The Avison Ensemble – Arcangelo Corelli: Opus 1 & 3 – Church Sonatas (2014) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

The Avison Ensemble – Arcangelo Corelli: Opus 1 & 3 – Church Sonatas (2014)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 147:52 minutes | 3,07 GB
Official Digital Download – Source: LinnRecords.com | Covers & Digital Booklet

‘Opus 1 & 3: Church Sonatas’ is the final recording in The Avison Ensemble’s welcome undertaking to record Corelli’s complete chamber music in celebration of the 300th anniversary of the composer’s death.
Like all of Corelli’s other works, his church sonatas were widely imitated. Some sets of sonatas, such as those by Telemann and British composer William Topham, went so far as to record Corelli’s influence on their title-pages; another British composer, John Ravenscroft, wrote a set of sonatas so similar to Corelli’s own that the Amsterdam publisher, Michel Le Cène, attempted to pass it off as Corelli’s Op. 7. Charles Avison held Corelli in particularly high esteem, and described him as ‘chaste and faultless’ in his 1752 treatise, An Essay on Musical Expression. Predictably, Avison’s first published work, his Op. 1 set of trio sonatas, has a marked deference to Corelli. Avison’s teacher and a former pupil of Corelli, Francesco Geminiani, published concerti grossi arrangements of Corelli’s Op. 1 No. 9 and five sonatas from the Op. 3 in 1735.
Corelli’s trio sonatas are in every aspect a high point of Italian Baroque instrumental music. Even though what Corelli achieved in these works could hardly be defined as new, he was able to synthesise pre-established forms and ideas to create works that raised the musical bar to a new height. As such, Corelli’s trios stand head and shoulders above the best examples by his Italian contemporaries. As time progressed, Corelli’s compositions evolved from innovative, frequently imitated models to well-respected, timeless classics.

