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Weber: Sonate a mandolino e basso

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Details

Composer
Francesco Weber
Artist
Davide Rebuffa, Luca Guglielmi, Nicola Brovelli
Format
CD
Label
Tactus
Released
Aug 07, 2026
Catalog #
TC692301
UPC
8007194108378

About

The 12 Sonatas for mandolino and continuo by Francesco Weber represent one of the most interesting collections of compositions for the baroque mandolino that have come down to us. Despite his German surname clearly suggesting German ancestry, Francesco Weber, was an Italian lutenist / theorbist / mandolinist and composer, whose career was mainly in England. My research started from his will - drawn up in London under the name of John Francis Weber on April 13, 1745 - and proved several months after his death on June 5, 1751, in which the 'Republic of Genova' is often mentioned concerning assets and family properties. The 5-course mandolin used for this recording was built in Genoa in 1717 by Andrea Weber (1658-1740). It is the only surviving example by this maker, and one of the very few surviving Genoese baroque 'mandolinos.' It is an instrument recently discovered in a private collection, therefore completely unknown even to early mandolin experts, before this recording. An even more extraordinary aspect that distinguishes this disc is the fact that it represents a truly exceptional case - perhaps unprecedented at least in the field of early plucked string instruments - in which the music of a composer is recorded using an instrument built by his father.

Tracklist 12 tracks

  1. 1 Sonata 1: Andante – Allegro – Menuet con Spirito 05:11
    Track
    1
    Title
    Sonata 1: Andante – Allegro – Menuet con Spirito
    Duration
    05:11
    Composer
    Francesco Weber
    Performer
    Davide Rebuffa, Nicola Brovelli, Luca Guglielmi
  2. 2 Sonata 2: Andante con spirito - [Minuetto] Sostenuto - Giga (Allegro assai) 05:50
    Track
    2
    Title
    Sonata 2: Andante con spirito - [Minuetto] Sostenuto - Giga (Allegro assai)
    Duration
    05:50
    Composer
    Francesco Weber
    Performer
    Davide Rebuffa, Nicola Brovelli, Luca Guglielmi
  3. 3 Sonata 3: Amoroso - Allegro - Menuet (Lento) 06:09
    Track
    3
    Title
    Sonata 3: Amoroso - Allegro - Menuet (Lento)
    Duration
    06:09
    Composer
    Francesco Weber
    Performer
    Davide Rebuffa, Nicola Brovelli, Luca Guglielmi
  4. 4 Sonata 4: Andante - Larghetto - Gavotta 07:13
    Track
    4
    Title
    Sonata 4: Andante - Larghetto - Gavotta
    Duration
    07:13
    Composer
    Francesco Weber
    Performer
    Davide Rebuffa, Nicola Brovelli, Luca Guglielmi
  5. 5 Sonata 5: Andante - larghetto - Menuet (Allegro) 06:37
    Track
    5
    Title
    Sonata 5: Andante - larghetto - Menuet (Allegro)
    Duration
    06:37
    Composer
    Francesco Weber
    Performer
    Davide Rebuffa, Nicola Brovelli, Luca Guglielmi
  6. 6 Sonata 6: [Allegro] - Largo - Giga 06:09
    Track
    6
    Title
    Sonata 6: [Allegro] - Largo - Giga
    Duration
    06:09
    Composer
    Francesco Weber
    Performer
    Davide Rebuffa, Nicola Brovelli, Luca Guglielmi
  7. 7 Sonata 7: Lento - Allegro - Menuet (con spirito ma non presto) 08:01
    Track
    7
    Title
    Sonata 7: Lento - Allegro - Menuet (con spirito ma non presto)
    Duration
    08:01
    Composer
    Francesco Weber
    Performer
    Davide Rebuffa, Nicola Brovelli, Luca Guglielmi
  8. 8 Sonata 8: Larghetto - Allegro - Lento - Giga 06:56
    Track
    8
    Title
    Sonata 8: Larghetto - Allegro - Lento - Giga
    Duration
    06:56
    Composer
    Francesco Weber
    Performer
    Davide Rebuffa, Nicola Brovelli, Luca Guglielmi
  9. 9 Sonata 9: Largo - Allegro assai - Menuet (Piano) 05:09
    Track
    9
    Title
    Sonata 9: Largo - Allegro assai - Menuet (Piano)
    Duration
    05:09
    Composer
    Francesco Weber
    Performer
    Davide Rebuffa, Nicola Brovelli, Luca Guglielmi
  10. 10 Sonata 10: Largo - Allegro - Menuet spiritoso ma non presto 08:14
    Track
    10
    Title
    Sonata 10: Largo - Allegro - Menuet spiritoso ma non presto
    Duration
    08:14
    Composer
    Francesco Weber
    Performer
    Davide Rebuffa, Nicola Brovelli, Luca Guglielmi
  11. 11 Sonata 11: Vaggo - Gigga - Sarabanda - Menuet con spirito 07:30
    Track
    11
    Title
    Sonata 11: Vaggo - Gigga - Sarabanda - Menuet con spirito
    Duration
    07:30
    Composer
    Francesco Weber
    Performer
    Davide Rebuffa, Nicola Brovelli, Luca Guglielmi
  12. 12 Sonata 12: Moderatto - Allegro - Menuet con spirito 06:35
    Track
    12
    Title
    Sonata 12: Moderatto - Allegro - Menuet con spirito
    Duration
    06:35
    Composer
    Francesco Weber
    Performer
    Davide Rebuffa, Nicola Brovelli, Luca Guglielmi