Handel - Recorder sonata in A minor (live)

Ensemble Estro Cromatico, Milano
Marco Scorticati flauto dolce
Davide Pozzi clavicembalo

Georg Friedrich Händel
Sonata a Flauto e Cembalo in La min. (Live concert)

Festival internazionale di Musica antica
Settimane Barocche di Brescia
10 ottobre 2008, Nave (BS), Italy

MARCO SCORTICATI
Born in Milan in 1980, he begun studying recorder at a very early age. He took lessons from Giovanni Antonini (from 1990 to '97), Pedro Memelsdorff (with whom he graduated in '99 at the Civica Scuola di Musica Antica in Milan), Walter van Hauwe (from 1999 to 2001 at the "Sweelinck" Conservatorium in Amsterdam) and Kees Boeke (at the Musikhochschule of Zurich, where he graduated in 2003). He also attended the "C. Pollini" Conservatory in Padua obtaining his degree in 1999 and studied composition with Fabio Vacchi at the "G. Verdi" Conservatory in Milan. He studied baroque transverse flute with Marco Brolli in Milan.
As a recorder and transverse flute player he regularly performs with his ensemble Estro Cromatico, collaborating with well-known singers such as sopranos Nuria Rial, María Espada, Mária Zádori and counter-tenor Roberto Balconi.
He also collaborates a.o. with Accademia Bizantina (Ottavio Dantone), Europa Galante (Fabio Biondi), Il Giardino Armonico (Giovanni Antonini) and Venice Baroque Orchestra (Andrea Marcon). He has also performed with the Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra directed by Ottavio Dantone, Giovanni Antonini and Rinaldo Alessandrini.
He appears on CD and DVD recordings with Il Giardino Armonico (Emi Classics with Cecilia Bartoli; Naïve Classique), Accademia Bizantina (Decca with Andreas Scholl; Naïve Classique), Europa Galante (Virgin Classic with Vivica Genaux; Dynamic) and has broadcasted for Bayern Klassik, Radio France, Radio Nacional de España, Radio Rai and Polskie Radio.
He has performed as a soloist in some of the most important European concert halls and festivals, such as Alte Oper Frankfurt, Auditorio di Santa Cecilia (Roma), Barbican Hall (London), Berliner Konzerthaus, Berliner Tage für Alte Musik, Bozar (Brussels), Auditorio Giovanni Agnelli (Torino), Die Glocke (Bremen), Gewandhaus (Leipzig), Musikhalle Hamburg, Festival de Beaune, Festival de Música de Compostela, Innsbrucker Festwochen der Alten Musik, Musica e Poesia a San Maurizio (Milan), Opera Rara in Krakow, Quincena Musical de San Sebastián, Tage Alter Musik Regensburg, Théâtre des Champs Elysées (Paris), Tonhalle (Zurich) and Wiener Konzerthaus.
Marco Scorticati teaches recorder at the "N. Piccinni" Conservatory in Bari (Italy).

DAVIDE POZZI
Born in 1975, he graduated with honours in organ, organ composition and in harpsichord - fortepiano - clavichord at the "Giuseppe Verdi" Conservatory in Milan. He then continued his studies at the Civica Scuola di Musica in Milan receiving his diploma, cum laude, in Lorenzo Ghielmi's baroque organ class. While there he also enhanced his harpsichord studies with Laura Alvini. Finally, he attended the "Schola Cantorum" of Basel for post-graduate studies in organ with Jean-Claude Zehnder and in harpsichord with Andrea Marcon.
He was awarded at several organ solo competitions and as continuo player of the group Estro Cromatico at the "Bonporti" International Competition in Rovereto and at the "Telemann" Competition in Magdeburg.
He has played as a soloist at music festivals and venues such as Tage Alte Musik Regensburg, Berliner Philharmonie, Musikinstrumenten-Museum Berlin, Berliner Konzerthaus, Wiener Konzerthaus, Musica e poesia a San Maurizio in Milan, Teatro alla Scala and Teatro degli Arcimboldi in Milan, Auditorium in Milan, Teatro Regio di Parma a.o.
He also collaborates with Estro Cromatico, La Venexiana, Atalanta Fugiens, L'Aura Soave di Cremona, Orchestra Sinfonica Verdi (Milan), I Solisti di Pavia, Stradella Consort, Kammerakademie Potsdam and Ensemble Oriol (Berlin), as well as with soloists and directors of worldwide acclaim such as Riccardo Chailly, Christopher Hogwood, Helmut Rilling, Enrico Dindo, Barbara Hendricks, Emma Kirkby, Sergio Azzolini, Alfredo Bernardini and Giuliano Carmignola.
He regularly performs concertos by J.S. Bach, C.P.E. Bach, Galuppi, Händel and Serini for harpsichord, organ or fortepiano and orchestra.
He has recorded for Deutsche Harmonia Mundi, Naïve Classique, Amadeus, Stradivarius, Bongiovanni, La Bottega Discantica, RAI Radio 3, Tactus, Bayerischen Rundfunks Klassik and ORF (Austria).
For MV Cremona he has recorded the organ sonatas by Jacopo Antonio Arighi (world première recording), as well as harpsichord and organ works by Frescobaldi, Pasquini, Corelli, D. Scarlatti, Händel, Walther and J.S. Bach.
Yet to be released for Sony Classical is Davide Pozzi's recording of the concerto Wq. 35 for fortepiano and orchestra by C.P.E. Bach with Kammerakademie Potsdam conducted by Sergio Azzolini.

