Friday, November 13, 2009

Matteis, Nicola - Ayres for the Violin Vol I - The Arcadian Academy







Matteis, Nicola - Ayres for the Violin Vol I - The Arcadian Academy
Baroque | Eac, Ape, cue | log, cover | 1 CD, 356 MB
November 8, 1993 | Harmonia Mundi | RapidShare



This recording is some of the most uplifting, entertaining, and beautiful violin music that I own. The Arcadian Academy plays this music outstandingly. This disc includes four suites and two sonatas. The suite in d minor stands out as one of my favorites. This suite, for me, is on par with some of the greatest music ever written for violin. The members of Academy play very nicely together under the direction of Nicholas McGegan. I look forward to hearing other recordings from this group.--Amazon


A baroque violin is, in common usage, any violin whose neck, fingerboard, bridge, and tailpiece are of the type used during the baroque period. Such an instrument may be an original built during the baroque and never changed to modern form; or a modern replica built as a baroque violin; or an older instrument which has been converted (or re-converted) to baroque form. "Baroque cellos" and "baroque violas" also exist, with similar modifications made to their form.

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Ayres for the Violin, Book 4 Suite in A major (Book IV, Nos.1-11)
Composed by Nicola Matteis
with David Bowles, David Taylor, Katherine Kyme, Elizabeth Blumenstock, Arcadian Academy
Conducted by Nicholas McGegan

Ayres for the Violin, Book 4 Suite in D minor (Book IV, Nos.33-36)
Composed by Nicola Matteis
with David Bowles, David Taylor, Katherine Kyme, Elizabeth Blumenstock, Arcadian Academy
Conducted by Nicholas McGegan

Ayres for the Violin, Book 2 Suite in G minor (Book II, Nos.10-18)
Composed by Nicola Matteis
with David Bowles, David Taylor, Elizabeth Blumenstock, Arcadian Academy
Conducted by Nicholas McGegan

Ayres for the Violin, Book 4 Suite in E minor (Book IV, Nos.21-29)
Composed by Nicola Matteis
with David Bowles, David Taylor, Katherine Kyme, Elizabeth Blumenstock, Arcadian Academy
Conducted by Nicholas McGegan

Ayres for the Violin, Book 1 Suite in C major (Book I, Nos.46-49)
Composed by Nicola Matteis
with David Bowles, David Taylor, Katherine Kyme, Arcadian Academy
Conducted by Nicholas McGegan

Ayres for the Violin, Book 4 Suite in C major (Book IV, Nos.12-20)
Composed by Nicola Matteis
with David Bowles, David Taylor, Katherine Kyme, Elizabeth Blumenstock, Arcadian Academy
Conducted by Nicholas McGegan

6 comments:

  1. I don't know where to write this but, the alpha recs special is fantastic!!! Thanks a lot. The Matteis post too is brilliant!!

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  2. Thank you so much for your kind comment!

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  3. Dear Otto, could you please re-up this CD.

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  4. thanks Otto, the part 4 is not working, do you can reupload please? Thanks!

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