Even during his lifetime Arcangelo Corelli (1653-1713) was a classic whose music circulated throughout Europe, was performed, heard, copied and, of course, transcribed for other instruments. The Bibliothèque Nationale in Paris preserves a successful anonymous arrangement of the twelve Violin Sonatas, Op. 5 for viola da gamba and basso continuo, which in all probability was made in Germany on the basis of the original edition printed in Rome in 1700.
Master gambist Guido Balestracci and his outstanding colleagues have used both the ornaments of an old Amsterdam edition and their own newly improvised ones for their recording. © Note1