Credits:

Berlioz, H.

Description:

[To the bare-faced Schubert on an instrument that was popular in Vienna. The arpeggione is played with a bow, held vertically like a cello, but with guitar-like frets on the fingerboard. ......It is no exaggeration to say that the arpeggione, a string instrument that was popular for a short time in the early 19th century, has left its mark on history thanks to one of Schubert's masterpieces, the Sonata Sonata. It is no exaggeration to say that the arpeggione string instrument, which was popular for a short time in the early 19th century, has left its mark on history with Schubert's masterpiece Sonata. However, if you listen to the Sonata on the arpeggione and the piano as the composer himself intended, you will be surprised at the many discoveries you will find. If possible, it would be better to hear them played by a skilled virtuoso, but here is a new recording that will quench your thirst for such a performance. The new Schubert album by the Belgian label Ricercar, which has a proven track record in recording old instruments, features Guido Balestracci, a skilled viola da gamba player who is a master of the now lost arpeggione instrument, and other virtuosos on guitar and fortepiano that were used at the beginning of the 19th century. The composition is led by Guido Balestracci, a talented viola da gamba player who plays the pegjone instrument with great skill. The gentle and somewhat sad sound of the arpeggione is not confined to the famous sonatas, but is also used in sonatinas and songs written for violin, bringing out the compatibility of the two styles in vivid relief.Many of the tracks feature Schubert's beloved early 19th century guitars, and it should not be overlooked that the lute, which must have been a surviving instrument at the time, is also used as appropriate. This is an album of Schubert's music that is not just a project, but a fulfilling album of Schubert's music on old instruments, which is the result of his deep love for his works. Naxos Japan