Frutti Musicali Musique instrumentale soloiste italienne / Solo instrumental music from Italy FRANCIS COLPRON - flûtes à bec / recorders SUSIE NAPPER - violoncelle baroque / Baroque cello ALEXANDER WEIMANN - clavecin italien et orgue positif / Italian harpsichord and postive organ ACD2 2303 The spirit of the Baroque, which arose in Italy at the very end of the 16th century, was in the span of but a few decades to transform Western music and arts profoundly.   Musically, the Renaissance had presided over the triumph of vocal polyphony.   However, taking advantage of the freedom afforded by the newfound accompanied monody and the basso continuo, the Italians wished to confer on music an essentially expressive role while teasing with virtuosity.   They broke with the balanced contrapuntal structures and created at the outset of the 18th century, alongside opera and cantata, the first true instrumental music, whose sudden appearance and speedy development seem today quite prodigious. The freedom and virtuosity of these melodic lines over a basso continuo are the musical fruits offered by the versatile and moving flutist Francis Colpron, with cellist Susie Napper, and harpsichordist and organist Alexander Weimann. MARCO UCCELLINI (v.1603-1680)   1. Sonata detta la Vittoria trionfante   -   6:17 GIOVANNI BATTISTA FONTANA (1571-1631)   2. Sonata seconda   -   6:36 GIROLAMO FRESCOBALDI (1583-1643)   3. Canzona seconda detta La Bernardinia   -   3:16 GIOVANNI PANDOLFI MEALLI (7-1662?)   4. Sonata prima La Bernabea   -   7:16 GIOVANNI PICCHI (v.1575-1643)   5. Padoana ditta La Ongara   -   2:44 CARLO FARINA (v.1600-1640)   6. Sonata detta La Desperata   -   8:59 ANGELO BERARDI (v.1636-1694)   7. Canzona sesta   -   8:27 ALESSANDRO SCARLATTI (1660-1725)   8. Toccata terza   -   4:56 GIOVANNI PANDOLFI MEALLI (7-1662?)   9. Sonata seconda La Cesta   -   6:33 BERNARDO STORACE (XVIIe siècle / 18th century) 10. Ricercare   -   6:23 GIOVANNI PIERLUIGI DA PALESTRINA (1525-1594) 11. Io son ferito ahi lasso, madrigale passaggiato da G.B. Bovicelli   -   9:49 BIAGGIO MARINI (v.1597-1665) 12. Sonate opus 8 n° 4 /Sonata Opus 8 No. 4   -   7:26 ATMA Classique is distributed in Australia by Rockian Trading PO Box 44, Briar Hill, Vic, 3088, Australia Telephone +61 (0)3 9432 4149 ~ Facsimile +61 (0)3 9444 6879