Gli Incogniti
The historical-performance group Gli Incogniti ("The Unknowns") did not try to be self-deprecating with their name, taken from that of the Accademia degli Incogniti, a 17th century gathering of Venetian intellectuals. It refers as well to the group's tendency to explore little-known repertory by the likes of Nicola Matteis and Johann Rosenmüller, as well as by such Baroque giants as Vivaldi.
Gli Incogniti was founded by violinist Amandine Beyer in 2006. A native of Aix-en-Provence, Beyer took modern violin classes in Paris, emphasizing contemporary music in her studies. However, a recommendation from a friend led her to the Schola Cantorum in Basel, Switzerland, and to the teaching of Baroque violinist Chiara Banchini. That proved decisive for Beyer's style, although she has continued to play contemporary music on a modern violin. Beyer plays without a chin rest, uses gut strings, and adopts various other historical techniques; her style varies across the wide variety of Baroque music she plays. Gli Incogniti, composed of veterans of various other continental historical-performance ensembles, gave their first concert in 2006, their founding year, in Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
Gli Incogniti made their recording debut a year later with an album of Bach violin concertos; they have recorded for Outhere, Zig Zag Territoires, and Harmonia Mundi. A 2008 album featuring Vivaldi's Four Seasons violin concertos and other concertos was both critically and commercially successful, topping French classical charts for several weeks and earning Gli Incogniti the first in a series of awards in France and Germany. The group has toured widely in Europe, China, Japan, and the U.S. Their 2016 release, Un orage d'Avril ("An April Storm"), once again showed their ability to apply fresh approaches to extremely familiar material; among the compositions by Johann Pachelbel on the album was the Canon in D major. Later that year, Gli Incogniti released an album of Vivaldi concertos for two violins and orchestra, pairing Beyer with Italian Baroque violinist Giuliano Carmignola. Continuing to record for Harmonia Mundi, the group issued such novel releases as Johann Sebastian Bach: BWV ... or Not (2017), Joseph Haydn: Concerti per Esterházy (2018), and Beyond the Limits: C.P.E. Bach -- Complete Symphonies for Strings and Continuo. In 2022, with Beyer as soloist, Gli Incogniti released the album Vivaldi: Il Mondo al Rovescio.
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Arcangelo Corelli : The Complete Concerti Grossi
Klassik - Erschienen bei Zig-Zag Territoires am 10.09.2013
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Haydn : Concerti per Esterházy
Amandine Beyer, Gli Incogniti, Marco Ceccato
Violinkonzerte - Erschienen bei harmonia mundi am 26.10.2018
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Biber: Mystery (Rosary) Sonatas
Klassik - Erschienen bei harmonia mundi am 17.02.2023
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Antonio Vivaldi : Concerti « Nuova Stagione »
Klassik - Erschienen bei Zig-Zag Territoires am 25.09.2012
24-Bit 88.2 kHz - Stereo -
Johann Sebastian Bach
Amandine Beyer, Gli Incogniti, Edna Stern
Klassik - Erschienen bei Zig-Zag Territoires am 07.10.2014
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Vivaldi & Corelli
Klassik - Erschienen bei Zig-Zag Territoires am 07.10.2014
24-Bit 88.2 kHz - Stereo -
Vivaldi: The Four Seasons & Other Concertos
Violinkonzerte - Erschienen bei Alpha Classics am 01.08.2008
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
C.P.E. Bach: "Beyond the Limits" Complete Symphonies for Strings and Continuo
Symphonien - Erschienen bei harmonia mundi am 26.03.2021
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Vivaldi: Les quatre saisons et autres concertos
Klassik - Erschienen bei Zig-Zag Territoires am 01.08.2008
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Bach: Concerti a Violino Certato (BWV 1041, 1042, 1052 & 1056)
Klassik - Erschienen bei Zig-Zag Territoires am 10.05.2007
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Rosenmüller: Beatus Vir? (Motets & Sonates)
Klassik - Erschienen bei Zig-Zag Territoires am 26.08.2010
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
BWV… or not
Gli incogniti and Amandine Beyer
Klassik - Erschienen bei harmonia mundi am 13.10.2017
24-Bit 88.2 kHz - Stereo -
Matteis: False Consonances of Melancholy
Klassik - Erschienen bei Alpha Classics am 01.08.2009
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Italiane Baroque: Sonatas & Concertos
Chiara Banchini, Ensemble 415, Amandine Beyer, Gli Incogniti
Klassik - Erschienen bei Zig-Zag Territoires am 06.11.2012
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo