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Gentili: Trio Sonatas Op.1

Gentili: Trio Sonatas Op.1 Download booklet
Composer Giorgio Gentili
Artist Soavi Affetti Baroque Music Ensemble
Patrizio Focardi violin
Paolo Cantamessa violin
Rebeca Ferri cello
Anna Clemente cembalo & organ
Giovanni Bellini theorbo
Format 2 CD
Cat. number 95224
EAN code 5028421952246
Release July 2016

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Here’s another name from the Italian Baroque to conjure with, rescued from dusty obscurity by stylish Italian musicians and Brilliant Classics, who have an unrivalled back-catalogue of such discoveries. Giorgio Gentili (1669-1737) was a Venetian musician who made his name as a violinist, playing in the ducal chapel of St Mark’s. Appointed at the age of 20, he remained
in post as a principal soloist in the ensemble for over 40 years, as well as taking on a music-director post at the Ospedale dei Mendicanti. Though now almost forgotten, he was clearly well-respected within the competitive musical scene of early 18th-century Venice, being among the highest-paid musicians in the city.

Five collections totalling 72 separate works survive. The trio sonatas of his Op.1 set, published in 1701, command interest through the florid solo writing associated with the solo sonata and concerto genres and the presence of ‘solo’ and ‘tutti’ cues in three slow movements, which suggests performance with doubled instruments. This is music of unfailing good taste and lively spirit, similar in style to the work of his more famous Venetian contemporary Albinoni but rather more technically demanding, and accordingly more playfully evoking the quicksilver world of La Serenissima in its Baroque high noon. Punchy, repeated-note themes jostle against counter-melodies with a syncopated swing. Quick movements sometimes flick distractedly between major and minor. To modern ears, Gentili may lack a distinctive artistic personality but he unfailingly knows how to give pleasure to the ear. The musicians of Soavi Affetti joined forces to explore precisely this area of Italian instrumental music, and in particular the lesser-known corners of the trio sonata repertoire.

First recording of the 12 Trio Sonatas Op. 1 by Gentili!
Giorgio Gentili was a famous violinist, teacher (Vivaldi was one of his pupils!) and composer in 18-th century Venice, he played the violin in the San Marco and his compositions were published all over Europe, dedicated to Kings and Emperors.
His first opus was a set of Trio Sonatas in Corellian style: 4 movements (slow-fast-slow-fast), including a fugue, and the first movement in quasi concerto style, with florid figurations of the first violin of high virtuoso brilliance.
Played on original instruments by the Italian Soavi Affetti Baroque Ensemble. The first violinist Patrizio Focardi was a member of well known Baroque groups like Modo Antiquo, Il Complesso Barocco and the European Community Baroque Ensemble
Excellent scholarly liner notes and biographies are included in the booklet.
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Track list

Disk 1

  1. Giorgio Gentili: 12 Sonatas, Op. 1, sonata VIII in G Major: I. Adagio - Presto – Grave
  2. Giorgio Gentili: 12 Sonatas, Op. 1, sonata VIII in G Major: II. Allegro
  3. Giorgio Gentili: 12 Sonatas, Op. 1, sonata VIII in G Major: III. Adagio
  4. Giorgio Gentili: 12 Sonatas, Op. 1, sonata VIII in G Major: IV. Allegro
  5. Giorgio Gentili: 12 Sonatas, Op. 1, sonata IV in E Minor: I. Grave
  6. Giorgio Gentili: 12 Sonatas, Op. 1, sonata IV in E Minor: II. Allegro
  7. Giorgio Gentili: 12 Sonatas, Op. 1, sonata IV in E Minor: III. Largo e staccato
  8. Giorgio Gentili: 12 Sonatas, Op. 1, sonata IV in E Minor: IV. Allegro
  9. Giorgio Gentili: 12 Sonatas, Op. 1, sonata I in A Major: I. Adagio
  10. Giorgio Gentili: 12 Sonatas, Op. 1, sonata I in A Major: II. Allegro
  11. Giorgio Gentili: 12 Sonatas, Op. 1, sonata I in A Major: III. Grave
  12. Giorgio Gentili: 12 Sonatas, Op. 1, sonata I in A Major: IV. Allegro
  13. Giorgio Gentili: 12 Sonatas, Op. 1, sonata I in A Major: V. Allegro
  14. Giorgio Gentili: 12 Sonatas, Op. 1, sonata IX in C Minor: I. Grave
  15. Giorgio Gentili: 12 Sonatas, Op. 1, sonata IX in C Minor: II. Allegro
  16. Giorgio Gentili: 12 Sonatas, Op. 1, sonata IX in C Minor: III. Largo
  17. Giorgio Gentili: 12 Sonatas, Op. 1, sonata IX in C Minor: IV. Allegro
  18. Giorgio Gentili: 12 Sonatas, Op. 1, sonata II in F Major: I. Grave
  19. Giorgio Gentili: 12 Sonatas, Op. 1, sonata II in F Major: II. Presto
  20. Giorgio Gentili: 12 Sonatas, Op. 1, sonata II in F Major: III. Largo
  21. Giorgio Gentili: 12 Sonatas, Op. 1, sonata II in F Major: IV. Allegro
  22. Giorgio Gentili: 12 Sonatas, Op. 1, sonata III in D Minor: I. Adagio
  23. Giorgio Gentili: 12 Sonatas, Op. 1, sonata III in D Minor: II. Allegro
  24. Giorgio Gentili: 12 Sonatas, Op. 1, sonata III in D Minor: III. Grave
  25. Giorgio Gentili: 12 Sonatas, Op. 1, sonata III in D Minor: IV. Presto

