Martini: Complete Organ Music / Tomadin

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Brilliant Classics
Release Date
August 26, 2022
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Giovanni Battista Martini (1706-1784) was born in Bologna, in that era part of the Papal States. His father, Antonio Maria Martini, a violinist, taught him the elements of music and the violin and he later learned singing and harpsichord playing and the art of counterpoint from Giacomo Antonio Perti. Having received his education in classics from the priests of the "Congregation of the Oratory of Saint Philip Neri”, he became a priest himself in 1722. In 1725, though only nineteen years old, he received the appointment of chapel-master at the Basilica of San Francesco in Bologna, where his compositions attracted attention. At the invitation of amateurs and professional friends he opened a school of composition at which several celebrated musicians were trained; as a teacher he consistently declared his preference for the traditions of the old Roman school of composition. Martini was a zealous collector of musical literature, and possessed an extensive musical library, estimated at 17,000 volumes. Among his many students was…Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, who held him in high regard and always spoke fondly of him. “Padre” Martini, as he was called, wrote an immense oeuvre of more than 2500 works, many of them sacred vocal works. His keyboard works include more than 100 sonatas.

This new recording presents the complete organ works of Martini, consisting mainly of Sonatas, but also shorter pieces like fugues, toccatas and preludes. In his earlier works Martini adopted the style of his illustrious predecessors, the masters of Baroque counterpoint, later he wrote in a less learned, more elegant and “pleasant” style, according to the demands of his audience. Played on a variety of historic Italian organs from the 18th century by Manuel Tomadin, one of the foremost Italian organists of today, a scholar and passionate musician, with an impressive discography to his name.

REVIEW:

Scholar, bibliophile, musicologist, teacher, composer: the life of Giovanni Battista Martini was divided between faith and scores. After brilliant studies, he was admitted to orders at the Monastery of San Francesco in his native Bologna. He became chapel master at just nineteen years old. It was from there that he corresponded with luminaries of the time, where he taught for five decades without asking for remuneration, to students from all over Europe. A certain W.A. Mozart took lessons (a CD by Stefano Molardi from Divox paid tribute to this meeting). A selfless, affable, modest person - revered as such. And prolific: sacred music of course, but also symphonies, and numerous keyboard pages.

Until now, however, the discography had not panicked around the organ work of Padre Martini, sporadically included in the 18th century anthologies of gallant style. Few albums are entirely dedicated to him...As in his box sets covering works by Johann Ludwig Krebs, Hans Leo Hassler and Christian Erbach on the same label, Manuel Tomadin sees broad and dares long-distance running, total immersion: nothing less than an announced complete works edition, here a dozen hours on the clock; a treasure hunt. We do not know according to what criteria the works were distributed over the nine discs, but the fact remains that the allocation optimizes the timings (78'47, 75'15, 77'42, 79'32, 77'41 , 79'09, 75'23, 78'36, 75'41).

The two large collections of sonatas [Op. 2 and Op. 3] are there, except that the fifth of opus 3, dedicated to the harpsichord, does not appear...The rest provides a harvest of sweet Sonata sui flauti, Toccatas, Elevazioni, (simili) solemn Pieni, but also liturgical contributions...

...the exhaustive discovery turns out to be addictive...The recipes never tire (we salute here a certain genius for loquacity), the delicacies are renewed, especially as Manuel Tomadin chooses the registrations masterfully. Another incentive for immoderation in listening: the box set alternates locations from one disc to another. No less than nine historic organs from Northern Italy, including five by Gabriel Callido, all built at the end of the settecento except that of Val di Zoldo (1812, the last of this maker), and the Pescetti of Polcenigo, a bit earlier (1732). The distinguished plenitude of the Principals, the enchanting Flutes, the luscious basses, the verbose reeds which take us to the theater: we swoon, especially when the sound recordings flatter the ear like this.

...the desire for completeness did not compromise the care of the production, carried out over only sixteen months. Manuel Tomadin, who is known to be an expert in the less luminous and more austere regions of Northern Germany, here demonstrates a sonic imagination and a Latin volubility which do more than convince...his marathon approach does not prevent perfectionism or preciousness. In this regard, note that the last page of the booklet details the temperature and humidity of each session.

