Director: Theresa Caudle
Violino o Cornetto
Theresa Caudle’s recording (with Canzona) of virtuoso solo sonatas from 17th century Italy from Cima to Corelli, exploring the use of violin and cornett and the development of a purely violinistic idiom. Nimbus Alliance NI6134
Theresa Caudle – violin & cornett
Mark Caudle – bass violin & cello
Alastair Ross – organ & harpsichord
David Miller – chitarrone
Motets for one, two and three voices by
André Campra (1660-
Philippa Hyde (soprano)
Rodrigo del Pozo (haute-
Peter Harvey (bass)
CANZONA
Theresa Caudle (baroque violin/director)
Jean Paterson(baroque violin)
Christine Garratt & Siu Peasgood (baroque flutes)
Mark Caudle (viola da gamba)
Elizabeth Kenny (theorbo)
Laurence Cummings (organ)
Etcetera Record Company KTC1201
“The fact that there was a pervasive element of interchangeability between the violin and the ‘cornett’ in the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries allows Caudle to alternate between her two instruments with amazing facility and control….Throughout, textual and interpretative decisions have been gauged with acumen. The performances of the ensemble are beyond reproach and the spacious acoustic suits these works very well. Add a fine documentary booklet and you have an investigative recital of great persuasive power and real spirit.”
Jonathan Woolf: Music Web international
“……great facility on both instruments……..full steady tone and impressive agility. “
Stephen Cassidy: Early Music Review
“She demonstrates the vocal and expressive qualities of both the violin and the cornett….. She performs the fast sections of these works with great verve and the slower more reflective ones with affecting expression…”
Robin Stowell: The Strad
Recording Violino o Cornetto at East Woodhay Church, Hampshire
© Canzona
“André Campra is one of the most constantly rewarding composers who were active during
the half-
Nicholas Anderson, The Gramophone
“The performers … present the music with an affectionate spontaneity that renders their artifices of ornamentation and 'notes inégales' briskly vivacious, or delicately expressive, or exquisitely sensual, as occasion offers. The ensemble called Canzona is directed by Theresa Caudle with an elegance appropriate to the music.”
Wilfrid Mellors, Music & Vision
“These young singers are obviously enjoying themselves and this really shines through …… these performances from Canzona are disarmingly natural.”
Simon Heighes, CD Review, Radio 3
“One wonders why the Petits Motets by Campra have so few champions nowadays. We can
only rejoice at the initiative of our English neighbour Theresa Caudle in dedicating
an entire disc to them ….. effective, articulate, refined, well-
Ivan A. Alexandre, Diapason
“Canzona refreshingly disseminates knowledge of the French baroque composer André Campra ........ excellent singers……. the strings have silver tone, the winds are truly woody.”
Rick Jones, CD Choice, Evening Standard/Hot Tickets
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Contact us……
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Jill Caudle, General Manager -
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Polly Smith, Marketing Manager -
Theresa Caudle, Director -
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Canzona Ltd -