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The music on this album comes not from the early Italian symphonist Giovanni Battista Sammartini but from his older brother Giuseppe, who spent much of his career in London. The five-year age difference shows up in the older brother's music, some of which looks back to Vivaldi. The three concerti grossi on the album are interesting examples of a style that has reached its dead end: Sammartini tries to wedge the small-versus-large-group contrasts of the concerto grosso into incipient Classical phrase structures, with varied harmonic rhythm, non-terraced dynamic changes, and drives to the cadence. The way he does it involves ornate, virtuosic solos. The challenges to the soloists continue in the two oboe concertos on the album, fine additions to the oboe concerto repertory and fully able to stand comparison with Vivaldi's numerous wind concertos, along with which they might profitably be programmed. The three multi-movement pieces labeled overtures are really early Italian symphonies in everything but name, and especially the last one, with two horns, comes very close to the language of the younger Sammartini brother, whose work pointed directly toward the music of Haydn and Mozart. The Belgian historical-instrument group Les Muffati handles the technical difficulties of the music confidently. Conductor Peter van Heyghen takes what some may consider a fast-and-loose attitude toward the dynamic changes in the music, but overall he captures its variety and its situation in an era of dramatic stylistic change. The only real complaint is with the chilly, hollow sound environment of the Belgian church environment where the music was recorded.
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Concerto grosso for Strings and basso continuo in A Major, Op. 2/1 (Giuseppe Sammartini)
Les Muffatti, Performer - Peter Van Heyghen, Performer - Giuseppe Sammartini, Composer
2011 Outhere 2011 Outhere
Les Muffatti, Performer - Peter Van Heyghen, Performer - Giuseppe Sammartini, Composer
2011 Outhere 2011 Outhere
Les Muffatti, Performer - Peter Van Heyghen, Performer - Giuseppe Sammartini, Composer
2011 Outhere 2011 Outhere
Les Muffatti, Performer - Peter Van Heyghen, Performer - Giuseppe Sammartini, Composer
2011 Outhere 2011 Outhere
Concerto grosso for Strings and basso continuo in A Minor, Op. 5/4 (Giuseppe Sammartini)
Les Muffatti, Performer - Peter Van Heyghen, Performer - Giuseppe Sammartini, Composer
2011 Outhere 2011 Outhere
Les Muffatti, Performer - Peter Van Heyghen, Performer - Giuseppe Sammartini, Composer
2011 Outhere 2011 Outhere
Les Muffatti, Performer - Peter Van Heyghen, Performer - Giuseppe Sammartini, Composer
2011 Outhere 2011 Outhere
Les Muffatti, Performer - Peter Van Heyghen, Performer - Giuseppe Sammartini, Composer
2011 Outhere 2011 Outhere
Concerto for Oboe, Strings and basso continuo in C Major (Giuseppe Sammartini)
Benoît Laurent, Performer - Les Muffatti, Performer - Peter Van Heyghen, Performer - Giuseppe Sammartini, Composer
2011 Outhere 2011 Outhere
Benoît Laurent, Performer - Les Muffatti, Performer - Peter Van Heyghen, Performer - Giuseppe Sammartini, Composer
2011 Outhere 2011 Outhere
Benoît Laurent, Performer - Les Muffatti, Performer - Peter Van Heyghen, Performer - Giuseppe Sammartini, Composer
2011 Outhere 2011 Outhere
Overture for Strings and basso continuo in F Major, Op. 10/7 (Giuseppe Sammartini)
Les Muffatti, Performer - Peter Van Heyghen, Performer - Giuseppe Sammartini, Composer
2011 Outhere 2011 Outhere
Les Muffatti, Performer - Peter Van Heyghen, Performer - Giuseppe Sammartini, Composer
2011 Outhere 2011 Outhere
Les Muffatti, Performer - Peter Van Heyghen, Performer - Giuseppe Sammartini, Composer
2011 Outhere 2011 Outhere
Concerto for Oboe, Strings and basso continuo in G Minor, Op. 8/5 (Giuseppe Sammartini)
