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Brunetti: Divertimenti / Proyecto Brunetti
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Brunetti: Divertimenti / Proyecto Brunetti

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Details

Composer
Gaetano Brunetti
Artist
Proyecto Brunetti, Fernando Pascual, Pere Joan Carrascosa, Isabel Lopez
Format
CD
Label
Brilliant Classics
Released
Jan 21, 2022
Catalog #
BRI96485
UPC
5028421964850

About

Proyecto Brunetti is a flexible ensemble formed with the aim of promoting the chamber music of Gaetano Brunetti (1744-1798). Its founder-cellist is Pere Joan Carrascosa, who has also edited the manuscripts of this divertimento collection for publication and written the authoritative booklet essay on the composer’s life and work. The album can be considered a first port of call for anyone looking to investigate the figure of Brunetti. When they do so, they will find music of elegant gestures and appealing gentility, clear-cut melodies and subtle innovation. The greater part of his surviving music is cast in the genre of string trio which was a reliable source of entertainment for both amateur musicians and audiences in the latter half of the 18th century. There are 47 such trios in eight collections of six (minus one in the last case), and this album presents the third such collection. Brunetti probably wrote it between 1772 and 1774 while in service to the Prince of Asturias, later to become Charles/Carlo IV of Spain. The Prince himself probably played second fiddle to the composer in those pieces scored with two violins, with the composer’s son Francesco on the cello. Structurally straightforward, each divertimento comprises two movements cast in either a basic sonata or rondo form. It is their melodic freshness, harmonic invention and the stylishness of their writing, treating all three parts as equals, that elevates them beyond the value of ephemeral entertainment.

Tracklist 12 tracks

  1. 1 I. Andante 03:47
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Andante
    Duration
    03:47
    Composer
    Gaetano Brunetti
    Ensemble
    Proyecto Brunetti
  2. 2 II. Allegretto 06:24
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Allegretto
    Duration
    06:24
    Composer
    Gaetano Brunetti
    Ensemble
    Proyecto Brunetti
  3. 3 I. Larghetto pastorale 02:56
    Track
    3
    Title
    I. Larghetto pastorale
    Duration
    02:56
    Composer
    Gaetano Brunetti
    Ensemble
    Proyecto Brunetti
  4. 4 II. Allegretto con moto 03:45
    Track
    4
    Title
    II. Allegretto con moto
    Duration
    03:45
    Composer
    Gaetano Brunetti
    Ensemble
    Proyecto Brunetti
  5. 5 I. Largo 03:29
    Track
    5
    Title
    I. Largo
    Duration
    03:29
    Composer
    Gaetano Brunetti
    Ensemble
    Proyecto Brunetti
  6. 6 II. Rondeau. Allegretto 03:44
    Track
    6
    Title
    II. Rondeau. Allegretto
    Duration
    03:44
    Composer
    Gaetano Brunetti
    Ensemble
    Proyecto Brunetti
  7. 7 I. Larghetto staccato 07:22
    Track
    7
    Title
    I. Larghetto staccato
    Duration
    07:22
    Composer
    Gaetano Brunetti
    Ensemble
    Proyecto Brunetti
  8. 8 II. Allegretto 03:44
    Track
    8
    Title
    II. Allegretto
    Duration
    03:44
    Composer
    Gaetano Brunetti
    Ensemble
    Proyecto Brunetti
  9. 9 I. Cantabile 02:27
    Track
    9
    Title
    I. Cantabile
    Duration
    02:27
    Composer
    Gaetano Brunetti
    Ensemble
    Proyecto Brunetti
  10. 10 II. Allegretto 04:08
    Track
    10
    Title
    II. Allegretto
    Duration
    04:08
    Composer
    Gaetano Brunetti
    Ensemble
    Proyecto Brunetti
  11. 11 I. Larghetto 03:16
    Track
    11
    Title
    I. Larghetto
    Duration
    03:16
    Composer
    Gaetano Brunetti
    Ensemble
    Proyecto Brunetti
  12. 12 II. Allegro di molto. Scherzando 03:12
    Track
    12
    Title
    II. Allegro di molto. Scherzando
    Duration
    03:12
    Composer
    Gaetano Brunetti
    Ensemble
    Proyecto Brunetti