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

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Brilliant Classics
Release Date
October 27, 2023
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Francesco Bonporti
    • PERFORMER
      Labirinti Armonici
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      October 27, 2023
    • UPC
      5028421968766
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      BRI96876
    • LABEL
      Brilliant Classics
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. I. Preludio

      Composer: Francesco Antonio Bonporti

      Ensemble: Labirinti Armonici

    2. II. Corrente: Allegro

      Composer: Francesco Antonio Bonporti

      Ensemble: Labirinti Armonici

    3. III. Giga

      Composer: Francesco Antonio Bonporti

      Ensemble: Labirinti Armonici

    4. I. Preludio: Andante

      Composer: Francesco Antonio Bonporti

      Ensemble: Labirinti Armonici

      Performer: Pietro Prosser

    5. II. Allemanda

      Composer: Francesco Antonio Bonporti

      Ensemble: Labirinti Armonici

      Performer: Pietro Prosser

    6. III. Gavotta: Prestissimo

      Composer: Francesco Antonio Bonporti

      Ensemble: Labirinti Armonici

      Performer: Pietro Prosser

    7. I. Allemanda

      Composer: Francesco Antonio Bonporti

      Ensemble: Labirinti Armonici

    8. II. Sarabanda: Andante

      Composer: Francesco Antonio Bonporti

      Ensemble: Labirinti Armonici

    9. III. Giga

      Composer: Francesco Antonio Bonporti

      Ensemble: Labirinti Armonici

    10. I. Preludio: Largo

      Composer: Francesco Antonio Bonporti

      Ensemble: Labirinti Armonici

    11. II. Allemanda: Allegro

      Composer: Francesco Antonio Bonporti

      Ensemble: Labirinti Armonici

    12. III. Corrente

      Composer: Francesco Antonio Bonporti

      Ensemble: Labirinti Armonici

    13. I. Preludio

      Composer: Francesco Antonio Bonporti

      Ensemble: Labirinti Armonici

    14. II. Allemanda: Presto

      Composer: Francesco Antonio Bonporti

      Ensemble: Labirinti Armonici

    15. III. Giga: Presto

      Composer: Francesco Antonio Bonporti

      Ensemble: Labirinti Armonici

    16. I. Preludio: Largo

      Composer: Francesco Antonio Bonporti

      Ensemble: Labirinti Armonici

      Performer: Pietro Prosser

    17. II. Allemanda: Allegro

      Composer: Francesco Antonio Bonporti

      Ensemble: Labirinti Armonici

      Performer: Pietro Prosser

    18. III. Sarabanda: Largo

      Composer: Francesco Antonio Bonporti

      Ensemble: Labirinti Armonici

      Performer: Pietro Prosser

    19. I. Preludio: Adagio

      Composer: Francesco Antonio Bonporti

      Ensemble: Labirinti Armonici

      Performer: Pietro Prosser

    20. II. Allemanda: Allegro

      Composer: Francesco Antonio Bonporti

      Ensemble: Labirinti Armonici

      Performer: Pietro Prosser

    21. III. Giga: Presto

      Composer: Francesco Antonio Bonporti

      Ensemble: Labirinti Armonici

      Performer: Pietro Prosser

    22. I. Preludio

      Composer: Francesco Antonio Bonporti

      Ensemble: Labirinti Armonici

      Performer: Pietro Prosser

    23. II. Allemanda: Presto

      Composer: Francesco Antonio Bonporti

      Ensemble: Labirinti Armonici

      Performer: Pietro Prosser

    24. III. Gavotta: Presto

      Composer: Francesco Antonio Bonporti

      Ensemble: Labirinti Armonici

      Performer: Pietro Prosser

    25. I. Allemanda: Comodo

      Composer: Francesco Antonio Bonporti

      Ensemble: Labirinti Armonici

      Performer: Pietro Prosser

    26. II. Sarabanda: Largo

      Composer: Francesco Antonio Bonporti

      Ensemble: Labirinti Armonici

      Performer: Pietro Prosser

    27. III. Giga: Presto

      Composer: Francesco Antonio Bonporti

      Ensemble: Labirinti Armonici

      Performer: Pietro Prosser

    28. I. Preludio: Vivace

      Composer: Francesco Antonio Bonporti

      Ensemble: Labirinti Armonici

      Performer: Pietro Prosser

    29. II. Corrente: Allegro

      Composer: Francesco Antonio Bonporti

      Ensemble: Labirinti Armonici

      Performer: Pietro Prosser

    30. III. Giga: Presto

      Composer: Francesco Antonio Bonporti

      Ensemble: Labirinti Armonici

      Performer: Pietro Prosser


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.’