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Bonporti: Sonatas, Op. 6 for 2 Violins & B.C. / Labirinti Armonici
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Bonporti: Sonatas, Op. 6 for 2 Violins & B.C. / Labirinti Armonici

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Details

Composer
Francesco Bonporti
Artist
Labirinti Armonici
Format
CD
Discs
1
Label
Brilliant Classics
Released
Oct 27, 2023
Catalog #
BRI96876
UPC
5028421968766

About

Volume 4 in a critically acclaimed survey of Bonporti’s music reaches Op.6, perhaps the most overlooked treasure in the output of the ‘gentleman from Trento’. This was the nickname bestowed on himself by Francesco Antonio Bonporti (1672 - 1749), who was born in the northern Italian city, and made his career as a musician in the surrounding region before dying in Padova.

The Opus 6 collection of trio sonatas was published in 1705, and dedicated to the Roman prince Carlo Colonna, who had played a pivotal role in the career of the young Handel as his patron. Perhaps it has been comparatively neglected because of its relatively archaic form: by 1705, a collection of trio sonatas amounted to a tribute to the past, a kind of rite of passage through which every young composer of distinction should pass, before moving on to the more overtly impressive and demanding genres of concerto and solo sonata. Inevitably, the model for any composer of Bonporti’s era was the Op.1 collection of trio sonatas by Arcangelo Corelli. Bonporti’s Op.6 proves itself a worthy successor.

All ten sonatas are arranged in a three-movement form, mostly opening with a Prelude and then a pair of Baroque dances: courantes, gigues, gavottes and sarabandes, though now so stylised as to be distant from their original purpose. This somewhat minimalist form of trio sonata does not employ the theatrical devices heard in some Italian chamber music of the time; there is even a sense of melancholy restraint about Bonporti’s language in Op.6, as though he was straining towards an expressive freedom which emerges in later opus numbers. This tension is held in balance, however, and poured into a harmonic language of delicately placed suspensions which reach a highpoint in the chromatic opening prelude to the Seventh Sonata.

Reviewing Bonporti’s Op.2 Sonatas on Brilliant Classics with Labirinti Armonici (95718), Raymond Tuttle in Fanfare concluded, ‘These performances are excellent, ideally balancing energy and gracefulness… I can think of nothing bad to say about these sonatas and these performances. This disc has raised my curiosity about Bonporti, and I think that is recommendation enough.’

