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New production Albert Guinovart · Francesc Guzmán · Salvador Brotons · Josep Soler · Josep Massana · Jordi Cervelló · Gaspar Cassadó · Johann Sebastian Bach

El violí invisible

Performers
Josep Colomé (violin)
Period
20th century
Genre
Violin
Catalogue no.
MI-001

A recital for solo violin by violinist Josep Colomé, devoted to Catalan composers —Guinovart, Guzmán, Brotons, Soler, Massana and Cervelló— alongside pieces by Gaspar Cassadó and Johann Sebastian Bach. Musica Illustrata's very first release, published in 2014.

The instruments

  • Stradivari violin «Ex-Tartini Ex-Vogelweith»

    Antonio Stradivari · Cremona, 1711

    On loan from Solé Luthiers and the Guarneri Society

    The violin at the heart of the album. From Cremona's golden age, it spent seven days in Barcelona thanks to the mediation of Solé Luthiers and the Guarneri Society; seizing that opportunity, Josep Colomé recorded this «carte blanche» with it. A masterpiece of world violin-making whose wood gives voice to the entire programme.

  • Violin by José Contreras

    José Contreras · Madrid, 1767

    The work of the great Spanish luthier José Contreras, luthier to the court in Madrid. It is heard in the Bach Sarabande that closes the album.

What the critics say

La interpretación magistral de Colomé refuerza aún más las impresiones que inspira esta soberbia «Et in terra pax».
Iván Sánchez-Moreno · Doce Notas Read the review ↗

Tracks

  1. CervellóCapriccio 2 1:48
  2. GuinovartEl violí invisible 6:43
  3. CervellóCapriccio 4 0:55
  4. GuzmánOuverture 6:45
  5. MassanaParis 2002 5:46
  6. SolerA Matilde 12:19
  7. BrotonsEt in terra pax 8:22
  8. CassadóSonata — Intermezzo i dansa final 5:08
  9. J. S. BachPartita n.º 2, BWV 1004 — Sarabanda 2:37
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