Il Giardino Armonico

KTC 1356 . 1CD . 8711801101934 . 01/05/2007 . Etcetera Records

Il Giardino Armonico

Composer(s):
  • Johannes Schenck (1660-c.1720)

Johannes Schenck (Amsterdam, 1660-c.1720) enjoyed a considerable reputation as a virtuoso gamba player. He published an impressive collection of works, dating from 1687 onwards. With ten opus numbers to his name, Schenck was the by far most widely published of seventeenth-century Dutch composers. Two of his collections are dedicated to the violin of which Il Giardino armonico armonico consistente in diverse sonate a due violini, viola di gamba e basso continuo Opus 3 (1691) until recently was believed to be lost. But a surviving example was recently located by Pieter Dirksen. It is extraordinary music, perhaps the best of Schenck’s works. Nowhere else in Schenck’s works is the influence of Italian instrumental music so obvious; the clearest influence is the trio sonatas of Arcangelo Corelli but there are also traces of Giovanni Legrenzi’s style as well as allusions to contemporary German and Dutch publications. These twelve sonatas demonstrate an astonishing variety of affects through which the composer displays a noteworthy sensitivity for the different keys, lending each sonata its own particular character.Johannes Schenck (Amsterdam, 1660-c.1720) enjoyed a considerable reputation as a virtuoso gamba player. He published an impressive collection of works, dating from 1687 onwards. With ten opus numbers to his name, Schenck was the by far most widely published of seventeenth-century Dutch composers. Two of his collections are dedicated to the violin of which Il Giardino armonico armonico consistente in diverse sonate a due violini, viola di gamba e basso continuo Opus 3 (1691) until recently was believed to be lost. But a surviving example was recently located by Pieter Dirksen. It is extraordinary music, perhaps the best of Schenck’s works. Nowhere else in Schenck’s works is the influence of Italian instrumental music so obvious; the clearest influence is the trio sonatas of Arcangelo Corelli but there are also traces of Giovanni Legrenzi’s style as well as allusions to contemporary German and Dutch publications. These twelve sonatas demonstrate an astonishing variety of affects through which the composer displays a noteworthy sensitivity for the different keys, lending each sonata its own particular character.

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Track listing

Il Giardino armonico
1 Sonata Prima in D major (Adagio-Allegro-Adagio-Allegro) 05:10
artists: 'Pieter Dirksen' ' La Suave Melodia' 'Regina Albanez' 'Rachael Beesley' 'Cassandra Luckhardt'
composers: 'Johannes Schenck (1660-c.1720)'
2 Sonata Secunda in B-flat major (Capriccio: Vivace-Adagio-Un poco allegro) 04:35
artists: 'Pieter Dirksen' ' La Suave Melodia' 'Regina Albanez' 'Rachael Beesley' 'Cassandra Luckhardt'
composers: 'Johannes Schenck (1660-c.1720)'
3 Sonata Terza in G minor (Adagio-Allegro) (Violino 02 Solo: Adagio-Allegro-Adagio)(Violino 1 Solo: Adagio-Aria-Allegro)(Gigue-Adagio)(Allegro) 11:13
artists: 'Pieter Dirksen' ' La Suave Melodia' 'Regina Albanez' 'Rachael Beesley' 'Cassandra Luckhardt'
composers: 'Johannes Schenck (1660-c.1720)'
4 Sonata Quarta in D minor (Adagio-Allegro-Adagio non alfetto)(Presto-Adagio-Presto-Adagio) 07:31
artists: 'Pieter Dirksen' ' La Suave Melodia' 'Regina Albanez' 'Rachael Beesley' 'Cassandra Luckhardt'
composers: 'Johannes Schenck (1660-c.1720)'
5 Sonata Quinta in C minor (Adagio-Allegro-Adagio-Presto Adagio) 05:47
artists: 'Pieter Dirksen' ' La Suave Melodia' 'Regina Albanez' 'Rachael Beesley' 'Cassandra Luckhardt'
composers: 'Johannes Schenck (1660-c.1720)'
6 Sonata Sexta in E major (Vivace-Allegro-Adagio-Allegro) 03:56
artists: 'Pieter Dirksen' ' La Suave Melodia' 'Regina Albanez' 'Rachael Beesley' 'Cassandra Luckhardt'
composers: 'Johannes Schenck (1660-c.1720)'
7 Sonata Settima in F major (Adagio-Presto-Adagio-Allegro) 05:25
artists: 'Pieter Dirksen' ' La Suave Melodia' 'Regina Albanez' 'Rachael Beesley' 'Cassandra Luckhardt'
composers: 'Johannes Schenck (1660-c.1720)'
8 Sonata Ottava in C major (Adagio-Presto-Adagio-Presto-Adagio)(Aria Violino 1 solo:Adagio-Allegro)(Viola da gamba solo: Adagio)(Adagio-Battaglia-Violino 2 solo: Adagio)(Prestissimo-Adagio-Allegro) 09:29
artists: 'Pieter Dirksen' ' La Suave Melodia' 'Regina Albanez' 'Rachael Beesley' 'Cassandra Luckhardt'
composers: 'Johannes Schenck (1660-c.1720)'
9 Sonata Nona in A major (Adagio-Allegro-Adagio-Allegro) 05:56
artists: 'Pieter Dirksen' ' La Suave Melodia' 'Regina Albanez' 'Rachael Beesley' 'Cassandra Luckhardt'
composers: 'Johannes Schenck (1660-c.1720)'
10 Sonata Decima in B minor (Adagio-Allegro-Adagio-Vivace) 05:27
artists: 'Pieter Dirksen' ' La Suave Melodia' 'Regina Albanez' 'Rachael Beesley' 'Cassandra Luckhardt'
composers: 'Johannes Schenck (1660-c.1720)'
11 Sonata Undecima in A minor (Adagio-Allegro-Adagio-Vivace/Gigue) 05:31
artists: 'Pieter Dirksen' ' La Suave Melodia' 'Regina Albanez' 'Rachael Beesley' 'Cassandra Luckhardt'
composers: 'Johannes Schenck (1660-c.1720)'
12 Sonata Duodecima in D minor (Adagio-Allegro-Adagio tremolo)(Violino 1 solo: Adagio-Allegro/gigue)(Adagio-Viola da gamba solo: Adagio)(Adagio-Violino 2 solo: Adagio)(Presto) 09:01
artists: 'Pieter Dirksen' ' La Suave Melodia' 'Regina Albanez' 'Rachael Beesley' 'Cassandra Luckhardt'
composers: 'Johannes Schenck (1660-c.1720)'