Divisions & Sonatas – La Selva / Urania Records / Audio CD

UPC 8051776570091

Product Details:

• Label: Urania Records
• Release Year: 2012
• Format: CD, Album
• Genre: Classical
• Recording Quality: DDD (Digital Stereo)
• Total Duration: 63:18
• Country of Manufacture: Italy

Overview:

This exquisite recording, Divisions & Sonatas, showcases a rich repertoire of English and French music for recorder and lute, performed by the acclaimed ensemble La Selva, featuring Carolina Pace on recorder and Michele Carreca on lute and theorbo. Urania Records presents a masterful collection that spans the Renaissance and Baroque eras, offering world-première recordings and gems from iconic composers such as Purcell, Hotteterre, and Philidor.

With a balance of historical authenticity and vibrant artistry, this album transports listeners to the courts and salons of 17th- and 18th-century Europe, celebrating the intricate interplay of recorder and lute. Highlights include Purcell’s Sonata in G Minor and the virtuosic Divisions on a Ground, alongside rarities like Coperario’s Prelude, presented as a bonus track.

Track Listing:

1. Charles Dieupart (1667–1740): Suite II – Six Suittes de Clavessin, E. Roger, Amsterdam, c. 1711
2. Anonymous: Divisions on a Ground – The Division Flute, J. Walsh, London, 1708
3. Anonymous: An Italian Ground – The Division Flute, J. Walsh, London, 1708
4. Anonymous: Tollet’s Ground – The Division Flute, J. Walsh, London, 1708
5. Cuthbert Hely (16th–17th Century): Fantasia – Lord Herbert of Cherbury's Lute Book, c. 1639
6. Anne Danican Philidor (1681–1728): Sonata for Recorder – Premier livre de pièces, Paris, 1712
7. Antoine Francisque (c. 1570–1605): Prélude – Le trésor d'Orphée, Pierre Ballard, Paris, 1600
8. Jean Daniel Braun (c. 1690–c. 1740): Suite – Pièces sans basse, Paris, 1740
9. Jacques Hotteterre (1674–1763): Prélude – L’art de préluder, Paris, 1719
10. Jacques Hotteterre: Pourquoi doux rossignol – Airs et brunettes à deux et trois dessus, Paris, c. 1721
11. Henry Purcell (1658–1695): Sonata in G Minor, Z 770 – Sonatas and Solos for the Violin and the Flute, c. 1680

Bonus Tracks:

1. Anonymous: Prelude – Select Preludes and Voluntaries, R. Walsh, London, 1705
2. John Coperario (c. 1570–1626): Coperario, or the Gray's Inn, the First

World-première recordings included.

Key Credits:

• Recorder: Carolina Pace
• Lute & Theorbo: Michele Carreca
• Ensemble: La Selva
• Production: Associazione Culturale La Selva per la Musica Antica – Roma
• Label and Distribution: Urania Records