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Serini: Sonate per il cembalo solo

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Details

Composer
SERINI, GIOVANNI BATTISTA
Artist
Marco Ruggeri
Format
CD
Label
MV Cremona
Released
May 05, 2017
Catalog #
MVC002010
UPC
8032632230106

About

Giovanni Battista Serini is a composer all but forgotten today, known exclusively by harpsichordists and pianists thanks only to the three sonatas presented in this recording. In actuality, these works already enjoyed considerable renown at the time of their first publication and were then revised and adapted for the piano and, successively, various new modern editions. Nevertheless, the thorough study of Serini in recent years has revealed him to be quite a unique musical figure of remarkable grandeur. His biography still contains many unknown aspects but thanks to recent discoveries it is being enriched with new elements little by little. These three sonatas were composed by Serini during his Bückeburg period and, like all of his musical output, are in the galant style. They are three authentic masterworks that in some way give us the scope of his compositional talent with the elegance of their writing and the remarkable originality of the themes and their relative development, with solutions, often ingenious and not to be taken for granted.

Tracklist 12 tracks

  1. 1 I. Allegro assai 05:42
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Allegro assai
    Duration
    05:42
    Composer
    Giovanni Battista Serini
    Performer
    Marco Ruggeri
  2. 2 II. Andantino grazioso 04:22
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Andantino grazioso
    Duration
    04:22
    Composer
    Giovanni Battista Serini
    Performer
    Marco Ruggeri
  3. 3 III. Allegro 02:59
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Allegro
    Duration
    02:59
    Composer
    Giovanni Battista Serini
    Performer
    Marco Ruggeri
  4. 4 IV. Fuga a tempo 03:52
    Track
    4
    Title
    IV. Fuga a tempo
    Duration
    03:52
    Composer
    Giovanni Battista Serini
    Performer
    Marco Ruggeri
  5. 5 I. Allegro 04:30
    Track
    5
    Title
    I. Allegro
    Duration
    04:30
    Composer
    Giovanni Battista Serini
    Performer
    Marco Ruggeri
  6. 6 II. Andantino 02:16
    Track
    6
    Title
    II. Andantino
    Duration
    02:16
    Composer
    Giovanni Battista Serini
    Performer
    Marco Ruggeri
  7. 7 III. Allegro 02:23
    Track
    7
    Title
    III. Allegro
    Duration
    02:23
    Composer
    Giovanni Battista Serini
    Performer
    Marco Ruggeri
  8. 8 IV. Allegro grazioso 01:21
    Track
    8
    Title
    IV. Allegro grazioso
    Duration
    01:21
    Composer
    Giovanni Battista Serini
    Performer
    Marco Ruggeri
  9. 9 I. Andante 06:27
    Track
    9
    Title
    I. Andante
    Duration
    06:27
    Composer
    Giovanni Battista Serini
    Performer
    Marco Ruggeri
  10. 10 II. Lento 02:14
    Track
    10
    Title
    II. Lento
    Duration
    02:14
    Composer
    Giovanni Battista Serini
    Performer
    Marco Ruggeri
  11. 11 III. Allegro assai 03:11
    Track
    11
    Title
    III. Allegro assai
    Duration
    03:11
    Composer
    Giovanni Battista Serini
    Performer
    Marco Ruggeri
  12. 12 Cappricio (after F. Bianchi) 07:03
    Track
    12
    Title
    Cappricio (after F. Bianchi)
    Duration
    07:03
    Composer
    Giovanni Battista Serini
    Performer
    Marco Ruggeri