L’Amoroso & Guido Balestracci – A Schubertiade with Arpeggione (2020) [FLAC 24bit/176,4kHz]

The arpeggione, invented in 1823 by the Viennese luthier Johann Georg Stauffer, had a curious destiny. As its alternative names ‘guitar violoncello’ and ‘guitare d’amour’ suggest, it is in fact a guitar fitted with a bridge, held between the knees like a cello and played with a bow. The instrument enjoyed some success for around a decade, but, oddly enough, almost nothing has survived from its specific repertory except one supreme masterpiece: the sonata Franz Schubert wrote for it in 1824. The guitar was very popular in Vienna at that time, and Schubert was also fond of it; the original version of Die schöne Müllerin was published with guitar accompaniment! Guido Balestracci and the musicians of L’Amoroso have built a delightful Schubertiad around this famous sonata, combining the arpeggione and the piano with voice and guitars to appropriate a rich selection of the Viennese composer’s lieder.

Tracklist:
01. Schöne Minka (3:35)
02. Sonatine No.1 in D Major, D. 384: I. Allegro molto (4:34)
03. Sonatine No.1 in D Major, D. 384: II. Andante (4:18)
04. Sonatine No.1 in D Major, D. 384: III. Allegro vivace (4:33)
05. Schwanengesang, D. 957: Ständchen (5:43)
06. An die Laute D. 905 (2:00)
07. Sonate für Arpeggione in A Minor, D. 821: I. Allegro moderato (12:07)
08. Sonate für Arpeggione in A Minor, D. 821: II. Adagio (3:57)
09. Sonate für Arpeggione in A Minor, D. 821: III. Allegretto (9:53)
10. Die schöne Müllerin, D. 795: Pause (4:05)
11. Schwanengesang, D. 957: Liebesbotschaft (3:04)
12. An die Nachtigall, D. 497 (1:46)
13. Valse Le printemps, VWV 1177 (4:07)

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