Sonata in E minor, Op 6 No 8 (Albinoni) - from CDD22048 - Hyperion Records

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Sonata in E minor, Op 6 No 8

composer

Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni (1671-1751)

1711 or slightly later; from 12 Trattenimenti armonici per camera, Op 6

The Locatelli Trio

Recording details: January 1992
Gewölbekeller am Römerturn, Köln, Germany
Produced by Hansjörg Seiler
Engineered by Karl-Peter Wahle & Werner Walravens
Release date: October 1994
Total duration: 8 minutes 16 seconds

An opening chromatic bass line proclaims Sonata 8 as a work charged with high emotion; the rasping violin chords in its second movement convey a mood of desperate urgency.

La Sonate 8 est un morceau empreint d’intense émotion, comme le révèle sa ligne de basse chromatique initiale; les âpres accords de violon de son deuxième mouvement évoquent une atmosphère d’insistance désespérée.

Die chromatische Baßlinie zur Eröffnung erklärt die Sonate 8 zum emotional stark aufgeladenen Werk; die ächzenden Violinakkorde ihres zweiten Satzes vermitteln den Eindruck verzweifelter Dringlichkeit.

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Sonata in E minor, Op 6 No 8

The Locatelli Trio

Introduction