Tracklist:
01 – Sonata da chiesa a tre in F Major, No. 1 – I. Grave
02 – Sonata da chiesa a tre in F Major, No. 1 – II. Allegro
03 – Sonata da chiesa a tre in F Major, No. 1 – III. Largo
04 – Sonata da chiesa a tre in F Major, No. 1 – IV. Allegro
05 – Sonata da chiesa a tre in E minor, No. 2 – I. Grave
06 – Sonata da chiesa a tre in E minor, No. 2 – II. Vivace
07 – Sonata da chiesa a tre in E minor, No. 2 – III. Adagio
08 – Sonata da chiesa a tre in E minor, No. 2 – IV. Allegro
09 – Sonata da chiesa a tre in A Major, No. 3 – I. Grave
10 – Sonata da chiesa a tre in A Major, No. 3 – II. Allegro
11 – Sonata da chiesa a tre in A Major, No. 3 – III. Adagio
12 – Sonata da chiesa a tre in A Major, No. 3 – IV. Allegro
13 – Sonata da chiesa a tre in A minor, No. 4 – I. Vivace (attacca)
14 – Sonata da chiesa a tre in A minor, No. 4 – II. Adagio
15 – Sonata da chiesa a tre in A minor, No. 4 – III. Allegro
16 – Sonata da chiesa a tre in A minor, No. 4 – IV. Presto
17 – Sonata da chiesa a tre in A minor, No. 4 – V. Allegro
18 – Sonata da chiesa a tre in B-flat minor, No. 5 – I. Grave
19 – Sonata da chiesa a tre in B-flat minor, No. 5 – II. Allegro
20 – Sonata da chiesa a tre in B-flat minor, No. 5 – III. Adagio – Allegro
21 – Sonata da chiesa a tre in B-flat minor, No. 5 – IV. Allegro
22 – Sonata da chiesa a tre in B minor, No. 6 – I. Grave
23 – Sonata da chiesa a tre in B minor, No. 6 – II. Largo
24 – Sonata da chiesa a tre in B minor, No. 6 – III. Adagio
25 – Sonata da chiesa a tre in B minor, No. 6 – IV. Allegro
26 – Sonata da chiesa a tre in C Major, No. 7 – I. Allegro
27 – Sonata da chiesa a tre in C Major, No. 7 – II. Grave
28 – Sonata da chiesa a tre in C Major, No. 7 – III. Allegro
29 – Sonata da chiesa a tre in C minor, No. 8 – I. Grave
30 – Sonata da chiesa a tre in C minor, No. 8 – II. Allegro
31 – Sonata da chiesa a tre in C minor, No. 8 – III. Largo
32 – Sonata da chiesa a tre in C minor, No. 8 – IV. Vivace
33 – Sonata da chiesa a tre in G Major, No. 9 – I. Allegro
34 – Sonata da chiesa a tre in G Major, No. 9 – II. Allegro
35 – Sonata da chiesa a tre in G Major, No. 9 – III. Adagio
36 – Sonata da chiesa a tre in G Major, No. 9 – IV. Allegro – Adagio
37 – Sonata da chiesa a tre in G minor, No. 10 – I. Grave
38 – Sonata da chiesa a tre in G minor, No. 10 – II. Allegro (attacca)
39 – Sonata da chiesa a tre in G minor, No. 10 – III. Allegro
40 – Sonata da chiesa a tre in G minor, No. 10 – IV. Adagio
41 – Sonata da chiesa a tre in G minor, No. 10 – V. Allegro
42 – Sonata da chiesa a tre in D minor, No. 11 – I. Grave
43 – Sonata da chiesa a tre in D minor, No. 11 – II. Allegro
44 – Sonata da chiesa a tre in D minor, No. 11 – III. Adagio
45 – Sonata da chiesa a tre in D minor, No. 11 – IV. Allegro
46 – Sonata da chiesa a tre in D Major, No. 12 – I. Grave
47 – Sonata da chiesa a tre in D Major, No. 12 – II. Largo e puntato
48 – Sonata da chiesa a tre in D Major, No. 12 – III. Grave
49 – Sonata da chiesa a tre in D Major, No. 12 – IV. Allegro
50 – Sonata da chiesa a tre in F Major, No. 1 – I. Grave
51 – Sonata da chiesa a tre in F Major, No. 1 – II. Allegro
52 – Sonata da chiesa a tre in F Major, No. 1 – III. Vivace
53 – Sonata da chiesa a tre in F Major, No. 1 – IV. Allegro
54 – Sonata da chiesa a tre in D Major, No. 2 – I. Grave
55 – Sonata da chiesa a tre in D Major, No. 2 – II. Allegro
56 – Sonata da chiesa a tre in D Major, No. 2 – III. Adagio
57 – Sonata da chiesa a tre in D Major, No. 2 – IV. Allegro
58 – Sonata da chiesa a tre in B-flat Major, No. 3 – I. Grave
59 – Sonata da chiesa a tre in B-flat Major, No. 3 – II. Vivace
60 – Sonata da chiesa a tre in B-flat Major, No. 3 – III. Largo
61 – Sonata da chiesa a tre in B-flat Major, No. 3 – IV. Allegro
62 – Sonata da chiesa a tre in B minor, No. 4 – I. Largo
63 – Sonata da chiesa a tre in B minor, No. 4 – II. Vivace
64 – Sonata da chiesa a tre in B minor, No. 4 – III. Adagio
65 – Sonata da chiesa a tre in B minor, No. 4 – IV. Presto
66 – Sonata da chiesa a tre in D minor, No. 5 – I. Grave
67 – Sonata da chiesa a tre in D minor, No. 5 – II. Allegro
68 – Sonata da chiesa a tre in D minor, No. 5 – III. Largo
69 – Sonata da chiesa a tre in D minor, No. 5 – IV. Allegro
70 – Sonata da chiesa a tre in G Major, No. 6 – I. Vivace
71 – Sonata da chiesa a tre in G Major, No. 6 – II. Grave
72 – Sonata da chiesa a tre in G Major, No. 6 – III. Allegro
73 – Sonata da chiesa a tre in G Major, No. 6 – IV. Allegro
74 – Sonata da chiesa a tre in E minor, No. 7 – I. Grave
75 – Sonata da chiesa a tre in E minor, No. 7 – II. Allegro
76 – Sonata da chiesa a tre in E minor, No. 7 – III. Adagio
77 – Sonata da chiesa a tre in E minor, No. 7 – IV. Allegro
78 – Sonata da chiesa a tre in C Major, No. 8 – I. Largo
79 – Sonata da chiesa a tre in C Major, No. 8 – II. Allegro
80 – Sonata da chiesa a tre in C Major, No. 8 – III. Largo
81 – Sonata da chiesa a tre in C Major, No. 8 – IV. Allegro
82 – Sonata da chiesa a tre in F minor, No. 9 – I. Grave
83 – Sonata da chiesa a tre in F minor, No. 9 – II. Vivace
84 – Sonata da chiesa a tre in F minor, No. 9 – III. Largo
85 – Sonata da chiesa a tre in F minor, No. 9 – IV. Allegro
86 – Sonata da chiesa a tre in A minor, No. 10 – I. Vivace
87 – Sonata da chiesa a tre in A minor, No. 10 – II. Allegro
88 – Sonata da chiesa a tre in A minor, No. 10 – III. Adagio
89 – Sonata da chiesa a tre in A minor, No. 10 – IV. Allegro
90 – Sonata da chiesa a tre in G minor, No. 11 – I. Grave
91 – Sonata da chiesa a tre in G minor, No. 11 – II. Presto
92 – Sonata da chiesa a tre in G minor, No. 11 – III. Adagio
93 – Sonata da chiesa a tre in G minor, No. 11 – IV. Allegro
94 – Sonata da chiesa a tre in A minor, No. 12 – I. Grave
95 – Sonata da chiesa a tre in A minor, No. 12 – II. Vivace
96 – Sonata da chiesa a tre in A minor, No. 12 – III. Allegro
97 – Sonata da chiesa a tre in A minor, No. 12 – IV. Allegro
98 – Sonata da chiesa a tre in A minor, No. 12 – V. Allegro