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Helene Schmitt is hot stuff. In this disc of violin sonatas by the nearly unknown Ignazio Albertini, the contemporary of Biber and Schmelzer comes passionately alive under her supple bow and sensitive fingers. In Schmitt's performances, the wildly virtuosic and extravagantly emotional music of Albertini sounds like it could only have been composed by a man stabbed to death in obscure circumstances. There's poise and grace in Schmitt's performances, as well elevated lyricism. But most of all there's passion: a passionate intensity of line, a passionate concentration of tone, a passionate brilliance of color, a passionate love of this fiercely expressive and violently beautiful music. Schmitt's trio of continuo players are sympathetic players and each gets his/her own sweet solo Prelude or Toccatina interspersed with Schmitt's Sonatas. Alpha's sound is tactile in its realism and its tiny but stunning reproduction of Guido Cagnacci's The Death of Cleopatra is a visual treat.
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Hélène Schmitt, Performer - Jörg-Andreas Bötticher, Performer - Karl-Ernst Schröder, Performer - David Sinclair, Performer - Ignazio Albertini, Composer
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Hélène Schmitt, Performer - Jörg-Andreas Bötticher, Performer - Karl-Ernst Schröder, Performer - David Sinclair, Performer - Ignazio Albertini, Composer
2002 Alpha 2002 Alpha
Hélène Schmitt, Performer - Jörg-Andreas Bötticher, Performer - Karl-Ernst Schröder, Performer - David Sinclair, Performer - Ignazio Albertini, Composer
2002 Alpha 2002 Alpha
Hélène Schmitt, Performer - Jörg-Andreas Bötticher, Performer - Karl-Ernst Schröder, Performer - David Sinclair, Performer - Angelo Michele Bartolotti, Composer
2002 Alpha 2002 Alpha
Hélène Schmitt, Performer - Jörg-Andreas Bötticher, Performer - Karl-Ernst Schröder, Performer - David Sinclair, Performer - Ignazio Albertini, Composer
2002 Alpha 2002 Alpha
Hélène Schmitt, Performer - Jörg-Andreas Bötticher, Performer - Karl-Ernst Schröder, Performer - David Sinclair, Performer - Ignazio Albertini, Composer
2002 Alpha 2002 Alpha
Hélène Schmitt, Performer - Jörg-Andreas Bötticher, Performer - Karl-Ernst Schröder, Performer - David Sinclair, Performer - Ignazio Albertini, Composer
2002 Alpha 2002 Alpha
Hélène Schmitt, Performer - Jörg-Andreas Bötticher, Performer - Karl-Ernst Schröder, Performer - David Sinclair, Performer - Ferdinand Tobias Richter, Composer
2002 Alpha 2002 Alpha
Hélène Schmitt, Performer - Jörg-Andreas Bötticher, Performer - Karl-Ernst Schröder, Performer - David Sinclair, Performer - Ignazio Albertini, Composer
2002 Alpha 2002 Alpha
Hélène Schmitt, Performer - Jörg-Andreas Bötticher, Performer - Karl-Ernst Schröder, Performer - David Sinclair, Performer - Angelo Michele Bartolotti, Composer
2002 Alpha 2002 Alpha
Hélène Schmitt, Performer - Jörg-Andreas Bötticher, Performer - Karl-Ernst Schröder, Performer - David Sinclair, Performer - Ignazio Albertini, Composer
2002 Alpha 2002 Alpha
Hélène Schmitt, Performer - Jörg-Andreas Bötticher, Performer - Karl-Ernst Schröder, Performer - David Sinclair, Performer - Johann Kaspar Kerll, Composer
2002 Alpha 2002 Alpha
Hélène Schmitt, Performer - Jörg-Andreas Bötticher, Performer - Karl-Ernst Schröder, Performer - David Sinclair, Performer - Ignazio Albertini, Composer
2002 Alpha 2002 Alpha
Hélène Schmitt, Performer - Jörg-Andreas Bötticher, Performer - Karl-Ernst Schröder, Performer - David Sinclair, Performer - Ignazio Albertini, Composer
2002 Alpha 2002 Alpha
Album review
Helene Schmitt is hot stuff. In this disc of violin sonatas by the nearly unknown Ignazio Albertini, the contemporary of Biber and Schmelzer comes passionately alive under her supple bow and sensitive fingers. In Schmitt's performances, the wildly virtuosic and extravagantly emotional music of Albertini sounds like it could only have been composed by a man stabbed to death in obscure circumstances. There's poise and grace in Schmitt's performances, as well elevated lyricism. But most of all there's passion: a passionate intensity of line, a passionate concentration of tone, a passionate brilliance of color, a passionate love of this fiercely expressive and violently beautiful music. Schmitt's trio of continuo players are sympathetic players and each gets his/her own sweet solo Prelude or Toccatina interspersed with Schmitt's Sonatas. Alpha's sound is tactile in its realism and its tiny but stunning reproduction of Guido Cagnacci's The Death of Cleopatra is a visual treat.
© TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 14 track(s)
- Total length: 01:17:43
- Main artists: Jörg-Andreas Bötticher Karl-Ernst Schröder David Sinclair Hélène Schmitt
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Alpha Classics
- Genre: Classical
- Collection: Ut Pictura Musica
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