Science for practice

Corelli's Sonatas op. 5 have often been republished since their composition around 1700. In their new edition, Christopher Hogwood and Ryan Mark have added four extremely valuable elements to the pure Urtext:

1. A surprising harpsichord movement by Antonio Tonelli (1686-1765), reflecting the musical practice of the time, is dense, set with two-handed chords, sometimes octaves the bass line or even changes it rhythmically and plays along with the violin solos. The complement, 24 Preludi per tutti i Tuoni suggests preluding before sonatas.
2. An additional violin part with ornamented versions according to the improvisational practice of the time is extremely useful, as today efforts are made to make the slow movements of the Sonata da chiesa I-VI (many fugal fast movements) and certain Prelude, Allemande, Gavotte and Gigue of the Sonata da camera VII-XI (dance suites) with ornaments. Famous virtuosos such as Giuseppe Tartini, Francesco Geminiani, his pupil Mathew Dubourg, Johan Helmich Roman, Michel and Christian Festing as well as anonymous sources are represented. The four rhythmic variants of the giga from Sonata V. On adaptations of the Follia (Sonata XII) was dispensed with.
3. The detailed trilingual introduction, based on the latest research, contains beautiful facsimiles, many historical details and inspiring suggestions for execution.
4. The audit report Critical Commentary in English provides precise source information and details for the interpreters' decision-making process.

Arcangelo Corelli, Sonatas for violin and basso continuo op. 5, Urtext edited by Christopher Hogwood and Ryan Mark; vol. 1, op. 5, I-VI, BA 9455; vol. 2, op. 5, VII-XII, BA 9456; score and parts, € 24.95 each, Bärenreiter, Kassel 2013