Valentine: Chamber Music

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Label
Brilliant Classics
Release Date
January 23, 2026
Format
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Roberto Valentini
    • PERFORMER
      Enrico Casularo, Anna Kirchmeier, Jonathan Nubel, Ensemble Afflatus
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      January 23, 2026
    • UPC
      5028421976839
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      BRI97683
    • LABEL
      Brilliant Classics
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. I. Allegro

      Composer: Roberto Valentini

      Ensemble: Ensemble Afflatus

      Performer: Enrico Casularo

      Conductor: Enrico Casularo

    2. II. Largo

      Composer: Roberto Valentini

      Ensemble: Ensemble Afflatus

      Performer: Enrico Casularo

      Conductor: Enrico Casularo

    3. III. Presto

      Composer: Roberto Valentini

      Ensemble: Ensemble Afflatus

      Performer: Enrico Casularo

      Conductor: Enrico Casularo

    4. IV. Affettuoso

      Composer: Roberto Valentini

      Ensemble: Ensemble Afflatus

      Performer: Enrico Casularo

      Conductor: Enrico Casularo

    5. I. Adagio

      Composer: Roberto Valentini

      Ensemble: Ensemble Afflatus

      Performer: Enrico Casularo

      Conductor: Enrico Casularo

    6. II. Allegro

      Composer: Roberto Valentini

      Ensemble: Ensemble Afflatus

      Performer: Enrico Casularo

      Conductor: Enrico Casularo

    7. III. Adagio

      Composer: Roberto Valentini

      Ensemble: Ensemble Afflatus

      Performer: Enrico Casularo

      Conductor: Enrico Casularo

    8. IV. Giga allegro

      Composer: Roberto Valentini

      Ensemble: Ensemble Afflatus

      Performer: Enrico Casularo

      Conductor: Enrico Casularo

    9. V. Allegro

      Composer: Roberto Valentini

      Ensemble: Ensemble Afflatus

      Performer: Enrico Casularo

      Conductor: Enrico Casularo

    10. I. Allegro

      Composer: Roberto Valentini

      Ensemble: Ensemble Afflatus

      Performer: Jonathan Nubel

      Conductor: Enrico Casularo

    11. II. Andante

      Composer: Roberto Valentini

      Ensemble: Ensemble Afflatus

      Performer: Jonathan Nubel

      Conductor: Enrico Casularo

    12. III. Allegro

      Composer: Roberto Valentini

      Ensemble: Ensemble Afflatus

      Performer: Jonathan Nubel

      Conductor: Enrico Casularo

    13. I. Adagio

      Composer: Roberto Valentini

      Ensemble: Ensemble Afflatus

      Performer: Enrico Casularo

      Conductor: Enrico Casularo

    14. II. Allegro

      Composer: Roberto Valentini

      Ensemble: Ensemble Afflatus

      Performer: Enrico Casularo

      Conductor: Enrico Casularo

    15. III. Adagio

      Composer: Roberto Valentini

      Ensemble: Ensemble Afflatus

      Performer: Enrico Casularo

      Conductor: Enrico Casularo

    16. IV. Allegro

      Composer: Roberto Valentini

      Ensemble: Ensemble Afflatus

      Performer: Enrico Casularo

      Conductor: Enrico Casularo

    17. V. Minuetto allegro

      Composer: Roberto Valentini

      Ensemble: Ensemble Afflatus

      Performer: Enrico Casularo

      Conductor: Enrico Casularo

    18. I. Adagio

      Composer: Roberto Valentini

      Performer: Anne Kirchmeier, Caroline Emery

    19. II. Allegro

      Composer: Roberto Valentini

      Performer: Anne Kirchmeier, Caroline Emery

    20. III. Adagio

      Composer: Roberto Valentini

      Performer: Anne Kirchmeier, Caroline Emery

    21. IV. Giga allegro

      Composer: Roberto Valentini

      Performer: Anne Kirchmeier, Caroline Emery

    22. V. Minuetto: Allegro

      Composer: Roberto Valentini

      Performer: Anne Kirchmeier, Caroline Emery

    23. I. Adagio

      Composer: Roberto Valentini

      Ensemble: Ensemble Afflatus

      Performer: Enrico Casularo

      Conductor: Enrico Casularo

    24. II. Allegro

      Composer: Roberto Valentini

      Ensemble: Ensemble Afflatus

      Performer: Enrico Casularo

      Conductor: Enrico Casularo

    25. IIII. Adagio

      Composer: Roberto Valentini

      Ensemble: Ensemble Afflatus

      Performer: Enrico Casularo

      Conductor: Enrico Casularo

    26. IV. Allegro

      Composer: Roberto Valentini

      Ensemble: Ensemble Afflatus

      Performer: Enrico Casularo

      Conductor: Enrico Casularo


New recordings of High-Baroque concertos and sonatas by a forgotten English composer living in 18th-century Rome. Born in Leicester around 1673, Robert Valentine came from a family of musicians, but found his vocation and his career path once he moved to Rome in his 20s. Working as a violinist and flautist for several churches, he was evidently proficient in several other instruments such as the oboe, and quickly found his feet as a composer with an ear for public taste, and the ability to translate his instrumental virtuosity into original invention on the page. The present album takes a representative sample of that fluent invention with sonatas and 'concertos' (also written for chamber forces) from several different collections. A Sonata for two recorders holds instant appeal for anyone captivated by Vivaldi's writing for the instrument. A Concerto in B flat, for recorder, two violins and ensemble, is worthy of comparison with the work of the Venetian master, for it's brilliance and intensity. By contrast, the style of the 'Concerto con Flauto Traversiero' leans towards a crystalline simplicity, well suited to the delicate sound of the transverse flute of the period, and capable of producing those chiaroscuro effects and dynamic nuances that the recorder lacks. In each case, Valentine writes sensitively for his chosen forces. A pair of sonatas for flute and basso continuo, published in 1735 as part of Valentine's Op.13, are effectively elegant Baroque dance-suites - whereas an Op.13 published elsewhere under Valentine's name includes a violin sonata written in the galant style, full of rustic fanfares and flourishes. Founded and led by the flautist Enrico Casularo, Ensemble Afflatus specialises in the performance and recording of little-known, often unpublished music from 18th-century Italy. Casulero is also an editor of this repertoire, and a teacher of Baroque flute at the Santa Cecilia conservatoire in Rome. He is joined here by colleagues with no less expertise in the repertoire, and the album makes an ideal introduction to the art of Robert Valentine.