Tracklist 30 tracks

  1. 1 I. Preludio 01:56
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Preludio
    Duration
    01:56
    Composer
    Francesco Antonio Bonporti
    Ensemble
    Labirinti Armonici
  2. 2 II. Corrente: Allegro 02:06
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Corrente: Allegro
    Duration
    02:06
    Composer
    Francesco Antonio Bonporti
    Ensemble
    Labirinti Armonici
  3. 3 III. Giga 01:29
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Giga
    Duration
    01:29
    Composer
    Francesco Antonio Bonporti
    Ensemble
    Labirinti Armonici
  4. 4 I. Preludio: Andante 01:21
    Track
    4
    Title
    I. Preludio: Andante
    Duration
    01:21
    Composer
    Francesco Antonio Bonporti
    Performer
    Pietro Prosser
    Ensemble
    Labirinti Armonici
  5. 5 II. Allemanda 01:39
    Track
    5
    Title
    II. Allemanda
    Duration
    01:39
    Composer
    Francesco Antonio Bonporti
    Performer
    Pietro Prosser
    Ensemble
    Labirinti Armonici
  6. 6 III. Gavotta: Prestissimo 01:40
    Track
    6
    Title
    III. Gavotta: Prestissimo
    Duration
    01:40
    Composer
    Francesco Antonio Bonporti
    Performer
    Pietro Prosser
    Ensemble
    Labirinti Armonici
  7. 7 I. Allemanda 02:50
    Track
    7
    Title
    I. Allemanda
    Duration
    02:50
    Composer
    Francesco Antonio Bonporti
    Ensemble
    Labirinti Armonici
  8. 8 II. Sarabanda: Andante 03:21
    Track
    8
    Title
    II. Sarabanda: Andante
    Duration
    03:21
    Composer
    Francesco Antonio Bonporti
    Ensemble
    Labirinti Armonici
  9. 9 III. Giga 01:25
    Track
    9
    Title
    III. Giga
    Duration
    01:25
    Composer
    Francesco Antonio Bonporti
    Ensemble
    Labirinti Armonici
  10. 10 I. Preludio: Largo 01:40
    Track
    10
    Title
    I. Preludio: Largo
    Duration
    01:40
    Composer
    Francesco Antonio Bonporti
    Ensemble
    Labirinti Armonici
  11. 11 II. Allemanda: Allegro 01:36
    Track
    11
    Title
    II. Allemanda: Allegro
    Duration
    01:36
    Composer
    Francesco Antonio Bonporti
    Ensemble
    Labirinti Armonici
  12. 12 III. Corrente 02:19
    Track
    12
    Title
    III. Corrente
    Duration
    02:19
    Composer
    Francesco Antonio Bonporti
    Ensemble
    Labirinti Armonici
  13. 13 I. Preludio 01:07
    Track
    13
    Title
    I. Preludio
    Duration
    01:07
    Composer
    Francesco Antonio Bonporti
    Ensemble
    Labirinti Armonici
  14. 14 II. Allemanda: Presto 01:42
    Track
    14
    Title
    II. Allemanda: Presto
    Duration
    01:42
    Composer
    Francesco Antonio Bonporti
    Ensemble
    Labirinti Armonici
  15. 15 III. Giga: Presto 01:39
    Track
    15
    Title
    III. Giga: Presto
    Duration
    01:39
    Composer
    Francesco Antonio Bonporti
    Ensemble
    Labirinti Armonici
  16. 16 I. Preludio: Largo 02:34
    Track
    16
    Title
    I. Preludio: Largo
    Duration
    02:34
    Composer
    Francesco Antonio Bonporti
    Performer
    Pietro Prosser
    Ensemble
    Labirinti Armonici
  17. 17 II. Allemanda: Allegro 01:59
    Track
    17
    Title
    II. Allemanda: Allegro
    Duration
    01:59
    Composer
    Francesco Antonio Bonporti
    Performer
    Pietro Prosser
    Ensemble
    Labirinti Armonici
  18. 18 III. Sarabanda: Largo 02:33
    Track
    18
    Title
    III. Sarabanda: Largo
    Duration
    02:33
    Composer
    Francesco Antonio Bonporti
    Performer
    Pietro Prosser
    Ensemble
    Labirinti Armonici
  19. 19 I. Preludio: Adagio 02:18
    Track
    19
    Title
    I. Preludio: Adagio
    Duration
    02:18
    Composer
    Francesco Antonio Bonporti
    Performer
    Pietro Prosser
    Ensemble
    Labirinti Armonici
  20. 20 II. Allemanda: Allegro 01:31
    Track
    20
    Title
    II. Allemanda: Allegro
    Duration
    01:31
    Composer
    Francesco Antonio Bonporti
    Performer
    Pietro Prosser
    Ensemble
    Labirinti Armonici
  21. 21 III. Giga: Presto 01:38
    Track
    21
    Title
    III. Giga: Presto
    Duration
    01:38
    Composer
    Francesco Antonio Bonporti
    Performer
    Pietro Prosser
    Ensemble
    Labirinti Armonici
  22. 22 I. Preludio 01:37
    Track
    22
    Title
    I. Preludio
    Duration
    01:37
    Composer
    Francesco Antonio Bonporti
    Performer
    Pietro Prosser
    Ensemble
    Labirinti Armonici
  23. 23 II. Allemanda: Presto 01:48
    Track
    23
    Title
    II. Allemanda: Presto
    Duration
    01:48
    Composer
    Francesco Antonio Bonporti
    Performer
    Pietro Prosser
    Ensemble
    Labirinti Armonici
  24. 24 III. Gavotta: Presto 01:50
    Track
    24
    Title
    III. Gavotta: Presto
    Duration
    01:50
    Composer
    Francesco Antonio Bonporti
    Performer
    Pietro Prosser
    Ensemble
    Labirinti Armonici
  25. 25 I. Allemanda: Comodo 01:57
    Track
    25
    Title
    I. Allemanda: Comodo
    Duration
    01:57
    Composer
    Francesco Antonio Bonporti
    Performer
    Pietro Prosser
    Ensemble
    Labirinti Armonici
  26. 26 II. Sarabanda: Largo 01:54
    Track
    26
    Title
    II. Sarabanda: Largo
    Duration
    01:54
    Composer
    Francesco Antonio Bonporti
    Performer
    Pietro Prosser
    Ensemble
    Labirinti Armonici
  27. 27 III. Giga: Presto 01:14
    Track
    27
    Title
    III. Giga: Presto
    Duration
    01:14
    Composer
    Francesco Antonio Bonporti
    Performer
    Pietro Prosser
    Ensemble
    Labirinti Armonici
  28. 28 I. Preludio: Vivace 00:50
    Track
    28
    Title
    I. Preludio: Vivace
    Duration
    00:50
    Composer
    Francesco Antonio Bonporti
    Performer
    Pietro Prosser
    Ensemble
    Labirinti Armonici
  29. 29 II. Corrente: Allegro 01:42
    Track
    29
    Title
    II. Corrente: Allegro
    Duration
    01:42
    Composer
    Francesco Antonio Bonporti
    Performer
    Pietro Prosser
    Ensemble
    Labirinti Armonici
  30. 30 III. Giga: Presto 01:39
    Track
    30
    Title
    III. Giga: Presto
    Duration
    01:39
    Composer
    Francesco Antonio Bonporti
    Performer
    Pietro Prosser
    Ensemble
    Labirinti Armonici