Concerti Grossi, Opus 6

Album by Arcangelo Corelli & Genesis Baroque & Sophie Gent & Lucinda Moon

Concerti Grossi, Opus 6 is a set of concerti grossi by Italian composer Arcangelo Corelli, published posthumously in 1714. The collection epitomises Baroque instrumental style through the contrast of a small group of soloists with the larger ensemble, clear tonal structures, imitative counterpoint and dance-derived movements, and helped codify the concerto grosso's formal and textural conventions that influenced later Italian and European instrumental music.

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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    No. 1 In D Major: I. Largo - Allegro - Adagio - Allegro - Adagio - Allegro - Adagio / II. Largo - Allegro / III. Largo / IV. Allegro - Adagio / V. Allegro
    12:41
  2. 2.
    No. 2 In F Major: I. Vivace - Allegro - Adagio - Vivace - Allegro - Adagio - Largo Andante / II. Allegro - Adagio / III. Grave - Andante Largo / IV. Allegro
    10:53
  3. 3.
    No. 3 In C Minor: I. Largo / II. Allegro - Adagio / III. Grave / IV. Vivace / V. Allegro
    10:58
  4. 4.
    No. 4 In D Major: I. Adagio - Allegro / II. Adagio / III. Vivace / IV. Allegro - Allegro
    10:14
  5. 5.
    No. 5 In B Flat Major: I. Adagio - Allegro - Adagio / II. Adagio / III. Allegro - Adagio / IV. Largo / V. Allegro
    10:14
  6. 6.
    No. 6 In F Major: I. Adagio / II. Allegro / III. Largo / IV. Vivace / V. Allegro
    10:39

Disc 2

  1. 2.
    No. 7 In D Major: I. Vivace - Allegro - Allegro / II. Allegro / III. Andante Largo / IV. Allegro / V. Vivace
    9:20
  2. 3.
    No. 8 In G Minor 'Fatto Per La Notte Di Natale' (Christmas Concerto): 1. Vivace - Grave / II. Allegro / III. Adagio - Allegro - Adagio / IV. Vivace / V. Allegro - Pastorale: Largo
    14:00
  3. 4.
    No. 9 In F Major: I. Preludio: Largo / II. Allemanda: Allegro / III. Corrente: Vivace / IV. Gavotta: Allegro / V. Adagio / VI. Minuetto: Vivace
    9:52
  4. 5.
    No. 10 In C Major: I. Preludio: Andante Largo / II. Allemanda: Allegro / III. Adagio / IV. Corrente: Vivace / V. Allegro / VI. Minuetto: Vivace
    13:38
  5. 6.
    No. 11 In B Flat Major: I. Preludio: Andante Largo / II. Allemanda: Allegro / III. Adagio / IV. Andante Largo / V. Sarabanda: Largo / VI. Giga: Vivace
    9:17
  6. 7.
    No. 12 In F Major: I. Preludio: Adagio / II. Allegro / III. Adagio / IV. Sarabanda: Vivace / V. Giga: Allegro
    10:23

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