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Ensemble Hortensia Virtuosa

Description:

A World-First Recording!A Collection of Little-Known 18th-Century Italian Violin Sonatas!Conducted by Giovanni Rotaa promising violinist in the Italian early music scene who studied Baroque violin under Enrico Gatti and Sigiswald Kuijkenthe Ensemble Ortensia Virtuosa presents presents the world premiere recording of the Violin Sonatas by Giovanni Antonio Guido, a composer and violinist active in Italy from the late 17th to the early 18th century, whose achievements are now largely forgotten and hidden in the shadows of history.A native of Genoa, Guido was a refined composer who, despite being fully immersed in the culture of the late Baroque, consistently succeeded in imbuing his musical ideas with individuality and originality.This Collection of Violin Sonatas can be described as a rediscovery that adds a new piece to the vast mosaic of 18th-century Italian music.Tokyo M Plus