Arcangelo Corelli was born in Fusignano (near Faenza) on February 17, 1653 in a rich and noble family. After learning the basics of music and elementary violin techniques, he studied and played violin in Bologna under the supervision of great masters and famous musicians of the time. Because of his remarkable skills in playing the violin, he was accepted as a member of the philharmonic academy in 1670. In the same period (before 1680) he went to a concert tour across Germany that made him very famous and later by accepting the invitation to take part in the great Saint Louis festival he became a prominent figure. Between 1681 and 1700 Corelli published five opuses of his compositions, among them the trio sonatas .

sonatas as opus 4 in 1694 were all composed for two violins and a continuo instrument. Twelve solo sonatas for violin and celesta including six church

   

sonatas, five chamber sonatas and one variation (La Folia), published in 1700 as opus five, are also among his works in this period. Corelli's works are regarded as a bridge between 17th and 18th century Italian and European music. Many
scalar passages are successfully implemented in binary movements and there is a considerable freedom in using different types of dissonance.

Corelli by his intrinsic understanding of counterpoint, which is frameless and without tonal harmonic content, Corelli has made his name eternal . A skillful
combination of counterpoint and homophony makes a solid foundation for his works in which he never confined himself to the apparent subdivisions of church and chamber sonatas. By using a valuable
technique and by eliminating complicated gestures, he changes his trio sonatas to sound like the delicate whispers of water streams. Seeking to prove his theory, claiming that in comparison with the human voice the effect of long notes increase as they are performed by instruments, he enriches his sonatas by
continuous lines of melody and does not hesitate to make use of bass and soprano in parallel fifths. Corelli's dispute with conservatives lingered for three months because he had indisposed the principles of harmony as it was known in that time and made excessive use of dissonance, diminished seventh,

Neapolitan sixth and sometimes chain of seconds (Corelli clash), in the harmonic architecture of his works.

He strongly established his theories in October 1685 and triumphantly stepped into a way towards future. Corelli's death in January 1713 made . Rome regretful. He was buried in Pantheon and by Cardinal Ottoboni's command a marble statue of him was installed upon his tomb. In this album, "Sol Music" has performed four of these eternal baroque works. Corelli's other sonatas will be presented in the future works of "Sol".

On the second part of the cassette, the first movement of Bloch's famous sonata has been included. This sonata is regarded as a modern work with a totally different acoustic effect. Waldemar Bloch was born on May 5, 1906 in Vienna. He was a music theory professor in the academy of Gratts for a long time. As a pianist and a composer, he performed and composed many works. His passed away in February 1984. In addition to his instrumental compositions, he has composed many operas. His epistles that include a
series of his notions and ideas about theory and new understandings of music, have been published for at least three times.

Prisowsky is another great composer who has left many works behind. Referring to his biography, his works include around 181 pieces, composed for solo instruments, ensembles and orchestra. Dream, Op. 65, presented in this cassette, possesses a specific kind of delicacy that represents the genius
of this great composer. Prisowski has dedicated this piece to Mrs. Susan Dersinska.

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