Gatti: Six Sonatas for Violin & Viola

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Composer & Artist:
Composer: Luigi Gatti
Artists: Paolo Ghidoni (violin), Alfredo Zamarra (viola)



About this Album:
The sonatas presented in this recording, labelled as Sonate à Violino e Viola in the autograph score at the Biblioteca Musicale Greggiati in Ostiglia and as Sonate Per Violin solo con accompagnamento di Viola in the parts at the Salzburg Museum, are likely to date back to the very beginning of Gatti’s stay in Salzburg. The autograph is written on paper whose watermarks suggest a date of about 1783. If so, the works were probably commissioned by archbishop Colloredo, for whom a similar cycle of six sonatas was composed in the same year by Michael Haydn, MH 335–38, and W. A. Mozart, K 423–24. (Another set of six by Joseph Hafeneder in the Toggenburg Collection of Bolzano, minus the first sonata, may share the same origin). In which case, the violin part was probably intended for Colloredo himself, a “good performer on the violin” according to Charles Burney. The archbishop was also said to “enjoy performing on the violin, which he played very well” and to be in the habit of “mingling with the court musicians and playing the violin with them” before dinner.

Tracklist:
00:00:00 Sonata in B-Flat Major, No. 1: Allegro aperto
00:07:59 Sonata in B-Flat Major, No. 1: Adagio
00:11:01 Sonata in B-Flat Major, No. 1: Rondo: Allegro con moto
00:16:49 Sonata in D Major, No. 2: Andante
00:23:08 Sonata in D Major, No. 2: Adagio cantabile
00:25:49 Sonata in D Major, No. 2: Tempo di minuetto
00:31:28 Sonata in A Major, No. 3: Allegro aperto
00:35:05 Sonata in A Major, No. 3: Adagio
00:38:13 Sonata in A Major, No. 3: Rondo: Allegretto
00:42:40 Sonata in F Major, No. 4: Cantabile - Allegro con spirito
00:48:50 Sonata in F Major, No. 4: Minuetto
00:57:45 Sonata in F Major, No. 4: Finale: Allegro assai
01:00:46 Sonata in E-Flat Major, No. 5: Moderato
01:04:01 Sonata in E-Flat Major, No. 5: Larghetto espressivo
01:07:13 Sonata in E-Flat Major, No. 5: Allegretto grazioso
01:11:01 Sonata in C Major, No. 6: Un allegro vivace
01:17:13 Sonata in C Major, No. 6: Adagio cantabile
01:22:46 Sonata in C Major, No. 6: Rondo: Allegretto

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