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The Harmonious Society of Tickle-Fiddle Gentlemen
takes its name from the original ensemble that gave
London's first public concerts, from 1678, and which
continued to meet well into the middle of the
eighteenth century. The members of the group are
leading figures on the period instrument scene in the
UK and Europe, offering programmes that draw on
recent and original research. They have been
described on BBC Radio 3 as 'purveyors of
exhilarating and uplifting music'.
The baroque ensemble here commits to record
unjustly neglected concertos by Josef Guretzky, rich
in Italian-influenced virtuosity and dynamism, yet
highly innovative in the contrast of rhythms and
forms. The album features the premiere recording of
four of Guretzky's nine cello concertos as well as
Guretzky's only surviving Violin Concerto.
They are complemented by a contemporaneous
keyboard fugue by another Czech master of the
baroque era, Bohuslav Matěj Černohorský.
JOSEF ANTONIN GURETZKY
Cello Concerto, D-WD 573 (1738) *
11:41
in A minor • in a-Moll • en la mineur
1.IAllegro3:26
2.IIAdagio3:56
3.IIIPresto4:16
Cello Concerto, D-WD 574 (1735) *
15:31
in G major • in G-Dur • en sol majeur
4.IAllegro5:15
5.IILargo4:17
6.IIIVivace5:51
Violin Concerto (c.1740) †
16:52
in D major • in D-Dur • en re majeur
7.IAllegro moderato5:58
8.IIGrave4:36
9.IIIVivace6:07
BOHUSLAV MATEJ CERNOHORSKY
10.Fugue (after 1730)2:38
in A minor • in a-Moll • en la mineur
for Harpsichord
JOSEF ANTONIN GURETZKY
Cello Concerto, D-WD 577 (1735) *
13:59
in F major • in F-Dur • en fa majeur
11.IAllegro4:07
12.IILargo3:25
13.IIIAllegro6:22
Cello Concerto, D-WD 575 (1735) *
12:02
in D major • in D-Dur • en re majeur
14.IAllegro4:44
15.IIAdagio3:08
16.IIIVivace4:06 |
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