For this great euphonious work and its lively and colorful interpretation, this inexhaustible candy box erects a powerful bulwark against all gloom.

-- Crescendo



Product Description:

  • Release Date: August 26, 2022


  • UPC: 5028421961828


  • Catalog Number: BRI96182


  • Label: Brilliant Classics


  • Number of Discs: 9


  • Composer: Giovanni Battista Martini


  • Performer: Manuel Tomadin



Works:

  1. Al post communio in C Major

    Composer: Giovanni Battista Martini

    Performer: Manuel Tomadin (Organ)


  2. 20 Arias for Organ Solo

    Composer: Giovanni Battista Martini

    Performer: Manuel Tomadin (Organ)


  3. 26 Pieni per organo

    Composer: Giovanni Battista Martini

    Performer: Manuel Tomadin (Organ)


  4. Sonata Appendice

    Composer: Giovanni Battista Martini

    Performer: Manuel Tomadin (Organ)


  5. Elevazione in E-Flat Major

    Composer: Giovanni Battista Martini

    Performer: Manuel Tomadin (Organ)


  6. Organ Sonata in D Major

    Composer: Giovanni Battista Martini

    Performer: Manuel Tomadin (Organ)


  7. 6 Organ Sonatas, Op. 3

    Composer: Giovanni Battista Martini

    Performer: Manuel Tomadin (Organ)


  8. 12 Organ Sonatas, Op. 2

    Composer: Giovanni Battista Martini

    Performer: Manuel Tomadin (Organ)


  9. Sonata per l'Organo con Flauti in C Major

    Composer: Giovanni Battista Martini

    Performer: Manuel Tomadin (Organ)


  10. Toccatas in C Minor, nos. 1-2

    Composer: Giovanni Battista Martini

    Performer: Manuel Tomadin (Organ)


  11. Post communio in G Major

    Composer: Giovanni Battista Martini

    Performer: Manuel Tomadin (Organ)


  12. Sonata da organo per postcommunio in C Major

    Composer: Giovanni Battista Martini

    Performer: Manuel Tomadin (Organ)


  13. Organ Sonata in E-Flat

    Composer: Giovanni Battista Martini

    Performer: Manuel Tomadin (Organ)


  14. Sonata per l'Organo con Flauti in C Major

    Composer: Giovanni Battista Martini

    Performer: Manuel Tomadin (Organ)


  15. Organ Sonata in F Major

    Composer: Giovanni Battista Martini

    Performer: Manuel Tomadin (Organ)


  16. Toccata III in D Major

    Composer: Giovanni Battista Martini

    Performer: Manuel Tomadin (Organ)


  17. Versetti I-V

    Composer: Giovanni Battista Martini

    Performer: Manuel Tomadin (Organ)


  18. Toccata in B Major

    Composer: Giovanni Battista Martini

    Performer: Manuel Tomadin (Organ)


  19. Organ Sonata in C Minor

    Composer: Giovanni Battista Martini

    Performer: Manuel Tomadin (Organ)


  20. Prelude in E Minor

    Composer: Giovanni Battista Martini

    Performer: Manuel Tomadin (Organ)


  21. Pastorale I in C Major

    Composer: Giovanni Battista Martini

    Performer: Manuel Tomadin (Organ)


  22. Overture e Allegro 3, 4 in D Minor

    Composer: Giovanni Battista Martini

    Performer: Manuel Tomadin (Organ)


  23. Elevazione in F Major

    Composer: Giovanni Battista Martini

    Performer: Manuel Tomadin (Organ)


  24. Toccata in B Major

    Composer: Giovanni Battista Martini

    Performer: Manuel Tomadin (Organ)


  25. Organ Sonata No. 14 in B-Flat Major

    Composer: Giovanni Battista Martini

    Performer: Manuel Tomadin (Organ)


  26. Post Communio col flauto in D Major

    Composer: Giovanni Battista Martini

    Performer: Manuel Tomadin (Organ)


  27. Grave per la Benedizione

    Composer: Giovanni Battista Martini

    Performer: Manuel Tomadin (Organ)


