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Carlo Ambrogio Lonati
12+ albums
italianbaroqueErudite music17th century
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Carlo Ambrogio Lonati also Lunati; (around 1645 in Milano? – died 1712?) was an Italian composer, violinist and singer. Francesco Maria Veracini described him in 1760 as one of the most virtuoso violinists of his century. Nothing is known so far about the family and the musical education of Lonati. Between 1665 and 1667 he figured as a violinist in the viceroy's (Pedro Antonio de Aragón) chapel in Naples. Since 1673 he was in the service of Queen Christina of Sweden, and led her string orchestra, and from that time was also known as the "Queen's Hunchback" ('Il Gobbo della Regina'). He made friends with Alessandro Stradella, his companion in notoriety. Together with Carlo Mannelli and Lelio Colista he counted among the "più valorosi professori musici di Roma". From this period probably dates the majority of his compositions for several instruments. The Teatro Tordinona, the first public theater for opera performances in Rome, opened in 1671 with music by Bernardo Pasquini. In 1673 he sang in Pasquini's L'Amor per vendetta. Lonati played the comic character Vafrindo, singing and playing the violin on stage. The dual roles as a singer of funny songs and virtuoso performer on stage is considered his specialty. He was appointed as a violin player at the Oratory of Santissimo Crocifisso. Due to the closure of the Tordinona theatre from the Holy Year 1675, it is suggested that Lonati left Rome and participated in two Venetian works of Giovanni Legrenzi. Oratory of Santissimo Cro
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Sonata for Violin & Basso Continuo (live)
1472Sonata in G Major : 1st movement: Adagio
493I due germani rivali: Tremino, crollino
414Sonata in G minor: 1st movement: Adagio
335Violin Sonata No. 1 in D Major: I. Sostenuto
316Violin Sonata No. 3 in D Minor: III. Largo
287Sinfonia in D major
278Sinfonia in C major
279Select Preludes and Voluntaries for the Violin: Prelude in D Minor (II)
2610Violin Sonata No. 2 in G Minor: III. Sostenuto
24albums
Stradella, A.: Sinfonias - Mcc 2, 17, 20, 22 / Colista, L.: Sinfonias - W-K 21, 30, 32 / Lonati, C.A.: Sinfonias (Accademia Per Musica)
Lonati, C.A.: Violin Sonatas Nos. 2, 3, 4, 10, 11 and 12
Lonati: Sonate da chiesa
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Lonati: Sonate da camera
Laced/Unlaced (disc 1: Laced)
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The Italian Connection: Vivaldi; Corelli; Geminiani; Lonati; Veracini; Matteis
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Bedtime Classical Music
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Corelli & co
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Lonati: Complete Sinfonias
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Roma 1670
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Siface: L'amor castrato