Bononcini: Cantate e sonate Aurata Fonte

• Giovanni Bononcini (1670 - 1747):
• 1 Bononcini: In siepe odorosa fiorisce la rosa 06:59
• 2 Bononcini: Aure che sussuranti 08:51
• 3 Bononcini: Divertimento No. 4 in D Minor (Version for Harpsichord) 08:06
• 4 Bononcini: Lungi dalla mia Filli 06:26
• 5 Bononcini: Amo sì mà non so dire 06:36
• 6 Bononcini: Cello Sonata in A Minor 10:46
• 7 Bononcini: Dove bambino rivo 10:50
• 8 Bononcini: Divertimento No. 6 in G Minor (Version for Harpsichord) 09:43
• 9 Bononcini: Io che a Filli lontano 09:28
• Total Runtime 01:17:45

Info for Bononcini: Cantate e sonate

Giovanni Bononcini was born in Modena on 18th July 1670, the eldest and best-known son of the composer, violinist and theoretician Giovanni Maria, one of the main exponents of the musical school of Modena in the second half of the seventeenth century. His talent was extremely precocious: in 1685 he published Trattenimenti da camera op. 1, Concerti da camera op. 2 and Sinfonie op. 3. Giovanni Bononcini is known above all for his dramatic and vocal chamber music, whose simple, refined intensity of expression was acknowledged by his contemporaries. The cantatas are formed of the prescribed succession of arias (or duets) and recitativos, and show Bononcini’s outstanding expressive skill and his ability in finely crafting the close relationship between words and music that was required by this genre of chamber music because of the need to “further the feeling of that divine poetry by means of the expression of the harmonious melodies” (as he wrote in a letter to Benedetto Marcello from London on 6 April 1725). This ability of his made it possible for him, through his perfect knowledge of counterpoint, to tastefully adjust “the exact observation of the different moods produced in the soul by the different modulations of the sound, so as to be able to adapt them suitably to the needs of the words”. Within this world premiere recording the Aurata Fonte ensemble is performing the manuscripts of a composer whose talent was recognized and affirmed by a great career throughout Europe.

Aurata Fonte

Aurata Fonte Ensemble
It was born from valuable encounters and a continuous flow of experiences, friendships and periodic collaborations of its members with various early music groups and ensembles. It develops its activity by devoting itself to researching both ancient musical sources and their performance. An ensemble that experiments with musical experiences, finding joy and complicity along the way. The ensemble was formed in the best schools and academies: Scuola di Musica di Fiesole, Accademia Chigiana di Siena, Scuola Civica di Milano, Fondazione Cini di Venezia, Dipartimento di Musica Antica del Conservatorio di Parma, Dipartimento di Musica Antica del Conservatorio di Cesena. The members have studied with distinguished masters such as Roberto Gini, Wieland Kujken, Mauro Valli, Enrico Onofri, Luigi Mangiocavallo, Maurizio Naddeo, Gloria Banditelli, Masaaki Suzuki, Giovanbattista Columbro, Marcello Gatti and Barthold Kujken.

The ensemble has gained heterogeneous musical experience. In the Baroque repertoire and with the use of original instruments, they have had collaborations with specialised groups such as Europa Galante, Ensemble Concerto, I Barocchisti, Armonia delle Sfere, La Calandria, Ensemble "Terre d'Otranto, Albanian Baroque Ensemble, Harmonicus Concentus, Ensemble Cantar Lontano, Canalgrande, Ensemble Il Continuo, Cremona Baroque Orchestra, Lodoviciano Festival Orchestra, Bach Colegium Japan, Chamber and Symphony Orchestras. They have performed in many important halls around the world: Salle Playel in Paris, Teatro Real in Madrid, Palau della musica in Barcelona, Barbican centre in London, Albert Hall London, Concertgebouw Amsterdam, China, Japan, USA, Australia and New Zealand.

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