Stanley: Complete Flute Sonatas

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Brilliant Classics
Release Date
September 22, 2023
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      John Stanley
    • PERFORMER
      Daorsa Dervishi, Alessia Travaglini, Nicola Bisotti
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      September 22, 2023
    • UPC
      5028421963976
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      BRI96397
    • LABEL
      Brilliant Classics
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      2
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. I. Adagio

      Composer: John Stanley

      Performer: Daorsa Dervishi, Alessia Travaglini, Nicola Bisotti

    2. II. Allegro

      Composer: John Stanley

      Performer: Daorsa Dervishi, Alessia Travaglini, Nicola Bisotti

    3. III. Minuet with variation: Andante

      Composer: John Stanley

      Performer: Daorsa Dervishi, Alessia Travaglini, Nicola Bisotti

    4. I. Adagio staccato - Affettuoso

      Composer: John Stanley

      Performer: Daorsa Dervishi, Alessia Travaglini, Nicola Bisotti

    5. II. Allegro

      Composer: John Stanley

      Performer: Daorsa Dervishi, Alessia Travaglini, Nicola Bisotti

    6. III. Allegro

      Composer: John Stanley

      Performer: Daorsa Dervishi, Alessia Travaglini, Nicola Bisotti

    7. I. Largo

      Composer: John Stanley

      Performer: Daorsa Dervishi, Alessia Travaglini, Nicola Bisotti

    8. II. Allegro

      Composer: John Stanley

      Performer: Daorsa Dervishi, Alessia Travaglini, Nicola Bisotti

    9. III. Adagio

      Composer: John Stanley

      Performer: Daorsa Dervishi, Alessia Travaglini, Nicola Bisotti

    10. IV. Allegro

      Composer: John Stanley

      Performer: Daorsa Dervishi, Alessia Travaglini, Nicola Bisotti

    11. I. Adagio

      Composer: John Stanley

      Performer: Daorsa Dervishi, Alessia Travaglini, Nicola Bisotti

    12. II. Allegro

      Composer: John Stanley

      Performer: Daorsa Dervishi, Alessia Travaglini, Nicola Bisotti

    13. III. Adagio

      Composer: John Stanley

      Performer: Daorsa Dervishi, Alessia Travaglini, Nicola Bisotti

    14. IV. Minuet: Allegro

      Composer: John Stanley

      Performer: Daorsa Dervishi, Alessia Travaglini, Nicola Bisotti

    15. I. Siciliana

      Composer: John Stanley

      Performer: Daorsa Dervishi, Alessia Travaglini, Nicola Bisotti

    16. II. Allegro

      Composer: John Stanley

      Performer: Daorsa Dervishi, Alessia Travaglini, Nicola Bisotti

    17. III. Minuet: Andante

      Composer: John Stanley

      Performer: Daorsa Dervishi, Alessia Travaglini, Nicola Bisotti

    18. IV. Gavot: Allegro

      Composer: John Stanley

      Performer: Daorsa Dervishi, Alessia Travaglini, Nicola Bisotti

    19. I. Largo

      Composer: John Stanley

      Performer: Daorsa Dervishi, Alessia Travaglini, Nicola Bisotti

    20. II. Allegro andante

      Composer: John Stanley

      Performer: Daorsa Dervishi, Alessia Travaglini, Nicola Bisotti

    21. III. Largo

      Composer: John Stanley

      Performer: Daorsa Dervishi, Alessia Travaglini, Nicola Bisotti

    22. IV. Minuet with variation: Allegro

      Composer: John Stanley

      Performer: Daorsa Dervishi, Alessia Travaglini, Nicola Bisotti

    23. I. Largo

      Composer: John Stanley

      Performer: Daorsa Dervishi, Alessia Travaglini, Nicola Bisotti

    24. II. Allegro

      Composer: John Stanley

      Performer: Daorsa Dervishi, Alessia Travaglini, Nicola Bisotti

    25. III. Siciliana

      Composer: John Stanley

      Performer: Daorsa Dervishi, Alessia Travaglini, Nicola Bisotti

    26. IV. Gavot with variations: Allegro

      Composer: John Stanley

      Performer: Daorsa Dervishi, Alessia Travaglini, Nicola Bisotti

    27. I. Allegro

      Composer: John Stanley

      Performer: Daorsa Dervishi, Alessia Travaglini, Nicola Bisotti

    28. II. Adagio

      Composer: John Stanley

      Performer: Daorsa Dervishi, Alessia Travaglini, Nicola Bisotti

    29. III. Minuet: Allegro

      Composer: John Stanley

      Performer: Daorsa Dervishi, Alessia Travaglini, Nicola Bisotti

    30. I. Siciliana

      Composer: John Stanley

      Performer: Daorsa Dervishi, Alessia Travaglini, Nicola Bisotti

    31. II. Allegro

      Composer: John Stanley

      Performer: Daorsa Dervishi, Alessia Travaglini, Nicola Bisotti

