Italian Baroque Favourites

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Cat No: 8553447

Release Date: 12 January 1999

Label: Naxos - Nxc / Naxos Classics

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Barcode: 730099444729

Genres: Classical

Composer/Series: Italian Baroque Favourites

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Italian Baroque Favourites Giovanni Battista Sammartini(1700/01 -1775)Sinfonia in A major Francesco Geminiani (1687 -1762)Concerto grosso in E minor, Op.3, No.3 Pietro Antonio Locatelli (1695-1764)Concerto grosso in D major, Op.1, No.5 Giuseppe Torelli (1658 -1709) Concerto grosso in G Minor, Op.8, No.6 Arcangelo Corelli (1653 -1713) Concerto grosso in B flat major, Op. 6 No.11 Francesco Geminiani Concerto grosso in D minor, Op. 2, No.5 Francesco Onofrio Manfredini(1684 -1762)Sinfonia No.10 in C major Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni (1671-1751)Sonata a cinque in G minor, Op.2, No.6 Pietro Antonio Locatelli Concerto grosso in D major, Op.1, No.9 The present collection of Italian Baroquefavourites contains orchestral works that span some three quarters of acentury, from the heyday of Corelli in Rome and Torelli in Bologna in the lateseventeenth century, to the later activities of Sammartini in Milan. Giovanni BattistaSammartini was born at the beginning of the new century, probably in Milan, and it was therethat he made his career. His importance lies in the fact that he belonged tothe first generation of composers writing in the newly developing form of thesymphony, a form that was to dominate European music as the century went on. 68of his symphonies survive, often in collections outside Italy, confirming hisinternational rather than local popularity in this respect. In style herepresents a period of transition between the Baroque and the classical,exhibited in symphonies that in general are in the usual Italian three-movementform. The earlier generation is heard in the Concertogrosso in B flat major, Op. 6, No.11 by the violinist and composer ArcangeloCorelli. Trained, it seems, in Bologna, Corelli made his career, one ofconsiderable distinction, in Rome, at one time in the service of QueenChristina of Sweden, who had installed herself as one of Rome's leading patronsof the arts, and then serving in the musical establishment of Cardinal Pamphiliand then of Cardinal Ottoboni, the young nephew of Pope Alexander VDI. Hissonatas and concerti grossi served as a model for later generations. The set oftwelve concerti grossi, published posthumously, but seemingly heard in Rome inthe 16808, include compositions for church use or in 'church' form, Concertida chiesa and chamber works, da camera, the latter lacking theformal contrapuntal content of the former, and generally consisting of a seriesof dance movements. The present concerto grosso, after a Preludio goeson to include the basic movements of a dance suite, Allemanda, Sarabanda andfinal Giga. The form of the concerto grosso, derived from the populartrio sonata, involved the contrast of a small group of players, the concertino,here two violins, cello and harpsichord, with the whole body of the stringorchestra, the ripieno. Five years younger than Corelli, Giuseppe Torelliwas born in Verona in 1658 and in 1684moved to Bologna, wher
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