Paul Miller – The Undiscovered Viola d’amore (2023) [FLAC 24bit/44,1kHz]

Paul Miller – The Undiscovered Viola d’amore (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 59:48 minutes | 583 MB | Genre: Classical
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Assistant Professor of Musicianship for Duquesne University, Dr. Paul Miller, presents an album of music for the viola d’amore, an unusual stringed instrument that is played on the shoulder and has six or seven playing strings and an equal number of resonating strings.The album, titled The Undiscovered Viola d’Amore, is released on the Centaur label later this year and includes many newly discovered pieces from the 17th and 19th centuries. The recording begins with seven Galanteries by the Bohemian and Moravian composers Franz Götz (1755–1815) and Joseph Fuchs (dates unknown). Both composers were associated with the Archbishop’s court in Olomouc, a city in the eastern part of the modern-day Czech Republic and a center of viola d’amore music for several hundred years. The Galanteries were recently discovered in the Czech National Library by an undergraduate researcher and feature some of the most virtuosic writing for the viola d’amore before the 20th century.

The rest of the album is in collaboration with Chatham Baroque, Pittsburgh’s world-class professional baroque trio, as well as local harpsichord virtuoso Justin Wallace. A familiar trio sonata by Johann David Heinichen (1683–1729) follows the Galanteries, along with two newly-discovered partitas from the “Göttweig Manuscript”. These partitas were found a few years ago in a Benedictine monastery near Vienna and could have been composed by the famous 17th-century violinist Heinrich Biber (1644–1704), who was known to have performed frequently on the viola d’amore.

Tracklist:

01. Paul Miller – 26 Galanteries: No. 1, Adagio (04:32)
02. Paul Miller – 26 Galanteries: No. 8, Andante molto (04:17)
03. Paul Miller – 26 Galanteries: No. 11, Lamentabile (02:28)
04. Paul Miller – 26 Galanteries: No. 12, Allegro (02:54)
05. Paul Miller – 26 Galanteries: No. 21, Adagio (05:03)
06. Paul Miller – 26 Galanteries: No. 24, Polonese. Moderato (04:22)
07. Paul Miller – 26 Galanteries: No. 26a, Flagioletto Solo. Allegro (04:06)
08. Paul Miller – 26 Galanteries: No. 26b, Flagioletto Solo. Andante (01:58)
09. Paul Miller – 26 Galanteries: No. 26c, Flagioletto Solo. Menuetto poco allegretto (03:19)
10. Paul Miller – Trio Sonata in F Major, S. 256: I. Affettuoso (01:42)
11. Paul Miller – Trio Sonata in F Major, S. 256: II. Allegro (03:44)
12. Paul Miller – Trio Sonata in F Major, S. 256: III. Adagio (01:20)
13. Paul Miller – Trio Sonata in F Major, S. 256: IV. Allegro (01:41)
14. Paul Miller – Partita No. 3 in B Minor (Göttweig MS): I. Allemande (02:01)
15. Paul Miller – Partita No. 3 in B Minor (Göttweig MS): II. Courrente – Double (02:50)
16. Paul Miller – Partita No. 3 in B Minor (Göttweig MS): III. Aria (01:37)
17. Paul Miller – Partita No. 3 in B Minor (Göttweig MS): IV. Sarabande (02:02)
18. Paul Miller – Partita No. 3 in B Minor (Göttweig MS): V. Guigue (01:36)
19. Paul Miller – Partita No. 21 in G Major (Göttweig MS): I. Allemande (02:18)
20. Paul Miller – Partita No. 21 in G Major (Göttweig MS): II. Courrante (01:14)
21. Paul Miller – Partita No. 21 in G Major (Göttweig MS): III. Gigue (01:26)
22. Paul Miller – Partita No. 21 in G Major (Göttweig MS): IV. Chaccone (03:09)

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