This musical journey takes its title from one of William Corbett’s Bizzarie universali, a set of concertos which, in truth, owe much more to the Italian tradition than to the Iberian peninsula . . . In the Age of Enlightenment, Portuguese music shared the favours of certain English publishers with its Spanish neighbour; drinking at the inexhaustible source of the Scarlatti sonatas, Charles Avison conceived sumptuous concertos that sound extraordinarily like their contemporary equivalents written at Coimbra by Seixas. This constant exchange between Iberian chamber music and the eighteenth-century orchestra culminates in an orchestral arrangement of Boccherini’s famous Musica notturna, presented by Andreas Staier in total complicity with the Baroque orchestra of the Casa da Música de Porto.
William Corbett [1680-1748]
Concerto "Alla Portugesa", op. 8 n° 7
Si bemol majeur / B-flat Major / B-Dur
1. I. Allegro 3'09
2. II. Largo e pia[no] 4'16
3. III. Allegro 2'03
Jose António Carlos de Seixas [1704-1742]
Concerto a 4 con vv. e cimbalo obligato
sol mineur / G minor / g-Moll
4. I. Allegro 5'25
5. II. Adagio 2'39
6. III. Allegro assai 6'15
Domenico Scarlatti [1685-1757]
7. Sonata for harpsichord, K 8
sol mineur / G minor / g-Moll
Allegro 2'33
8. Sonata for harpsichord, K 13
Sol majeur / G major / G-Dur
Presto 4'09
9. Sonata for harpsichord, K 173
si mineur / B minor / h-Moll
Allegro 4'44
Jose António Carlos de Seixas [1704-1742]
Concerto a 4 con vv. e cimbalo obligato
La majeur / A major / A-Dur
10. I. Allegro 1'52
11. II. Adagio1'07
12. III. Giga. Allegro 2'16
Charles Avison [1709-1770]
Concerto grosso n° 5
re mineur / D minor / d-Moll
13. I. Largo 2'44
14. II. Allegro 1'40
15. III. Andante moderato 1'40
16. IV. Allegro 2'02
Luigi Boccherini [1743-1805]
Quintettino "Musica Notturna delle strade di Madrid", op.30 n° 6
Ut majeur / C Major / C-Dur
17. I. Ave Maria. Imitando il tocco dell'Ave Maria della Parrochia1'01
18. II. Minuetto 2'09
19. III. Rosario. Largo assai 4'37
20. IV. Los manolos. Passa Calle. Allegro 2'00
21. V. Ritirata con variazioni. Tempo di Marcia 6'20 |
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