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Sonatas for Harpsichord
BENEDETTO MARCELLO
(1676-1739)
premiere recordings
Suonate per il cembalo [Opera III]
Sonatas for Harpsichord [Op. 3]
Reconstruction and critical edition by Alessandro Borin
COMPACT DISC ONE
Suonata prima, SF C717a
11:28
in re maggiore - in D major - in D-Dur - en ré majeur
1.
Largo
3:28
2.
Allegro
2:46
3.
[Presto]
2:29
4.
Allegro
2:44
Suonata seconda, SF C731
9:50
in sol maggiore - in G major - in G-Dur - en sol majeur
5.
[Grave]
4:02
6.
[Spiritoso]
1:38
7.
[Allegro]
2:05
8.
[Allegro]
2:04
Suonata terza, SF C704
10:17
in do maggiore - in C major - in C-Dur - en ut majeur
9.
[Adagio]
6:04
10.
[Allegro]
2:17
11.
[Presto]
1:55
Suonata quarta, SF C736a
11:33
in sol minore - in G minor - in g-Moll - en sol mineur
12.
[Adagio]
5:27
13.
[Allegro]
2:21
14.
Vivace e presto
1:12
15.
Giga [Presto]
2:31
Suonata quinta, SF C720
9:38
in re minore - in D minor - in d-Moll - en ré mineur
16.
Largo
3:27
17.
[Allegro]
3:00
18.
[Presto]
3:11
Suonata sesta, SF C724a
12:20
in fa maggiore - in F major - in F-Dur - en fa majeur
19.
[Adagio]
4:43
20.
[Courante]
2:24
21.
Allegro
2:34
22.
Presto
2:37
65:37
COMPACT DISC TWO
Suonata settima, SF C740
12:52
in la minore - in A minor - in a-Moll - en la mineur
1.
Presto
1:36
2.
Cantabile e largo
5:00
3.
Allegro
2:30
4.
Presto
2:20
5.
Minuet
1:24
Suonata ottava, SF C742
11:43
in si bemolle maggiore - in B flat major - in B-Dur - en si bémol majeur
6.
Adagio
3:26
7.
Vivace
3:15
8.
Presto
2:33
9.
[Allegro]
2:26
Suonata nona, SF C739a
12:47
in la maggiore - in A major - in A-Dur - en la majeur
10.
Largo
3:02
11.
Presto
3:30
12.
Presto
3:06
13.
Allegro
3:07
Suonata decima, SF C712a
13:15
in do minore - in C minor - in c-Moll - en ut mineur
14.
Presto
3:33
15.
Largo
5:04
16.
Preto
1:47
17.
[Allegro]
2:49
Laberinto sopra il clavicembalo, SF C741
5:02
in si bemolle maggiore - in B flat major - in B-Dur - en si bémol majeur
18.
[Allegro]
2:32
19.
Presto
2:30
20.
La stravaganza, SF C703
15:01
in do maggiore - in C major - in C-Dur - en ut majeur
Ciaccona con variazioni
71:12
Solo:Roberto Loreggian harpsichord
21-24 August 2000
Notes
Marcello became known as the foremost Venetian composer of music for keyboard of his generation. It is possible to hear the influence of the young Domenico Scarlatti’s keyboard style in these harpsichord sonatas as well as pronounced French and galant tendencies.
There is no reliable and comprehensive study of Marcello and many details of his life and work remain shrouded in mystery. Trying to determine, therefore, the authenticity of the available sources for these harpsichord works proved problematic. It was concluded that the most authoritative consist primarily of five manuscripts (another probable two are lost, and the five surviving manuscripts are now in the libraries of as many European cities).
The manuscript adopted as the basis for this recording, apart from being accepted as coming from the location closest to the composer’s centre of activity, namely Venice, is also the one which bears the closest resemblance to the model of a collection that might have been prepared for publication at the time Marcello is thought to have composed these works.
Roberto Loreggian studied organ and composition at the Conservatory of Rovigo before studying harpsichord – first at the Conservatory of Castelfranco, Veneto and then at the Royal Conservatory of The Hague. In addition to his busy career as a soloist, he is much in demand as a continuo player in both chamber ensembles and orchestras. Roberto Loreggian is particularly interested in the great harpsichord heritage of seventeenth and eighteenth-century Italy. This is his first recording for Chandos.
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Reviews
‘… the music… is impressive…’
Early Music Review on CHAN 0637 (Marcello’s Requie
‘… a reflective work, the passion understated, circumscribed, somehow hesitant. It is, as you would expect of a master of the Italian Baroque, elegant and thoroughly attractive…’
Fanfare on CHAN 0637 (Marcello’s Requiem)
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