Benoît Laurent, Performer - Les Muffatti, Performer - Peter Van Heyghen, Performer - Giuseppe Sammartini, Composer
2011 Outhere 2011 Outhere
Benoît Laurent, Performer - Les Muffatti, Performer - Peter Van Heyghen, Performer - Giuseppe Sammartini, Composer
2011 Outhere 2011 Outhere
Benoît Laurent, Performer - Les Muffatti, Performer - Peter Van Heyghen, Performer - Giuseppe Sammartini, Composer
2011 Outhere 2011 Outhere
Overture for Strings and basso continuo in D Major, Op. 10/4 (Giuseppe Sammartini)
Les Muffatti, Performer - Peter Van Heyghen, Performer - Giuseppe Sammartini, Composer
2011 Outhere 2011 Outhere
Les Muffatti, Performer - Peter Van Heyghen, Performer - Giuseppe Sammartini, Composer
2011 Outhere 2011 Outhere
Les Muffatti, Performer - Peter Van Heyghen, Performer - Giuseppe Sammartini, Composer
2011 Outhere 2011 Outhere
Les Muffatti, Performer - Peter Van Heyghen, Performer - Giuseppe Sammartini, Composer
2011 Outhere 2011 Outhere
Concerto grosso for Strings and basso continuo in E Minor, Op. 11/5 (Giuseppe Sammartini)
Les Muffatti, Performer - Peter Van Heyghen, Performer - Giuseppe Sammartini, Composer
2011 Outhere 2011 Outhere
Les Muffatti, Performer - Peter Van Heyghen, Performer - Giuseppe Sammartini, Composer
2011 Outhere 2011 Outhere
Les Muffatti, Performer - Peter Van Heyghen, Performer - Giuseppe Sammartini, Composer
2011 Outhere 2011 Outhere
Les Muffatti, Performer - Peter Van Heyghen, Performer - Giuseppe Sammartini, Composer
2011 Outhere 2011 Outhere
Overture for Two Horns, Strings and basso continuo in G Major, Op. 7/6 (Giuseppe Sammartini)
Les Muffatti, Performer - Peter Van Heyghen, Performer - Giuseppe Sammartini, Composer
2011 Outhere 2011 Outhere
Les Muffatti, Performer - Peter Van Heyghen, Performer - Giuseppe Sammartini, Composer
2011 Outhere 2011 Outhere
Les Muffatti, Performer - Peter Van Heyghen, Performer - Giuseppe Sammartini, Composer
2011 Outhere 2011 Outhere
Album review
The music on this album comes not from the early Italian symphonist Giovanni Battista Sammartini but from his older brother Giuseppe, who spent much of his career in London. The five-year age difference shows up in the older brother's music, some of which looks back to Vivaldi. The three concerti grossi on the album are interesting examples of a style that has reached its dead end: Sammartini tries to wedge the small-versus-large-group contrasts of the concerto grosso into incipient Classical phrase structures, with varied harmonic rhythm, non-terraced dynamic changes, and drives to the cadence. The way he does it involves ornate, virtuosic solos. The challenges to the soloists continue in the two oboe concertos on the album, fine additions to the oboe concerto repertory and fully able to stand comparison with Vivaldi's numerous wind concertos, along with which they might profitably be programmed. The three multi-movement pieces labeled overtures are really early Italian symphonies in everything but name, and especially the last one, with two horns, comes very close to the language of the younger Sammartini brother, whose work pointed directly toward the music of Haydn and Mozart. The Belgian historical-instrument group Les Muffati handles the technical difficulties of the music confidently. Conductor Peter van Heyghen takes what some may consider a fast-and-loose attitude toward the dynamic changes in the music, but overall he captures its variety and its situation in an era of dramatic stylistic change. The only real complaint is with the chilly, hollow sound environment of the Belgian church environment where the music was recorded.
© TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 28 track(s)
- Total length: 01:18:59
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Benoît Laurent Les Muffatti Peter Van Heyghen
- Composer: Giuseppe Sammartini
- Label: Ramée
- Genre: Classical
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