    32. III. Menuet

      Composer: John Stanley

      Performer: Daorsa Dervishi, Alessia Travaglini, Nicola Bisotti

    33. I. Adagio

      Composer: John Stanley

      Performer: Daorsa Dervishi, Alessia Travaglini, Nicola Bisotti

    34. II. Poco allegro

      Composer: John Stanley

      Performer: Daorsa Dervishi, Alessia Travaglini, Nicola Bisotti

    35. III. Adagio

      Composer: John Stanley

      Performer: Daorsa Dervishi, Alessia Travaglini, Nicola Bisotti

    36. IV. Menuet

      Composer: John Stanley

      Performer: Daorsa Dervishi, Alessia Travaglini, Nicola Bisotti

    37. I. Adagio

      Composer: John Stanley

      Performer: Daorsa Dervishi, Alessia Travaglini, Nicola Bisotti

    38. II. Allegro

      Composer: John Stanley

      Performer: Daorsa Dervishi, Alessia Travaglini, Nicola Bisotti

    39. III. Menuet

      Composer: John Stanley

      Performer: Daorsa Dervishi, Alessia Travaglini, Nicola Bisotti

    40. I. Adagio

      Composer: John Stanley

      Performer: Daorsa Dervishi, Alessia Travaglini, Nicola Bisotti

    41. II. Poco Allegro

      Composer: John Stanley

      Performer: Daorsa Dervishi, Alessia Travaglini, Nicola Bisotti

    42. III. Gigg

      Composer: John Stanley

      Performer: Daorsa Dervishi, Alessia Travaglini, Nicola Bisotti

    43. I. Adagio

      Composer: John Stanley

      Performer: Daorsa Dervishi, Alessia Travaglini, Nicola Bisotti

    44. II. Allegro

      Composer: John Stanley

      Performer: Daorsa Dervishi, Alessia Travaglini, Nicola Bisotti

    45. III. Gigg

      Composer: John Stanley

      Performer: Daorsa Dervishi, Alessia Travaglini, Nicola Bisotti

    46. I. Siciliana

      Composer: John Stanley

      Performer: Daorsa Dervishi, Alessia Travaglini, Nicola Bisotti

    47. II. Allegro

      Composer: John Stanley

      Performer: Daorsa Dervishi, Alessia Travaglini, Nicola Bisotti

    48. III. Menuet

      Composer: John Stanley

      Performer: Daorsa Dervishi, Alessia Travaglini, Nicola Bisotti


A first on record: two sets of sonatas by an English contemporary of Handel and Johann Christian Bach; painting a lively portrait of chamber music in London during the middle of the 18th century. John Stanley (1712-1786) was a Londoner; active there as a musician and composer his whole life. He composed during the period in transition from the high Baroque to the bold new Galant style exemplified in London in the works of Johann Christian Bach; the youngest son of JS Bach. Though almost blind from childhood; he graduated from Oxford at the age of 17; and five years later became organist at the Inner Temple Church; a post he kept until his death. His first published collection of original works was issued in 1740; as eight Sonatas Op.1 for flute or violin and harpsichord. All the sonatas in this collection; apart from the last one; begin with a slow movement and end with a dance movement. In following this Baroque form; Stanley achieves an attractive synthesis between the austere style of the church sonata with that of the more sensual style of chamber sonata. Handel acted as both friend and mentor to Stanley; and this relationship bears fruit in the lively dialogue between melody and accompanying voices. On this recording the continuo is expanded in 18th century style by adding a string bass to the harpsichord; infusing the soundworld with variety and richness of timbre. The later Op.4 collection of six sonatas was published five years later; in 1745. Accordingly it incorporates more up-to-date elements of the galant style in which contrapuntal imitation and dialogue is replaced by a more marked distinction between an increasingly virtuosic approach to the melodic voice and a supportive accompaniment; so that the flautist is set to work with every melodic artifice: scales; arpeggios; jumps; ornamentation. Stanley’s invention is the mark of a spontaneous; individual yet immaculately crafted voice which encompasses both a simple; sober style and a more sensual style where counterpoint and dance live together naturally. The harpsichordist Nicola Bisotti supplies a detailed introduction to these charming works in the booklet essay. For the recording he is joined by the Albanian flautist Daorsa Dervishi; a founder-member of the Albanian Baroque Ensemble which has done groundbreaking work in advancing the culture of historically informed performance in her country.