Ensemble 415

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The Ensemble 415 was an instrumental baroque ensemble founded and directed in 1981 by the Swiss violinist Chiara Banchini in Geneva based on the model of the great Arcangelo Corellis orchestra.

history

The name of the ensemble indicates the pitch of the instrument tuning in Hertz in the Baroque and was at the same time the program of the formation. With this instrument tuning, the orchestra's performances aimed for historical authenticity. The performances were characterized by a strict technical approach based on philological criteria and using authentic historical instruments.

The ensemble presented masterpieces of the Italian Baroque as well as works by Luigi Boccherini and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart . A highlight of the ensemble's performances was the Stabat mater by Antonio Vivaldi together with the countertenor Andreas Scholl . In 2010 the orchestra made a major tour of Japan and the United States .

After 30 years of existence of the orchestra, Chiara Banchini gave a big farewell concert in the Stadtcasino Basel on January 8, 2011 with the orchestra and more than 60 musicians, including students and professors of the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis . The program included the Concerti Grossi by Arcangelo Corelli and the Armonico tributo by Georg Muffat .

Discography

  • 1988 - Johann Sebastian Bach , Cantata BWV 35, 82, 53 ( Harmonia Mundi )
  • 1990 - Luigi Boccherini , Quintettes avec Contrebasse (Harmonia Mundi)
  • 1992 - Luigi Boccherini, Stabat Mater , con Agnès Melon, soprano (Harmonia Mundi)
  • 1992 - Antonio Vivaldi , Sonata a tre "La Follia"; Sonata a due violini (Harmonia Mundi)
  • 1992 - Giovanni Battista Sammartini e Giuseppe Sammartini , Concerti & Symphony (Harmonia Mundi)
  • 1992 - Arcangelo Corelli , Concerti grossi, Op. 6 (Harmonia Mundi)
  • 1993 - Johann Schobert , Quatuors; Trios; Sonates (Harmonia Mundi)
  • 1993 - Luigi Boccherini, Quintettes avec Deux Altos (Harmonia Mundi)
  • 1994 - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart , String Quintets, K515 & K516 (Harmonia Mundi)
  • 1995 - Giuseppe Tartini , Concertos (Harmonia Mundi)
  • 1995 - Antonio Vivaldi, Stabat Mater , con Andreas Scholl (Harmonia Mundi)
  • 1996 - Georg Muffat , Armonico tributo (Harmonia Mundi)
  • 1997 - Luigi Boccherini, Symphonies (Harmonia Mundi)
  • 1998 - Arcangelo Corelli , Concerto di Natale (Harmonia Mundi)
  • 1998 - Enrico Albicastro , Cantate, Sonate & Concertos (Harmonia Mundi)
  • 1998 - Luigi Boccherini, Sextours à cordes (Harmonia Mundi)
  • 2003 - Francesco Geminiani , Concerti Grossi No. 1, 3, 5, 8, 10, 11 e "La Follia" ( Zig Zag Territories )
  • 2004 - Giovanni Bononcini , La Nemica d'Amore fatta Amante (Zig Zag Territories)
  • 2004 - Francesco Geminiani, 12 Concerti Grossi (Zig Zag Territoires)
  • 2005 - Concerti napoletani per violoncello (Zig Zag Territoires)
  • 2005 - Giuseppe Valentini , Concerti Grossi ea Quattro Violini, Op. VII (Zig Zag Territories)
  • 2007 - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Concertone (Zig Zag Territoires)
  • 2008 - Antonio Vivaldi, Concerto a Quattro Violini; L'Estro Armonico (Zig Zag Territories)
  • 2009 - Tomaso Albinoni , Symphony a Cinque, Op. 2 (Zig Zag Territories)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e Ensemble 415. In: Bach Cantatas.
  2. ↑ The discography is taken from the corresponding article on the Italian-language Wikipedia.
  3. ↑ a b c L'Ensemble 415. (No longer available online.) In: over-blog.org. Archived from the original on June 1, 2020 ; accessed on June 1, 2020 (French).