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[bearlauch]

how nice interpretation! i am sure if Händel listened this interpretation, he would be really happy. how can be two allegro's so soft and same time so dynamic. i could dance with them. thank you so much for the musician. when do you visit cologne?

[voiceflutekf]

@bearlauch Danke Bearlauch für deine Worte, die mich so sehr gefreut haben (es tut mir nur leid, daß ich Dir nur jetzt antwortet habe). Zur Zeit kann ich nicht sagen, wann ich nächstes Mal in Köln spielen werde. Ich werde es Dir aber sicher schreiben. In Deutschland werde ich sowieso in Halle bei den Händel-Festspielen mit Europa Galante im Juni spielen, und dann noch nächstes Jahr mit Il Giardino Armonico in Frankfurt und Berlin die Brandeburgische Konzerte spielen. Beste Grüße, Marco

[stevefp3]

I'm new to this. What type of recorder is that? Soprano or Alto? I'm going to buy one and want to start practising. Any suggestions are welcomed. Please help. Btw, beautiful music and great performance.

[voiceflutekf]

@stevefp3 Hi! Thanks for posting! This is an alto recorder built by a very good Italian recorder maker, Pietro Sopranzi. I would suggest you to buy an alto recorder. I like very much the plastic A509B model by Aulos. I always keep mine around at home and I use it whenever I want to play few notes for myself...

Best, Marco

[iorixs]

well played, beautiful music, respect. maybe a little too much choreography

[voiceflutekf]

@iorixs (4/4) I am not condemning standing still or having a very straight sound while playing recorder. By the way, standing still IS also choreography and needs also to be used, the very same as being capable of playing very straight notes. Take for example Il Sonno movement from Vivaldi’s “La Notte”...

So iorixs, I know I used your post as an excuse to reply also to a number of other comments before yours.

I warmly thank you all for the opinions that you have wrote down on this page.

Marco

[voiceflutekf]

@MrGipeto66 (2/2) Non le nascondo ad ogni modo il mio rammarico nel constatare come tanta sicurezza nel giudicare gli altri non sia stata accompagnata da quel minimo di educazione e correttezza che avrebbe potuto indurla quanto meno a firmarsi nonché ad esprimersi in maniera più rispettosa e meno arrogante, in particolare verso tutti coloro che hanno pubblicato le proprie (a mio parere altrettanto legittime) opinioni su questa pagina web...

[voiceflutekf]

@MrGipeto66 (1/2) Prendo atto delle sue legittime opinioni, mrgipeto66, sulla mia esecuzione della sonata di Händel, così come dellaltrettanto poco lusinghiero suo giudizio riguardante le qualità musicali dei sedicenti filologi.

[TheFlautino]

You are a student of Giovanni Antonini & Marco Brolli right?

They are my most favourite musicians, you are so lucky to learn from them,

btw great performance :)

[jel2003]

FANTASTIC! That was great!

[lebannen21]

Du spielst wie ein Gott und hast die schöneste Hände eines Mannes, die ich gesehen habe. Lieber Grüße!

[astrofoy]

not so hot

[robotluvr]

Do you have any resources in English on Baroque ornamentation? This is very beautiful playing; I feel as though the ornaments really add to the character of the piece, so I am interested in learning how to apply them to my own playing.

[notaire2]

The sound of the recorder reminds me of Japanese bamboo flute.

[corrifiero]

non conosco il genere e mi fa schifo dal profondo. Ma tanto di cappello a persone che ci mettono il cuore in quello che fanno.. Uno spunto di metal dal minuto 2:15.. :D

bravi a priori...

[bearlauch]

@voiceflutekf hallo Marco! Vielen Dank und das ist sehr lieb von Dir, dass Du so mir persönlich anwortest. Europa Galante und Il Giardino Armonico sind auch meine Favoriten, die Barock musik exellent interpretieren. Halle und Frankfurt sind nicht so sehr weit weg von Köln. Ich bin sehr überrascht wie Du so gut deutsch kannst....schöne Grüße an Herrn Fabio Biondi. Ich mag ihn auch so sehr......

[fhurvhur]

Great performance, thanks.