Galuppi / Genewein - Italian Rococo at the Hermitage - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Album Tracks 1. Keyboard Sonata in E Flat Major, Illy No. 17 2. Keyboard Sonata in D Major, Illy No. 46 3. Keyboard Sonata in B Flat Major, Illy No. 23 4. Keyboard Sonata in a Major, Illy No. 47 5. Keyboard Sonata in D Major, Illy No. 31

Peter Seivewright was amongst the first musicians to seriously research (in 1994) the 100+ keyboard sonatas by Venetian composer Galuppi, also famed as a pioneer of opera buffa. While others have since come to appreciate and record the fine variety and novelty of these works, for many personal and career reasons, Seivewright's series was held up after volume 3 was released in 2004 but is now back on track with this intermediate album which includes also the G major Piano Concerto. Many of the sonatas have had to be reconstructed from single movement manuscripts. They show amazing diversity, from single-movement works to two- and three-movement pieces, and from basic baroque style to a Romanticism prescient of Schumann. Seivewright strongly believes that the works were specifically written for the pianoforte rather than harpsichord due to their frequent need for sostenuto and other factors. Peter Seivewright studied at Oxford then at the Royal Northern College of Music. He has performed extensively as recitalist and concerto soloist and has taught in colleges around the world, from Scotland to Trinidad to Afghanistan and most recently in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Album Tracks 1. Sonata in D Major 2. Sonata in D minor 3. Sonata in F Major 4. Sonata in G Major 5. Sonata in C Major 6. Sonata in E Flat Major 7. Sonata in G Major 8. Sonata in F Major 9. Piano Concerto in G Major

'Settecento' is the style of art, music and architecture that emerged in Italy in the early 18th century, celebrated here by La Serenissima and Adrian Chandler with a collection of works from that era. The works are grouped by the areas of Italy where each composer worked, including the Kingdom of Naples (Scarlatti, Mancini), Republic of Venice (Dall'Abaco, Vandini, Tartini & Vivaldi) and the Papal States / Bologna (Brescianello). The ensemble La Serenissima is recognized as the UK's leading exponent of the music of 18th-century Venice and connected composers. Uniquely, the group's entire repertoire is edited from manuscript or contemporary sources. It has become synonymous with virtuosity, dynamism and accessibility, uncovering new repertoire and making it available to all through live performance, recordings and educational initiatives. Album Tracks 1. Sonata for Recorder, 2 Violins & Continuo in C minor 2. Sonata for Violin & Continuo in G minor, Op. 4.12 3. Sonata for Cello & Continuo in a Minor 4. Sonata for Recorder, 2 Violins & Continuo in G minor 5. Sonata for 2 Violins & Continuo in B minor 6. Sonata for Violin & Continuo in E minor, Op.1.5, Be6 7. Sonata for Recorder, 2 Violins & Continuo in a Minor, RV 108