Disk 2

  1. Giorgio Gentili: 12 Sonatas, Op. 1, sonata XI in G Minor: I. Adagio
  2. Giorgio Gentili: 12 Sonatas, Op. 1, sonata XI in G Minor: II. Presto
  3. Giorgio Gentili: 12 Sonatas, Op. 1, sonata XI in G Minor: III. Grave
  4. Giorgio Gentili: 12 Sonatas, Op. 1, sonata XI in G Minor: IV. Presto
  5. Giorgio Gentili: 12 Sonatas, Op. 1, sonata VII in B-Flat Major: I. Grave
  6. Giorgio Gentili: 12 Sonatas, Op. 1, sonata VII in B-Flat Major: II. Allegro
  7. Giorgio Gentili: 12 Sonatas, Op. 1, sonata VII in B-Flat Major: III. Grave
  8. Giorgio Gentili: 12 Sonatas, Op. 1, sonata VII in B-Flat Major: IV. Presto
  9. Giorgio Gentili: 12 Sonatas, Op. 1, sonata X in B Minor: I. Grave
  10. Giorgio Gentili: 12 Sonatas, Op. 1, sonata X in B Minor: II. Allegro
  11. Giorgio Gentili: 12 Sonatas, Op. 1, sonata X in B Minor: III. Grave
  12. Giorgio Gentili: 12 Sonatas, Op. 1, sonata X in B Minor: IV. Allegro
  13. Giorgio Gentili: 12 Sonatas, Op. 1, sonata XII in D Major: I. Adagio - Presto – Adagio
  14. Giorgio Gentili: 12 Sonatas, Op. 1, sonata XII in D Major: II. Allegro
  15. Giorgio Gentili: 12 Sonatas, Op. 1, sonata XII in D Major: III. Grave
  16. Giorgio Gentili: 12 Sonatas, Op. 1, sonata XII in D Major: IV. Allegro
  17. Giorgio Gentili: 12 Sonatas, Op. 1, sonata V in A Minor: I. Grave
  18. Giorgio Gentili: 12 Sonatas, Op. 1, sonata V in A Minor: II. Allegro
  19. Giorgio Gentili: 12 Sonatas, Op. 1, sonata V in A Minor: III. Largo e piano
  20. Giorgio Gentili: 12 Sonatas, Op. 1, sonata V in A Minor: IV. Presto
  21. Giorgio Gentili: 12 Sonatas, Op. 1, sonata VI in C Major: I. Adagio - Allegro – Adagio
  22. Giorgio Gentili: 12 Sonatas, Op. 1, sonata VI in C Major: II. Allegro
  23. Giorgio Gentili: 12 Sonatas, Op. 1, sonata VI in C Major: III. Adagio – Vivace – Adagio
  24. Giorgio Gentili: 12 Sonatas, Op. 1, sonata VI in C Major: IV. Allegro
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