Pez: Duplex Genius

Artista: Pez / Hesse / Festante

Formato: COMPACT DISCS

Gravadora/Label: CPO

Catalogo: 555392-2

Faixas: 1.1 Duplex Genius, Op. 1~Sonata Prima B-Dur
1.2 Duplex Genius, Op. 1~Sonata Seconda G-Dur
1.3 Duplex Genius, Op. 1~Soanta Terza D-Dur
1.4 Duplex Genius, Op. 1~Sonata Quarta a-Moll
1.5 Duplex Genius, Op. 1~Sonata Quinta c-Moll
1.6 Duplex Genius, Op. 1~Sonata Sesta A-Dur
1.7 Duplex Genius, Op. 1~Sonata Settima d-Moll
1.8 Duplex Genius, Op. 1~Sonata Ottava g-Moll
1.9 Duplex Genius, Op. 1~Sonata Nona F-Dura
1.10 Duplex Genius, Op. 1~Sonata Decima C-Dur
1.11 Duplex Genius, Op. 1~Sonata Undecima h-Moll
1.12 Duplex Genius, Op. 1~Sonata Decima Seconda e-Moll

The wild fantasy of the early baroque period reveals itself to us in musical aggregates that are still far away from the formal cohesion of musical material. Ideas and sounds drift on a sea of virtually unlimited possibilities, delighting us with a colourful diversity that is only very gradually bound into clear structures by rational regulative forces. Munich’s Johann Christoph Pez lived and worked during this fascinating time of inspired searching and experimentation. Thanks to his talent, he was able to visit the promised land of Italy, inhaled the air of the all-powerful Italian Frenchman Jean-Baptiste Lully – and left behind a twelve-part Duplex Genius, an instrumental compendium whose highly entertaining qualities are all the more enhanced by the unpredictability of events.