  28. Toccata in G Major

    Composer: Giovanni Battista Martini

    Performer: Manuel Tomadin (Organ)


  29. Preludio e Sonata 1, 2 in C Minor

    Composer: Giovanni Battista Martini

    Performer: Manuel Tomadin (Organ)


  30. Prelude in B-Flat Major

    Composer: Giovanni Battista Martini

    Performer: Manuel Tomadin (Organ)


  31. Sonata da Organo in A Minor

    Composer: Giovanni Battista Martini

    Performer: Manuel Tomadin (Organ)


  32. Organ Sonata in C Major 1-3

    Composer: Giovanni Battista Martini

    Performer: Manuel Tomadin (Organ)


  33. Organ Sonata in F Major

    Composer: Giovanni Battista Martini

    Performer: Manuel Tomadin (Organ)


  34. Toccata in B-Flat Major 1-2

    Composer: Giovanni Battista Martini

    Performer: Manuel Tomadin (Organ)


  35. Toccata e fuga per l'offertorio in G Major

    Composer: Giovanni Battista Martini

    Performer: Manuel Tomadin (Organ)


  36. 4 Versetti per Organo

    Composer: Giovanni Battista Martini

    Performer: Manuel Tomadin (Organ)


  37. Sonata sui Flauti 1-3

    Composer: Giovanni Battista Martini

    Performer: Manuel Tomadin (Organ)


  38. Toccata per il Deo Gratias in D Major

    Composer: Giovanni Battista Martini

    Performer: Manuel Tomadin (Organ)


  39. Toccata e fuga in D Major

    Composer: Giovanni Battista Martini

    Performer: Manuel Tomadin (Organ)


  40. Sonata per l'Elevazione in G Minor

    Composer: Giovanni Battista Martini

    Performer: Manuel Tomadin (Organ)


  41. Post Communio in B-Flat Major

    Composer: Giovanni Battista Martini

    Performer: Manuel Tomadin (Organ)


  42. Messa da morti

    Composer: Giovanni Battista Martini

    Performer: Manuel Tomadin (Organ)


  43. Per la Benedizione e Toccata in B-Flat Major

    Composer: Giovanni Battista Martini

    Performer: Manuel Tomadin (Organ)


  44. Sonata all'Offertorio in G Major

    Composer: Giovanni Battista Martini

    Performer: Manuel Tomadin (Organ)


  45. Elevazione in D Major

    Composer: Giovanni Battista Martini

    Performer: Manuel Tomadin (Organ)


  46. Largo in E Major

    Composer: Giovanni Battista Martini

    Performer: Manuel Tomadin (Organ)


  47. Missa Solemnis

    Composer: Giovanni Battista Martini

    Performer: Manuel Tomadin (Organ)


  48. Post Comunio in C Major

    Composer: Giovanni Battista Martini

    Performer: Manuel Tomadin (Organ)


  49. Per l'Elevazione in F Major: Adagio

    Composer: Giovanni Battista Martini

    Performer: Manuel Tomadin (Organ)


  50. All'Offertorio in A Major

    Composer: Giovanni Battista Martini

    Performer: Manuel Tomadin (Organ)


  51. Elevazione in G Major

    Composer: Giovanni Battista Martini

    Performer: Manuel Tomadin (Organ)


  52. Fuga in B-Flat

    Composer: Giovanni Battista Martini

    Performer: Manuel Tomadin (Organ)


  53. Sonata da organo per l'Elevazione in E-Flat

    Composer: Giovanni Battista Martini

    Performer: Manuel Tomadin (Organ)


  54. Toccata in C Minor 1-2

    Composer: Giovanni Battista Martini

    Performer: Manuel Tomadin (Organ)


  55. Elevazione in E-Flat Major

    Composer: Giovanni Battista Martini

    Performer: Manuel Tomadin (Organ)


  56. Grave e toccata per Benedizione in G Major

    Composer: Giovanni Battista Martini

    Performer: Manuel Tomadin (Organ)


  57. Sonata all'Offertorio in A Major

    Composer: Giovanni Battista Martini

    Performer: Manuel Tomadin (Organ)


