Rinaldo Alessandrini, Concerto Italiano – 1700 (2018) [Official Digital Download 24bit/88,2kHz]

Rinaldo Alessandrini, Concerto Italiano – 1700 (2018)
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A player of the harpsichord, organ and pianoforte; a choirmaster and conductor; Rinaldo Alessandrini is a teacher too, who loves to use his records and concerts to draw his audience into thrilling themes. This Roman is well-placed to know just how much history – and musical history is no exception here – is made up of strata which build up over each other, creating a jumble which can be anarchic, but which always drives invention.

After an album that retells the story of 150 Years of Italian Music (Naïve 1994), and then another dedicated to the beginnings of Italian baroque in 1600 (Naïve 2012), we were treated to an enchanting black pearl, as incongruous as it was strange: Monteverdi – Night. Stories of lovers and Warriors (Naïve 2017) offers a collection of works that celebrate the night. Here is a recording dedicated to the flourishing of instrumental music in the later baroque period around 1700.

The new composers who appear in this new work, Locatelli, Mascitti, Vivaldi, Caldara, Durante, Galuppi, Pugnani, were all very famous in their own times, and all went off to bring the good news about this new musical style to the four corners of Europe; they built up a kind of international musical language which would entrance the courts, and music-lovers in their first public concerts. The record bears that joyful playing style characteristic of Rinaldo Alessandrini and his Concerto Italiano, and a virtuosity which is as much a pleasure to behold as the rococo architecture and painting of that flamboyant epoch. –  François Hudry

Tracklist:
01. Concerto Italiano, Rinaldo Alessandrini – 8 Violin Sonatas and 4 Concertos, Op. 7, No. 2 in E Minor: I. Allegro moderato (02:18)
02. Concerto Italiano, Rinaldo Alessandrini – 8 Violin Sonatas and 4 Concertos, Op. 7, No. 2 in E Minor: II. Allegro (01:57)
03. Concerto Italiano, Rinaldo Alessandrini – 8 Violin Sonatas and 4 Concertos, Op. 7, No. 2 in E Minor: III. Larghetto (02:46)
04. Concerto Italiano, Rinaldo Alessandrini – 8 Violin Sonatas and 4 Concertos, Op. 7, No. 2 in E Minor: IV. Allegro moderato (02:20)
05. Concerto Italiano, Rinaldo Alessandrini – La morte d’Abel, Sinfonia No. 3 in F Minor: I. Larghetto (01:22)
06. Concerto Italiano, Rinaldo Alessandrini – La morte d’Abel, Sinfonia No. 3 in F Minor: II. Andante (02:22)
07. Concerto Italiano, Rinaldo Alessandrini – Concerto for Strings in D Major, RV 124: I. Allegro (02:10)
08. Concerto Italiano, Rinaldo Alessandrini – Concerto for Strings in D Major, RV 124: II. Grave (02:02)
09. Concerto Italiano, Rinaldo Alessandrini – Concerto for Strings in D Major, RV 124: III. Allegro (01:56)
10. Concerto Italiano, Rinaldo Alessandrini – Concerto a quattro in G Minor: I. Affettuoso-Presto (06:04)
11. Concerto Italiano, Rinaldo Alessandrini – Concerto a quattro in G Minor: II. Largo affettuoso (03:45)
12. Concerto Italiano, Rinaldo Alessandrini – Concerto a quattro in G Minor: III. Allegro (02:32)
13. Concerto Italiano, Rinaldo Alessandrini – 6 Concerti grossi, Op. 3, No. 3 in E Minor, H. 75: I. Adagio e Staccato & II. Allegro-Adagio (02:46)
14. Concerto Italiano, Rinaldo Alessandrini – 6 Concerti grossi, Op. 3, No. 3 in E Minor, H. 75: III. Adagio (01:40)
15. Concerto Italiano, Rinaldo Alessandrini – 6 Concerti grossi, Op. 3, No. 3 in E Minor, H. 75: IV. Allegro (03:34)
16. Concerto Italiano, Rinaldo Alessandrini – Sinfonia funebre composta per le essequie della sua donna che si celebrarono in roma in F Minor, DunL 2.2 “Lamento”: I. Lamento. Largo (01:33)
17. Concerto Italiano, Rinaldo Alessandrini – Sinfonia funebre composta per le essequie della sua donna che si celebrarono in roma in F Minor, DunL 2.2 “Lamento”: II. Alla breve ma moderato (01:50)
18. Concerto Italiano, Rinaldo Alessandrini – Sinfonia funebre composta per le essequie della sua donna che si celebrarono in roma in F Minor, DunL 2.2 “Lamento”: III. Grave (02:21)
19. Concerto Italiano, Rinaldo Alessandrini – Sinfonia funebre composta per le essequie della sua donna che si celebrarono in roma in F Minor, DunL 2.2 “Lamento”: IV. Non presto (02:01)
20. Concerto Italiano, Rinaldo Alessandrini – Sinfonia funebre composta per le essequie della sua donna che si celebrarono in roma in F Minor, DunL 2.2 “Lamento”: V. La consolazione. Andante (02:38)
21. Concerto Italiano, Rinaldo Alessandrini – Concerto a quattro No. 1 in G Minor: I. Grave e Adagio (02:55)
22. Concerto Italiano, Rinaldo Alessandrini – Concerto a quattro No. 1 in G Minor: II. Spiritoso (02:37)
23. Concerto Italiano, Rinaldo Alessandrini – Concerto a quattro No. 1 in G Minor: III. Allegro (03:54)
24. Concerto Italiano, Rinaldo Alessandrini – Sinfonia per archi in B-Flat Major: Adagio (05:25)

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