Dal Barba: Violin Sonatas

The Violin Sonatas by Dal Barba presented on this album provide an overview of the violin art in northern Italy that is still little known and obscured by the classical and virtuosic style introduced first by Giuseppe Tartini and later by Niccolò Paganini. Dal Barba’s musical language renounces any contrapuntal pretensions; rather, it is devoted exclusively to drawing up a harmonic-melodic profile it adopts the typical characteristics of the Neapolitan galant style - a true musical novelty that was imported to Venice as early as the early 1730s, indulging in melodious invention and instrumental brilliance. Composer: Daniel Pio Dal Barba Artists: Valerio Losito (baroque violin), Federico Del Sordo (harpsichord), Diego Leverić (archlute), Cecilia Medi (baroque bassoon), Andrea Lattarulo (baroque cello) & Carlo Calegari (double bass) Cover: Cover: Sleeping Girl (first half of the 18th century) by Pietro Antonio Rotari (1707-1762) 🎵 Purchase or streaming (Spotify,