SynthMakerskOre ·
As announced some times back, I want to share two pieces of Arcangelo Corellis work with you.
First is the fourth movement of his 8th Concerto:
http://www.skore.de/music/Arcangelo Corelli_Concerto 8 in G minor - 4. Adagio-Allegro-Adagio_2004_part1.ogg
It is also called the Christmas Concerto. What I find remarkable is its buildup. Its slowly introducing the harmonies (peaking in that small scene with the two violins tuning on and off each other) very laid back and pompous/confident, yet soft and beautiful. And as if then Corelli wanted to have a little fun, he wrote this unbelieveable part, where the paste starts to move faster, the whole sound going forth, back and climaxing forth again. Nothing that great about this idea, but with the little twists in the tonal buildup, this simple movementis transformed into a great, poetic and touching moment. And it still stays unbelieveable confident.
Second is the second movement of his 9th Concerto:
http://www.skore.de/music/Arcangelo Corelli_Concerto 9 in F major - 2. Allemanda, allegro_2004.ogg
This is more or less bread and butter Concerto Grossi. Yet I find it incredible in what way Corelli introduces his several parts of this piece and lets them play with each other. Every of the three major parts of this starts simple and grows bolder until you start to get somehow tired of it. But after the semi-climax, he cuts back to just violins plus chembali to deliver an even more appropriate back and forth between these few instruments and single Full Concerto hits. Again, this would already be a great idea, yet this incredible dialogue between the two violins (one repeating the other) that he built into this is so imensly subtle and lush at the same time, that it drives my goose bumps up every time I hear it.
In all of Corellis works, I find most incredible how capable this man is of appropriate use of the low frequencies. I was delighted to find out that in fact, he was somehow unable of using very high frequencies. But in this world of muddy and over the top bass management, I find his delicate use of the lower registers very pleasing.
That concludes my "skOre shows you the incredible world of classical music" for now. Thank you for listening!