Dreyer: Sacred Music

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Label
Brilliant Classics
Release Date
April 22, 2022
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Giovanni Filippo Maria Dreyer
    • PERFORMER
      Rossana Bertini, Elena Cecchi Fedi, Le Tems Revient, Baroque Lumina, Giacomo Bededetti, Giacomo Gran
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      April 22, 2022
    • UPC
      5028421964058
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      BRI96405
    • LABEL
      Brilliant Classics
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. Adagio

      Composer: Giovanni Filippo Maria Dreyer

      Ensemble: Baroque Lumina

      Performer: Rossana Bertini, Elena Cecchi-Fedi

      Conductor: Giacomo Benedetti

    2. Allegro moderato

      Composer: Giovanni Filippo Maria Dreyer

      Ensemble: Baroque Lumina

      Performer: Rossana Bertini, Elena Cecchi-Fedi

      Conductor: Giacomo Benedetti

    3. Largo

      Composer: Giovanni Filippo Maria Dreyer

      Ensemble: Le Tems Revient, Baroque Lumina

      Conductor: Giacomo Benedetti

    4. Affettuoso

      Composer: Giovanni Filippo Maria Dreyer

      Ensemble: Le Tems Revient, Baroque Lumina

      Performer: Rossana Bertini

      Conductor: Giacomo Benedetti

    5. Sicut erat

      Composer: Giovanni Filippo Maria Dreyer

      Ensemble: Le Tems Revient, Baroque Lumina

      Conductor: Giacomo Benedetti

    6. Allegro

      Composer: Giovanni Filippo Maria Dreyer

      Ensemble: Le Tems Revient, Baroque Lumina

      Conductor: Giacomo Benedetti

    7. O Dive

      Composer: Giovanni Filippo Maria Dreyer

      Ensemble: Le Tems Revient, Baroque Lumina

      Conductor: Giacomo Benedetti

    8. Andante

      Composer: Giovanni Filippo Maria Dreyer

      Ensemble: Le Tems Revient, Baroque Lumina

      Performer: Elena Cecchi-Fedi

      Conductor: Giacomo Benedetti

    9. Allegro

      Composer: Giovanni Filippo Maria Dreyer

      Ensemble: Le Tems Revient, Baroque Lumina

      Conductor: Giacomo Benedetti

    10. Beata trinitas

      Composer: Giovanni Filippo Maria Dreyer

      Ensemble: Le Tems Revient, Baroque Lumina

      Conductor: Giacomo Benedetti

    11. Domine

      Composer: Giovanni Filippo Maria Dreyer

      Ensemble: Le Tems Revient, Baroque Lumina

      Conductor: Giacomo Benedetti

    12. Dixit

      Composer: Giovanni Filippo Maria Dreyer

      Ensemble: Le Tems Revient, Baroque Lumina

      Conductor: Giacomo Benedetti

    13. Confitebor

      Composer: Giovanni Filippo Maria Dreyer

      Ensemble: Le Tems Revient, Baroque Lumina

      Conductor: Giacomo Benedetti

    14. Beatus

      Composer: Giovanni Filippo Maria Dreyer

      Ensemble: Le Tems Revient, Baroque Lumina

      Conductor: Giacomo Benedetti

    15. Laudate pueri

      Composer: Giovanni Filippo Maria Dreyer

      Ensemble: Le Tems Revient, Baroque Lumina

      Conductor: Giacomo Benedetti

    16. Laetaus sum

      Composer: Giovanni Filippo Maria Dreyer

      Ensemble: Le Tems Revient, Baroque Lumina

      Conductor: Giacomo Benedetti

    17. Nisi dominus

      Composer: Giovanni Filippo Maria Dreyer

      Ensemble: Le Tems Revient, Baroque Lumina

      Conductor: Giacomo Benedetti

    18. Lauda Jerusalem

      Composer: Giovanni Filippo Maria Dreyer

      Ensemble: Le Tems Revient, Baroque Lumina

      Conductor: Giacomo Benedetti

    19. Laudate dominum

      Composer: Giovanni Filippo Maria Dreyer

      Ensemble: Le Tems Revient, Baroque Lumina

      Conductor: Giacomo Benedetti

    20. Credidi

      Composer: Giovanni Filippo Maria Dreyer

      Ensemble: Le Tems Revient, Baroque Lumina

      Conductor: Giacomo Benedetti

    21. Magnificat

      Composer: Giovanni Filippo Maria Dreyer

      Ensemble: Le Tems Revient, Baroque Lumina

      Conductor: Giacomo Benedetti


Known in his day as ‘il Tedeschino’ (‘the little German fellow’) Giovanni Filippo Maria Dreyer was born in Florence in 1703, and made a name for himself as a castrato soprano in opera houses across Italy and farther north: he enjoyed senior posts at theatres in Wroclaw and Prague before joining the imperial theatre in Moscow. By 1737 he had returned to his home city, where he joined a religious order at the Church of SS Annunziata and became its maestro di capella. The library of SS Annunziata preserves the collection of Salmi Brevi à 4 voci con Strumenti (Short Psalms for four voices with Instruments) composed in 1740 and in part presented here for the first time. The style emulates the popular Neapolitan school of the time, pre-eminently represented by Pergolesi and Alessandro Scarlatti. The harmonic writing is broad, clear and expressive, such as to be appreciated by the general public and not only by a small circle of specialists. Also featured here the motet Verbum caro for two sopranos and continuo, and the more elaborate settings of Domine ad adjuvandum and Inno a 4 per San Filippo, both featuring arias interspersed with choral movements like a cantata. Like the Salmi Brevi, these pieces have never seen the light of day beyond the shelves of the library at SS Annunziata. Invited to research and perform them, the violinist and conductor Giacomo Benedetti has produced these stylish recordings with fellow Italian singers and instrumentalists schooled in historically informed performance practice, and the result is an attractive window onto music-making in the churches of Baroque Florence.