ConSerto Musico, Mario Folena, Francesco Galligioni, Paola Frezzato & Roberto Loreggian – Giardini: 6 Sonatas for Flute & Harpsichord (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:06:45 minutes | 1,44 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Brilliant Classics
New to the catalogue, delightful chamber music by an Italian celebrity of 18th-century London.
Almost completely unknown now, the six Sonatas for transverse flute and basso continuo by Felice Giardini (1716-1796), published in London late in 1751, were the first works of their kind to appear in print by a composer working in England. Giardini had taken London by storm with the brilliance of his violin playing, and his success there seemed assured. They were also the first sonatas published for obbligato harpsichord and violin, as opposed to violin ‘solos’ with a basso continuo. In practice, the solo part was often taken by a flute, as we find on this superb new, historically informed recording.
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