Weber: Sonate a mandolino e basso

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Label
Tactus
Release Date
August 7, 2026
Format
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Francesco Weber
    • PERFORMER
      Davide Rebuffa, Luca Guglielmi, Nicola Brovelli
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      August 07, 2026
    • UPC
      8007194108378
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      TC692301
    • LABEL
      Tactus
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Baroque Era
    Works ⌄

    1. Sonata 1: Andante – Allegro – Menuet con Spirito

      Composer: Francesco Weber

      Performer: Davide Rebuffa, Nicola Brovelli, Luca Guglielmi

    2. Sonata 2: Andante con spirito - [Minuetto] Sostenuto - Giga (Allegro assai)

      Composer: Francesco Weber

      Performer: Davide Rebuffa, Nicola Brovelli, Luca Guglielmi

    3. Sonata 3: Amoroso - Allegro - Menuet (Lento)

      Composer: Francesco Weber

      Performer: Davide Rebuffa, Nicola Brovelli, Luca Guglielmi

    4. Sonata 4: Andante - Larghetto - Gavotta

      Composer: Francesco Weber

      Performer: Davide Rebuffa, Nicola Brovelli, Luca Guglielmi

    5. Sonata 5: Andante - larghetto - Menuet (Allegro)

      Composer: Francesco Weber

      Performer: Davide Rebuffa, Nicola Brovelli, Luca Guglielmi

    6. Sonata 6: [Allegro] - Largo - Giga

      Composer: Francesco Weber

      Performer: Davide Rebuffa, Nicola Brovelli, Luca Guglielmi

    7. Sonata 7: Lento - Allegro - Menuet (con spirito ma non presto)

      Composer: Francesco Weber

      Performer: Davide Rebuffa, Nicola Brovelli, Luca Guglielmi

    8. Sonata 8: Larghetto - Allegro - Lento - Giga

      Composer: Francesco Weber

      Performer: Davide Rebuffa, Nicola Brovelli, Luca Guglielmi

    9. Sonata 9: Largo - Allegro assai - Menuet (Piano)

      Composer: Francesco Weber

      Performer: Davide Rebuffa, Nicola Brovelli, Luca Guglielmi

    10. Sonata 10: Largo - Allegro - Menuet spiritoso ma non presto

      Composer: Francesco Weber

      Performer: Davide Rebuffa, Nicola Brovelli, Luca Guglielmi

    11. Sonata 11: Vaggo - Gigga - Sarabanda - Menuet con spirito

      Composer: Francesco Weber

      Performer: Davide Rebuffa, Nicola Brovelli, Luca Guglielmi

    12. Sonata 12: Moderatto - Allegro - Menuet con spirito

      Composer: Francesco Weber

      Performer: Davide Rebuffa, Nicola Brovelli, Luca Guglielmi


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.