Ensemble Castelkorn / Josef Žák
The violin in Naples: Matteis and Guido
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Recorded live in TivoliVredenburg / Hertz, Utrecht, 26 August 2019
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About this concert
‘No mortal ever played the violin better than Signor Nichola.’ The English rubbed their eyes in disbelief when in the late 17th century Nicola Matteis demonstrated his superior playing. Josef Žák, Czech and violin prodigy of the latest generation, has selected three suites from Matteis’ Ayres for violin and basso continuo. He combines these with work by Giovanni Antonio Guido, who also studied in Naples and developed his career in France.
Programme
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Nicola Matteis
Suite in C minor
(from: Ayres for the violin, book III)?-after 1713 -
Giovanni Antonio Guido
Sonata in D major
1680-1729 -
Nicola Matteis
Suite in E minor
(from: Ayres for the violin, book I) -
Giovanni Antonio Guido
Sonata in F major
1680-1729 -
Nicola Matteis
Suite in G major
(from: Ayres for the violin, book II)
Musicians
- Julie Dessaint viola da gamba
- Felipe Guerra harpsichord
- Pierre Rinderknecht theorbe, guitar
- Josef Žák violin and musical direction
About the performers
Josef Žák studied violin in Prague and Dresden and is a specialist in music of the 17th and 18th centuries. He has performed with ensembles such as Ensemble Clément Jannequin, Les Arts Florissants and Les Talens Lyriques, and in 2016 founded his own Ensemble Castelkorn. Their first CD, entitled Lamentevole, with violin sonatas by Biber, Muffat, Bertali and Schmelzer, appeared in 2018.