Fanfare, May 1st, 2007
B. MARCELLO Sonatas, op. 2 * Hans Ludwig Hirsch (cond); Accademia Claudio Monteverdi Venezia (period instruments) * ARTS 47790-2 (2 CDs: 110:10) As long as there have been siblings, there have been sibling rivalries. Could it have been different for the Marcello brothers, Alessandro and Benedetto? Scions of a prominent Venetian family of merchants and politicians in the late 17th century, their natural career paths should have led them both into business and/or government service. But early on older brother Alessandro (1669-1747) succumbed to the siren call of the arts and turned his attentio...
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