Francesco Durante (1684-1755) was the most important representative of the Neapolitan School in the first half of the 18-th century, “the greatest harmonist in Italy, that is the world” wrote Jean-Jacques Rousseau in his Dictionnaire de Musique. His pupils include Pergolesi, Jommelli and Paisiello. Composer: Francesco Durante Artists: Ensemble Imaginaire, Cristina Corrieri (conductor) 🎵 Online purchase or streaming (Spotify, iTunes, Amazon Music, Deezer): https://brilliant-classics.lnk.to/DuranteConcertosforStrings 💎 More Information: https://www.brilliantclassics.com/articles/d/durante-concertos-for-strings/ 🎬🎮 Our music is available for sync licensing in videos, films, tv-shows, games, advertising and more. For more information and to request a license go to: https://www.brilliantclassicslicensing.com/ Naples in the first half of the 18th century ranked among the musical capitals of Europe. In the three major genres of operatic, sacred and instrumental music the city both attracted many of the continent’s best musicians to live and work there for a period, as well as nurturing a prodigious native tradition of performers and composers. Among the most distinguished of the latter company is to be counted Francesco Durante (1684-1755), praised by no less than Jean-Jacques Rousseau as ‘the greatest harmonist in Italy, which is to say in the world.’ Extravagant words, on the face of it, but backed up by many passages and twists of genius in the collection of eight concertos for string ensemble which features in this new recording from a sparky Italian period-instrument ensemble. Each concerto has its own proportions; only the Fifth followswhat we now think of as a three-movement, fast-slow-fast model. For the rest, fugues and double canons alternate with minuets and abrupt presto sections that translate some of the drama of opera into purely instrumental terms. The expression is always at full tilt; Neapolitan, one might say, and indeed it is Durante who passed down to posterity many of the characteristics that are now readily associated with an entire school and locale of composition. A world premiere recording distinguishes this set from its competitors: a concerto in B flat which did not belong to the single surviving hand-written score, but is indubitably by Durante, as its harmonic daring and vivid character will confirm. Ensemble Imaginaire gave the first performance of this concerto in modern times during the lead-up to this recording, which will be welcomed by all Baroque music enthusiasts. Tracklist: Concerto No. 1 in F Minor: 00:00:00 I. Un poco andante 00:02:21 II. Allegro 00:04:04 III. Andante 00:09:26 IV. Amoroso 00:11:16 V. Allegro Concerto No. 2 in G Minor: 00:13:01 I. Affettuoso 00:14:57 II. Presto 00:18:27 III. Largo affettuoso 00:22:09 IV. Allegro Concerto No. 3 in E-Flat Major: 00:24:51 I. Presto 00:25:57 II. Largo - Canone sopra canone à 4 00:29:06 III. Allegro 00:32:35 IV. Allegro assai 00:33:51 V. Finale Concerto No. 4 in E Minor: 00:35:09 I. Adagio 00:38:40 II. Ricercare del quarto tono. Allegro 00:40:30 III. Largo 00:43:16 IV. Presto Francesco Durante: Concerto No. 5 in A Major: 00:45:22 I. Presto 00:48:04 II. Largo 00:51:42 III. Allegro Concerto No. 6 in A Major: 00:52:48 I. Allegro 00:56:24 II. Amoroso 00:59:21 III. Minuet. Allegro - Trio - Minuet da capo 01:02:53 IV. Canone à trè Concerto No. 7 in C Major: 01:04:25 I. Moderato 01:08:48 II. Allegro 01:13:30 III. Larghetto 01:15:23 IV. Presto Concerto in A Major “la pazzia”: 01:16:14 I. Allegro 01:24:25 II. Affettuoso 01:27:03 III. Allegro Concerto in B-Flat Major: 01:30:02 I. Allegro 01:33:02 II. Andante moderato 01:36:35 III. Allegro 👉 Social media links: Instagram: https://brilliant-classics.lnk.to/InstagramID Facebook: https://brilliant-classics.lnk.to/FacebookID TikTok: https://brilliant-classics.lnk.to/TikTokID Spotify Playlists: Brilliant Classics Spotify: https://brilliant-classics.lnk.to/SpotifyID New Classical Releases: https://brilliant-classics.lnk.to/NewReleasesID The Best of Liszt: https://brilliant-classics.lnk.to/PlaylisztID The Best of Bach: https://brilliant-classics.lnk.to/BestOfBachPlaylistID Most Popular Piano Music: https://brilliant-classics.lnk.to/MostPopularPianoID Beautiful Classical Music: https://brilliant-classics.lnk.to/BeautifulClassicalMelodiesID Classical Music For Dinnertime: https://brilliant-classics.lnk.to/ClassicalMusicforDinnertimeID Thank you for watching this video by Brilliant Classics, we hope you enjoyed it! Don’t forget to share it and subscribe to our YouTube channel. And visit our channel for other pieces by Durante and more of the greatest composers. We upload daily with complete albums and compilations with the best classical music. https://brilliant-classics.lnk.to/YouTubeID #Durante #Concertos #Ensemble #String #Classics #Classical #BrilliantClassics

• published: 04 Mar 2022
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