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Variations on Diverse Bizzarie Sopra la Vecchia o pur Ciaccona

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Nicola Matteis was one of the foremost violin virtuosi of his time and the first known Italian Baroque violinist to visit and perform to audiences in London. Little is known of his early life, though probably born in Naples in the 1650s, the first written evidence is recorded by the diarist John Evelyn in his diary entry for November 19th 1674:

'I heard that stupendious Violin Signor Nichola (with other rare Musitians) whom certainly never mortal man Exceeded on that instrument, he had a stroak so sweete, & made it speake like the Voice of a man; & when he pleased, like a Consort of severall Instruments: he did wonders upon a Note: was an excellent Composer also. Nothing approch'd the violin in Nicholas' hand: he seem'd to be spiritato'd & plaied such ravishing things on a ground as astonishd us all.'

He published, among other works, four volumes of Ayres, and is credited with pioneering the Italian style of violin virtuosity in England. He died at his estate in Colkirk, Norfolk, some time after 1714.

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released March 16, 2018

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Blue Yates has performed all over Europe, accompanied BBC World Music Award nominee Yasmin Levy and appeared at the Bankside Festival in London. He has taken part in Ted Riederer's Never Records project and currently performs across the Midlands. He has recently been featured in Classical Guitar Magazine. Website photography by Miles Dosher. ... more

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