  58. Sonata all'Elevazione in G Major

    Composer: Giovanni Battista Martini

    Performer: Manuel Tomadin (Organ)


  59. Pastorale in C Major

    Composer: Giovanni Battista Martini

    Performer: Manuel Tomadin (Organ)


  60. Post Communio in F Major

    Composer: Giovanni Battista Martini

    Performer: Manuel Tomadin (Organ)


  61. Toccata in G Major

    Composer: Giovanni Battista Martini

    Performer: Manuel Tomadin (Organ)


  62. Toccata e fuga per l'Offertorio in G Major

    Composer: Giovanni Battista Martini

    Performer: Manuel Tomadin (Organ)


  63. Sonata in G Major

    Composer: Giovanni Battista Martini

    Performer: Manuel Tomadin (Organ)


  64. Adagio

    Composer: Giovanni Battista Martini

    Performer: Manuel Tomadin (Organ)


  65. Sonata da organo in F Major 1-2

    Composer: Giovanni Battista Martini

    Performer: Manuel Tomadin (Organ)


  66. Grave e toccata per Benedizione in G Major

    Composer: Giovanni Battista Martini

    Performer: Manuel Tomadin (Organ)


  67. Pastorale II in C Major

    Composer: Giovanni Battista Martini

    Performer: Manuel Tomadin (Organ)


  68. Toccata in E Major

    Composer: Giovanni Battista Martini

    Performer: Manuel Tomadin (Organ)


  69. Toccata in C Major

    Composer: Giovanni Battista Martini

    Performer: Manuel Tomadin (Organ)


  70. Versetto I tono e amen in D Minor

    Composer: Giovanni Battista Martini

    Performer: Manuel Tomadin (Organ)


  71. Post-Communio in B-Flat Major

    Composer: Giovanni Battista Martini

    Performer: Manuel Tomadin (Organ)


  72. Toccata e fuga in B-Flat Major

    Composer: Giovanni Battista Martini

    Performer: Manuel Tomadin (Organ)


  73. Sonata in B-Flat Major

    Composer: Giovanni Battista Martini

    Performer: Manuel Tomadin (Organ)


  74. Toccata in G Minor

    Composer: Giovanni Battista Martini

    Performer: Manuel Tomadin (Organ)


  75. Toccata deo gratias in G Major

    Composer: Giovanni Battista Martini

    Performer: Manuel Tomadin (Organ)


  76. Toccata e fuga per L'offertorio

    Composer: Giovanni Battista Martini

    Performer: Manuel Tomadin (Organ)


  77. Allegro in C Minor

    Composer: Giovanni Battista Martini

    Performer: Manuel Tomadin (Organ)


  78. Adagio in C Major

    Composer: Giovanni Battista Martini

    Performer: Manuel Tomadin (Organ)


  79. Elevazione II in F Minor

    Composer: Giovanni Battista Martini

    Performer: Manuel Tomadin (Organ)


  80. Fuga in A Minor

    Composer: Giovanni Battista Martini

    Performer: Manuel Tomadin (Organ)


  81. Sonata in E-Flat

    Composer: Giovanni Battista Martini

    Performer: Manuel Tomadin (Organ)


  82. Post Communio col flauto in D Major

    Composer: Giovanni Battista Martini

    Performer: Manuel Tomadin (Organ)


  83. Sonata all'Offertorio II in G Minor

    Composer: Giovanni Battista Martini

    Performer: Manuel Tomadin (Organ)


  84. Organ Sonata in G Major

    Composer: Giovanni Battista Martini

    Performer: Manuel Tomadin (Organ)


  85. Organ Sonata in C Major

    Composer: Giovanni Battista Martini

    Performer: Manuel Tomadin (Organ)


  86. Rondeau in C Major

    Composer: Giovanni Battista Martini

    Performer: Manuel Tomadin (Organ)


  87. Preludio in F Major

    Composer: Giovanni Battista Martini

    Performer: Manuel Tomadin (Organ)


  88. Allegro in F Major

    Composer: Giovanni Battista Martini

    Performer: Manuel Tomadin (Organ)


  89. Allegro in G Minor

    Composer: Giovanni Battista Martini

    Performer: Manuel Tomadin (Organ)