Il Violone Impertinente Federico Bagnasco

• Girolamo Frescobaldi (1583 - 1643): Canzon prima per basso solo:
• 1 Frescobaldi: Canzon prima per basso solo 05:00
• Giovanni Lorenzo Lulier (1662 - 1700): Sonata in La minore:
• 2 Lulier: Sonata in La minore: 1. Adagio 01:19
• 3 Lulier: Sonata in La minore: 2. Aria staccata e allegra 01:11
• 4 Lulier: Sonata in La minore: 3. Staccato e arioso 01:13
• 5 Lulier: Sonata in La minore: 4. Ballo arioso e presto 01:06
• 6 Lulier: Sonata in La minore: 5. Sarabanda staccata e presto 01:00
• Sonata in Fa:
• 7 Lulier: Sonata in Fa: 1. Allegro 01:44
• 8 Lulier: Sonata in Fa: 2. Adagio 01:40
• 9 Lulier: Sonata in Fa: 3. Aria 01:25
• Henry Eccles (1670 - 1742): Sonata XI in Sol minore:
• 10 Eccles: Sonata XI in Sol minore: 1. Largo 04:03
• 11 Eccles: Sonata XI in Sol minore: 2. Corrente 01:26
• 12 Eccles: Sonata XI in Sol minore: 3. Adagio 01:42
• 13 Eccles: Sonata XI in Sol minore: 4. Presto 01:03
• Benedetto Marcello (1686 - 1739): Sonata II in Mi minore:
• 14 Marcello: Sonata II in Mi minore: 1. Adagio 02:01
• 15 Marcello: Sonata II in Mi minore: 2. Allegro 01:31
• 16 Marcello: Sonata II in Mi minore: 3. Largo 01:10
• 17 Marcello: Sonata II in Mi minore: 4. Andante 02:18
• Willem De Fesch (1687 - 1761): Sonata XI:
• 18 Fesch: Sonata XI: 1. Preludio Largo 01:38
• 19 Fesch: Sonata XI: 2. Allemanda Allegro 02:20
• 20 Fesch: Sonata XI: 3. Sarabanda Largo 01:22
• 21 Fesch: Sonata XI: 4. Minuetto I e II 03:42
• Karl Friedrich Abel (1723 - 1787): Sonata Wko 155 a strumento solo:
• 22 Abel: Sonata Wko 155 a strumento solo: 1. Adagio 02:10
• 23 Abel: Sonata Wko 155 a strumento solo: 2. Allegro 02:23
• 24 Abel: Sonata Wko 155 a strumento solo: 3. Minuetto 02:30
• Total Runtime 46:57

Info for Il Violone Impertinente

The project " ll violone impertinente" aims to create a minor short circuit with this false repertoire of the Baroque double bass by returning these pieces to their original source, drawing on manuscripts or old prints and drawing on the experience of historically informed performance practice by playing them on a double bass that is a copy of an old instrument with a Baroque frame.

The pieces take on a new character that is clearly different from that of a modern double bass, particularly due to the specific sound characteristics of this type of violin: thinner, less tense gut strings, a different fingerboard, other less obvious differences in the construction of the instrument, and the use of a Baroque bow made of a different wood with a different curvature, which produces a distinctive sound. It is as if a violone player of that time, rebelling against the conventions that confined him exclusively to a supporting role, wanted to prove his ambitions as a soloist, even as a virtuoso.

As everyone knows, the art of transcription was very much alive and widespread throughout the Baroque period.

Federico Bagnasco, violone
Francesco Olivero, theorbo & guitar
Roberto Stilo, violin
Marco Crosetto, harpsichord & organ

Federico Bagnasco
(Genoa 1979) graduated in double bass with the highest marks and praise at the N. Paganini Conservatory of Genoa, and then succeeded with important soloists and masters of this instrument. He also studied composition, improvisation and historical informed performance in seminars and masterclasses.

As a performer he worked with important Italian orchestras, even as a principal doublebass, and collaborates with several Italian baroque ensemble, attending numerous important exhibitions in Italy and abroad, chamber music and choral music.

His musical experiences also pass through jazz, tango, medieval and renaissance music, progressive rock, songwriting, movie or prose drama, television broadcasts, folk music and free improvisation, with important collaborations.

He’s a member of Eutopia Ensemble, dedicated to contemporary music and the ‘900, collaborating with several composers. He performs many recital, in solo or with live electronics, performing also first executions of several solo instrument tracks, dedicated to him.

He has about fifty recordings (for important labels such as Sony Classical, Amadeus, CPO, Stradivarius, Avie, Brilliant classics, Ricercar, Tactus, Bongiovanni …). In 2009 he recorded for SuonoSonda his own version of Solo (1966) by K. Stockhausen. In 2014 he recorded Le Trame del Legno, original compositions for double bass and electronic manipulation, with great criticism. As a composer and arranger he has worked for the theater of prose and in various record production of songwriters.

He is currently teaching double bass at the “Cavour” high school in Turin.

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