La Voce nel violino

CD La Voce nel violino Imaginarium; Enrico Onofri

Enrico Onofri wants to illustrate the emancipation of the violin's role from accompaniment to soloist.

"In the early seventeenth century, the violin began to become independent of the vocal repertoire, thanks to the publication of pieces expressly written for the instrument by a number of virtuosos.

However, throughout the first half of the century their works were to remain closely linked to the domain of vocal music, despite attempts to create a specific instrumental language - to such an extent that the writing in certain sonatas is very often similar to that of vocal music.

In its exploration of the thin line that separates voice and instrument, this recording thus ranges from the sacred vocal environment of the sonatas of Giovanni Paolo Cima to the madrigal Ancor che col partire with diminutions by Richardo Rognoni, from the theatrical points of reference of the Pandolfi sonata to the hyperbolic antabilità of those by Fontana and Castello." - Enrico Onofri