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Tessarini: Allettamenti da Camera for Violin Solo & Bass

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Details

Composer
Carlo Tessarini Da Rimini
Artist
Cappella Musicale Enrico Stuart, Gabriele Pro, Andrea Lattarulo, Michele Carreca, Simone El Oufir Pi
Format
CD
Label
Brilliant Classics
Released
Jul 12, 2024
Catalog #
BRI96847
UPC
5028421968476

About

Music for 'The Cardinal King': the only complete available recording of an engaging chamber-collection from 18thcentury Rome, written for the head of a renegade English Catholic family in exile. Several previous Brilliant Classics albums have given notice of the under-appreciated gifts of Carlo Tessarini (1690-1766). Collections of his violin and flute sonatas have revealed a consistently inspired and stylish voice, reliably well-turned melodies and shapely instrumental parts rewarding players and listeners alike. The same qualities illuminate this collection of five Allettamenti da Camera, composed in Rome in 1740 and dedicated to His Royal Highness Henry Duke of York. By that stage in his career, the Rimini-born Tessarini had worked for courts and aristocratic patrons in Venice and Urbino. He had lately moved south to Rome, perhaps in hope of currying favour with the Stuarts, who had lived in the city as celebrated exiles for some years. Surely no dedicatee, whatever their musical expertise, could fail to be delighted by music of such accomplishment and sunny elegance. Each of the five Allettamenti is cast in a tripartite quick-slow-quick form of sonata movements, and they are crowned by a virtuosic, two-part Capriccio which allots a starring role to the solo violin in a set of increasingly elaborate variations. All the same, Tessarini departed for Naples shortly after their composition, and continued on his travels across Europe, finding receptive audiences in France, England and the Netherland, where he died early in 1767. This new recording has been made by an ensemble of Italian early-music specialists who have gathered for the purpose under the banner of the Cappella Musicale Enrico Stuart. They are led by the violinist Gabriele Pro, who is joined by Andrea Lattarulo (cello), Michele Carreca (theorbo and guitar) and Simone El Oufir Pierini (harpsichord). Pierini has won glowing opinions for previous Brilliant Classics albums dedicated to the music of Cherubini (96246), de Montgéroult (96247) and Tinazzoli (96865).

Tracklist 17 tracks

  1. 1 I. Adagio 02:38
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Adagio
    Duration
    02:38
    Composer
    Carlo Tessarini
    Performer
    Gabriele Pro
    Ensemble
    Cappella Musicale Enrico Stuart
  2. 2 II. Allegro 04:30
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Allegro
    Duration
    04:30
    Composer
    Carlo Tessarini
    Performer
    Gabriele Pro
    Ensemble
    Cappella Musicale Enrico Stuart
  3. 3 III. Allegro 03:41
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Allegro
    Duration
    03:41
    Composer
    Carlo Tessarini
    Performer
    Gabriele Pro
    Ensemble
    Cappella Musicale Enrico Stuart
  4. 4 I. Vivace 04:30
    Track
    4
    Title
    I. Vivace
    Duration
    04:30
    Composer
    Carlo Tessarini
    Performer
    Gabriele Pro
    Ensemble
    Cappella Musicale Enrico Stuart
  5. 5 II. Largo 02:08
    Track
    5
    Title
    II. Largo
    Duration
    02:08
    Composer
    Carlo Tessarini
    Performer
    Gabriele Pro
    Ensemble
    Cappella Musicale Enrico Stuart
  6. 6 III. Presto 04:18
    Track
    6
    Title
    III. Presto
    Duration
    04:18
    Composer
    Carlo Tessarini
    Performer
    Gabriele Pro
    Ensemble
    Cappella Musicale Enrico Stuart
  7. 7 I. Allegro 04:42
    Track
    7
    Title
    I. Allegro
    Duration
    04:42
    Composer
    Carlo Tessarini
    Performer
    Gabriele Pro
    Ensemble
    Cappella Musicale Enrico Stuart
  8. 8 II. Andante 03:06
    Track
    8
    Title
    II. Andante
    Duration
    03:06
    Composer
    Carlo Tessarini
    Performer
    Gabriele Pro
    Ensemble
    Cappella Musicale Enrico Stuart
  9. 9 III. Presto 03:39
    Track
    9
    Title
    III. Presto
    Duration
    03:39
    Composer
    Carlo Tessarini
    Performer
    Gabriele Pro
    Ensemble
    Cappella Musicale Enrico Stuart
  10. 10 I. Largo 02:03
    Track
    10
    Title
    I. Largo
    Duration
    02:03
    Composer
    Carlo Tessarini
    Performer
    Gabriele Pro
    Ensemble
    Cappella Musicale Enrico Stuart
  11. 11 II. Vivace 03:13
    Track
    11
    Title
    II. Vivace
    Duration
    03:13
    Composer
    Carlo Tessarini
    Performer
    Gabriele Pro
    Ensemble
    Cappella Musicale Enrico Stuart
  12. 12 III. Presto assai 02:10
    Track
    12
    Title
    III. Presto assai
    Duration
    02:10
    Composer
    Carlo Tessarini
    Performer
    Gabriele Pro
    Ensemble
    Cappella Musicale Enrico Stuart
  13. 13 I. Adagio 03:15
    Track
    13
    Title
    I. Adagio
    Duration
    03:15
    Composer
    Carlo Tessarini
    Performer
    Gabriele Pro
    Ensemble
    Cappella Musicale Enrico Stuart
  14. 14 II. Allegro 03:31
    Track
    14
    Title
    II. Allegro
    Duration
    03:31
    Composer
    Carlo Tessarini
    Performer
    Gabriele Pro
    Ensemble
    Cappella Musicale Enrico Stuart
  15. 15 III. Presto 03:52
    Track
    15
    Title
    III. Presto
    Duration
    03:52
    Composer
    Carlo Tessarini
    Performer
    Gabriele Pro
    Ensemble
    Cappella Musicale Enrico Stuart
  16. 16 I. Adagio - Presto 03:33
    Track
    16
    Title
    I. Adagio - Presto
    Duration
    03:33
    Composer
    Carlo Tessarini
    Performer
    Gabriele Pro
    Ensemble
    Cappella Musicale Enrico Stuart
  17. 17 II. Variazione 09:41
    Track
    17
    Title
    II. Variazione
    Duration
    09:41
    Composer
    Carlo Tessarini
    Performer
    Gabriele Pro
    Ensemble
    Cappella Musicale Enrico Stuart