Italian Concerti Grossi

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Cat No: 8550877

Release Date: 12 January 1999

Label: Naxos - Nxc / Naxos Classics

Packaging Type: Jewel Case

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Barcode: 4891030508774

Genres: Classical

Composer/Series: Italian Concerti Grossi

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Italian Concerti GrossiGiovanni Battista Sammartini (1700 or 1701 - 1775)Sinfonia in A MajorTomaso Albinoni (1671 - 1751)Sonata a cinque in G Minor, Op. 2, No.6Antonio Vivaldi (1678 - 1741)Concerto in A Minor con due violini obligatiOp. 3, No.8, RV 522Pietro Locatelli (1695 - 1764)Concerto Grosso in G Minor, Op. 1, No.12Francesco Manfredini (1684 - 1762)Sinfonia No.10 in C MinorArcangelo Corelli (1653 - 1713)Concerto Grosso in D Major, Op. 6, No.4Francesco Geminiani (1687 - 1762)Concerto Grosso in C Minor, Op. 2, No.2Alessandro Scarlatti (1660 - 1725)Concerto Grosso No.3 in F MajorBy the early eighteenth century Italy had become still more firmlyestablished as the source of much European musical activity. Italian opera helda dominant position in the musical theatre, while Italian instrumental music andits performers were heard from Lisbon to London, St. Petersburg and Vienna. TheItalian instrumental style found its most influential expression in the work ofthe violinist Arcangelo Corelli. Born in Fusignano in 1653, he studied inBologna, before establishing himself in Rome in the 1670s, entering the serviceof Queen Christina of Sweden towards the end of the decade, and later benefitingfrom the patronage of Cardinal Pamphili, with regular performances at thelatter's Palazzo al Corso. His principal patron for the last twenty years of hislife was the young Cardinal Pietro Ottoboni, nephew of Pope Alexander VIII. Corelli'sinfluence was very considerable in a number of ways. He was greatly respected asa teacher of the violin, while his compositions, played by musicians disciplinedunder his direction, served as models for a coming generation. His publishedworks include 48 trio sonatas, a dozen violin sonatas and, issued posthumouslyin 1714 in Amsterdam, a set of twelve concerti grossi, Opus 6. The fourth ofthese, the Concerto grosso in D major, is characteristic inform andcontent. A brief slow introduction, a call to the listener's attention, isfollowed by a lively Allegro, in which the two solo violins and solo cello ofthe concertino group are contrasted with the rest of the string orchestra, theripieno players. There is a moving Adagio, a short fast movement and a finalmovement in the rhythm of a gigue, ending with a rapid and emphatic concludingsection.Alessandro Scarlatti, father of the prolific composer of keyboard sonatas,Domenico, and member of a family of musicians ubiquitous in Naples, was born inPalermo in 1660 and had his musical training in Rome, where he enjoyed thepatronage of Queen Christina of Sweden. In 1684 he was appointed maestro dicappella to the Spanish Viceroy of Naples. There, for the next twenty years, hebusied himself in the composition and performance of operas that enjoyedcurrency elsewhere in Italy and as far north as Brunswick and Leipzig. In 1702he moved to Florence in hope of an appointment at the court of Prince Ferdinandode'Medici and then to Rome. He returned to Naples in 1708 at the invitation of anew Viceroy and it s
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