Utwory na płycie:

• Concerto for violin, strings and continuo in F major, Op. 1/1 - Allegro
• Concerto for violin, strings and continuo in F major, Op. 1/1 - Adagio
• Concerto for violin, strings and continuo in F major, Op. 1/1 - Allegro assai
• Sinphonia for strings and continuo in D major, Op. 1/2 - Allegro – Adagio
• Sinphonia for strings and continuo in D major, Op. 1/2 - Presto
• Concerto for violin, strings and continuo in A minor, Op. 1/3 - Allegro
• Concerto for violin, strings and continuo in A minor, Op. 1/3 - Adagio ed à tempo giusto
• Concerto for violin, strings and continuo in A minor, Op. 1/3 - Allegro
• Sinphonia for strings and continuo in G major, Op. 1/4 - Allegro – Adagio
• Sinphonia for strings and continuo in G major, Op. 1/4 - Presto
• Concerto for violin, strings and continuo in B flat major, Op. 1/5 - Allegro
• Concerto for violin, strings and continuo in B flat major, Op. 1/5 - Adagio e cantabile
• Concerto for violin, strings and continuo in B flat major, Op. 1/5 - Allegro
• Sinphonia for strings and continuo in C major, Op. 1/6 - Allegro – Largo
• Sinphonia for strings and continuo in C major, Op. 1/6 - Allegro
• Ouverture-Suite in B flat major - Ouverture – Fuga
• Ouverture-Suite in B flat major - Gavotte
• Ouverture-Suite in B flat major - Aria – Andante
• Ouverture-Suite in B flat major - Bourrée
• Ouverture-Suite in B flat major - Aria – Adagio
• Ouverture-Suite in B flat major - Menuet – Trio – Menuet
• Ouverture-Suite in B flat major - Rondeau
• Ouverture-Suite in B flat major - Gigue

Concerto I for violin, strings & continuo in F
Sinphonia I for strings & continuo in D
Concerto II for violin, strings & continuo in a
Sinphonia II for strings & continuo in G
Concerto III for violin, strings & continuo in Bb
Sinphonia III for strings & continuo in C
Ouverture-Suite in Bb

La Serenissima presents a post-lockdown recording of the little-known 18th Century Italian composer, Brescianello. A contemporary of Vivaldi, Brescianello is a composer whose music languishes in relative obscurity. Whilst the mists of time have claimed some composers’ music for justifiable reasons, Brescianello’s music presents many compelling arguments for its restoration. Having first included Brescianello in La Serenissima’s 2014 season, they have since staged his opera Tisbe, recorded a violin concerto (Extra Time, SIGCD641), a trio sonata (Settecento, SIGCD663) and other works. It is surprising that the Opus 1 was the only set of works that Brescianello chose to publish and thanks to the Coronavirus pandemic, La Serenissima have now been given the opportunity to start their exploration of this wonderful publication.

La Serenissima is recognised as the UK’s leading exponent of the music of eighteenth-century Venice and connected composers. Uniquely, the group’s entire repertoire is edited from source material, and it has been praised for its ‘glorious and all-too-rare ability to make one’s pulse race afresh with every new project’ (Gramophone). La Serenissima has become synonymous with virtuosity, dynamism and accessibility, uncovering a plethora of new repertoire and making it available to all through live performance, high calibre recording work, education and outreach initiatives.

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Recorded in Johnson Hall, Milfield School, Somerset, UK from 26th to 29th October, 2020. Instruments: Violin - Rowland Ross, Guildford, 1981, after Amati (A. Chandler); Harpsichord - Andrew Wooderson, London, 2001, after Grimaldi (1697).