Bartolotti: Di Chitarra Spagnolà
Gordon Ferries (baroque guitar & french theorbo)
His imagination and commitment shine throughout the album, both in his technically assured performances and the informative, self-penned programme notes...The theorbo pieces - where the instrument's...
Bartolotti: Di Chitarra Spagnolà
Gordon Ferries (baroque guitar & french theorbo)
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His imagination and commitment shine throughout the album, both in his technically assured performances and the informative, self-penned programme notes...The theorbo pieces - where the instrument's...
About
Italian by birth, Bartolotti [1615 – c. 1682] was employed as a musician at the enlightened court of Sweden’s Queen Christina and in the opulent splendour of the Sun King’s Versailles. His elegant suites for guitar and theorbo fuse contemplation and virtuosity, distilling the melancholic beauty of the French Baroque. Largely neglected in modern times, Bartolotti’s music occupies a seminal place in the early guitar repertory. Lauded in this field, Gordon Ferries is a choice exponent of this cosmopolitan composer’s music.
Contents and tracklist
- Gordon Ferries (baroque guitar)
- Gordon Ferries (theorbo)
- Gordon Ferries (theorbo)
- Gordon Ferries (theorbo)
- Gordon Ferries (baroque guitar)
Awards and reviews
December 2010
His imagination and commitment shine throughout the album, both in his technically assured performances and the informative, self-penned programme notes...The theorbo pieces - where the instrument's unfretted bass strings ring like a peal of bells - are particularly attractive.
November 2010
One finds Italian exuberance tempered by French grace; delicate plucking punctuated by fiery, percussive strumming...The wonderful Passacaglie in G minor...allow[s] Ferries to display the full range of both his and Bartolotti's artistry in one compact package.
