Luca Guglielmi & Concerto Madrigalesco - Platti: Concerti per il cembalo obligato (2014) [Hi-Res]

Tracklist

01. Concerto a cembalo obligato No. 2 in Do Minore, I 49: I. Andantino
02. Concerto a cembalo obligato No. 2 in Do Minore, I 49: II. Adagio
03. Concerto a cembalo obligato No. 2 in Do Minore, I 49: III. Allegro
04. Sonata oboe solo in Do Minore, I 100: I. Adagio assai
05. Sonata oboe solo in Do Minore, I 100: II. Allegro assai
06. Sonata oboe solo in Do Minore, I 100: III. Non tanto adagio
07. Sonata oboe solo in Do Minore, I 100: IV. Giga (Presto)
08. Concerto a cembalo obligato No. 7 in Sol Maggiore, I 55: I. Andantino
09. Concerto a cembalo obligato No. 7 in Sol Maggiore, I 55: II. Largo
10. Concerto a cembalo obligato No. 7 in Sol Maggiore, I 55: III. Allegro assai
11. Sonata per cembalo solo in Do Minore, Op. 4 No. 2, I 109: I. Fantasia (Allegro)
12. Sonata per cembalo solo in Do Minore, Op. 4 No. 2, I 109: II. Adagio
13. Sonata per cembalo solo in Do Minore, Op. 4 No. 2, I 109: III. Allegro
14. Sonata per cembalo solo in Do Minore, Op. 4 No. 2, I 109: IV. Allegro (Presto)
15. Concerto per il cembalo obligato No. 6 in La Maggiore, I 57: I. Allegro ma non tanto
16. Concerto per il cembalo obligato No. 6 in La Maggiore, I 57: II. Largo
17. Concerto per il cembalo obligato No. 6 in La Maggiore, I 57: III. Allegro

Twelve years younger than Bach and Handel, Giovanni Benedetto Platti left us a collection of nine Concerti per il cembalo obligato which rank not only among the very early examples of composition for keyboard instrument and strings, but also and above all, the first specimens especially conceived for the fortepiano, the new instrument invented by Bartolomeo Cristofori.

Billiant soloist and regular keyboard player of Zefiro, Luca Guglielmi offers us, for the first time on period instruments three brilliant and foreseeing piano concertos, interspersed with the large scale Piano Sonata in C minor, a very widespread composition at the time, and the baroque Sonata for oboe, with a special appearence by Paolo Grazzi.

An ashtonishing piece of music from a composer who deserves to be recognized as one of the greatest of his time.