Italian Baroque The Instrumental Edition 50-CD box set 12-pg booklet Brilliant

This new and expansive collection includes more than 30 composers, many of whom are rarely heard in the concert repertoire, including new recordings of Giuseppe Tartini's Sonatas for violin and Nicola Porpora's Sonatas for cello. This release also contains some of the most popular Baroque music today - Vivaldi's Four Seasons and Corelli's Concerti Grossi are present and correct - along with many under-appreciated works of well known composers; Albinoni's skill as a composer is on show in a rare rendition of his Trattenimenti Armonici, and Scarlatti's dramatic Sinfonie di concerto grosso also make an appearance. Lesser known composers are also featured: Barsanti, Bassani, Veracini, Nardini, Stradella, Vitali, Mancini, Platti, Legrenze and many more. The set includes performances by leading ensembles specializing in Historically Informed Performance Practice: L'Arte dell'Arco/Federico Guglielmo, Ensemble Cordia/Stefano Veggetti, Violini Capricciosi/Igor Ruhadze, MusicaAmphion/Pieter Jan Belder and many more. The program includes solo concertos, concerti grossi, sinfonias, overtures, trio sonatas and solo sonatas from the Golden Era of the Italian Baroque.