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Folia
Thrilling baroque trio sonatas and inspiring vocal works
Vigorous and impeccably together, their performance is, like so much of this disc, an absolute life-enhancing joy.Fanfare
Folia
The latest recording by the Sebastians, New York’s “sharp-edged and engaging” “leading young early-music ensemble” (The New York Times) features their signature rendition of Vivaldi’s spine-tingling Folia, joined by trio sonatas by Handel, Corelli, and Colista, and vocal works by Handel and Vivaldi with soprano Awet Andemicael. Recorded in a beautifully resonant church, the disc features the warm sounds of baroque strings, harpsichord, theorbo, and soprano bringing this music to life.
CD Contents
Trio Sonata in C major, op. 3, no. 8
Arcangelo Corelli (1653–1713)
Trio Sonata in G minor, op. 2, no. 5, HWV 390
Gloria, HWV deest (1706?) (translation)
George Frideric Handel (1685–1759)
Trio Sonata in C major, W-K 13
Lelio Colista (1629–80)
In furore iustissimae irae, RV 626 (translation)
La Folia, op. 1, no. 12, RV 63
Antonio Vivaldi (1678–1741)
Performers
Awet Andemicael
soprano
Nicholas DiEugenio
violin
Jeffrey Grossman
harpsichord
Daniel Lee
violin
Kyle Miller
viola
Ezra Seltzer
cello
Charles Weaver
theorbo & guitar
Instrumentarium
Lee Violin: Karl Dennis, 2012, after Nicolò Amati
DiEugenio Violin: Karl Dennis, 2011, after Guarneri “del Gesu,” 1735 “The King”
Viola: Wang Zhi Ming, 2008, after Gasparo da Salò
Cello: Jason Viseltear, 2010, after Giuseppe Giovanni Battista Guarneri, 1697 “filius Andreæ”
Harpsichord: Italian single manual, John Bennett, 2014
Continuo organ: G.C. Klop, 1986
Pitch: A=415 Hz
Temperament: 1/6-comma meantone
Album Credits
Catalog Number: CD141
Release Date: October 20, 2018
Label: Soundspells Productions
Engineer: Mateusz Zechowski (studioteo)
Producer: Dongsok Shin
Editing & Mastering: Daniel S. Lee, Jeffrey Grossman
Recorded November 23–25, 2015 at Wilton Presbyterian Church, Wilton, CT
Photography: Four/Ten Media
Graphic Design: Karl Hinze
the Sebastians a 2
Virtuoso Music of the Holy Roman Empire
…eloquent, refined, and expansive playing,
both immediate and imaginative…
the Sebastians a 2
In this intimate duo release, the Sebastians artistic directors Daniel S. Lee and Jeffrey Grossman explore the rich baroque repertoire of music for violin and harpsichord written by composers from modern-day Germany, Austria, and the Czech Republic. This collection of virtuoso works by Biber, Froberger, Baltzar, Telemann, Handel, J.S. and C.P.E. Bach represents some of the finest chamber music writing from the flourishing arts in the provinces of the Holy Roman Empire. The recording takes its name from the Italian “a 2,” used by these German speakers as well, which indicates two musicians playing together.
CD Contents
Sonata in A major, HWV 361 (c. 1730)
George Frideric Handel (1685–1759)
Sonata no. 5 in E minor, C. 142 (1681)
Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber (1644–1704)
Toccata no. 2 in D for harpsichord (1649)
Johann Jakob Froberger (1616–67)
Passagalia for violin, C. 105 (?1674)
Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber
A Prelude for the Violin (1684)
Thomas Baltzar (?1631–1663)
Sonata in G minor, BWV 1020, H. 524.5 (1734)
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714–1788)
Fantasia no. 4 in E minor for harpsichord, TWV 33:4 (1732–3)
George Philipp Telemann (1681–1767)
Sonata no. 1 in B minor, BWV 1014 (1725–40)
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)
Performers
Jeffrey Grossman
harpsichord
Daniel Lee
violin
Night Scenes from the Ospedale
Sparkling violin concerti with haunting contemporary interludes
…beautifully-nuanced playing and thoughtful expressivity… a technical and timbral tour-de-force…I Care if You Listen
Night Scenes from the Ospedale
The culmination of the Vivaldi Project, our début album Night Scenes from the Ospedale pairs Vivaldi concerti from L’Estro Armonico with newly composed interludes by Robert Honstein.
CD Contents
Concerti from L’Estro Armonico (Amsterdam, 1711)
Antonio Vivaldi (1678–1741)
Concerto in D major, RV 549, op. 3, no. 1
for four violins, cello, strings, and basso continuo
Concerto in G major, RV 310, op. 3, no. 3
for violin, strings, and basso continuo
Concerto in A minor, RV 522, op. 3, no. 8
for two violins, strings, and basso continuo
Concerto in B minor, RV 580, op. 3, no. 10
for four violins, cello, strings, and basso continuo
Night Scenes from the Ospedale (2011)
for strings and harpsichord
Robert Honstein (b. 1980)
Performers
Dongmyung Ahn
violin, viola
Nicholas DiEugenio
violin
Jeffrey Grossman
harpsichord
Katie Hyun
violin
Daniel Lee
violin
Ezra Seltzer
cello
Daniel Swenberg
theorbo, guitar
Jessica Troy
viola
Beth Wenstrom
violin
Wen Yang
contrabass