Albinoni: The Late Violin Sonatas Federico Guglielmo & L'Arte dell'Arco

• Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni (1671 - 1751): Violin Sonata No. 1 in D Minor, TalM So35:
• 1 Albinoni: Violin Sonata No. 1 in D Minor, TalM So35: I. Adagio 02:14
• 2 Albinoni: Violin Sonata No. 1 in D Minor, TalM So35: II. Allegro 02:54
• 3 Albinoni: Violin Sonata No. 1 in D Minor, TalM So35: III. Adagio 01:15
• 4 Albinoni: Violin Sonata No. 1 in D Minor, TalM So35: IV. Allegro 03:08
• Violin Sonata No. 2 in G Minor, TalM So36:
• 5 Albinoni: Violin Sonata No. 2 in G Minor, TalM So36: I. Adagio 02:00
• 6 Albinoni: Violin Sonata No. 2 in G Minor, TalM So36: II. Allegro 03:41
• 7 Albinoni: Violin Sonata No. 2 in G Minor, TalM So36: III. Adagio 01:16
• 8 Albinoni: Violin Sonata No. 2 in G Minor, TalM So36: IV. Presto 02:35
• Suario o capriccio di otto battute a l'imitatione del Corelli in D Minor:
• 9 Albinoni: Suario o capriccio di otto battute a l'imitatione del Corelli in D Minor: I. Adagio, variazioni 2-69 15:05
• Violin Sonata No. 3 in A Major, TalM So37:
• 10 Albinoni: Violin Sonata No. 3 in A Major, TalM So37: I. Grave 01:52
• 11 Albinoni: Violin Sonata No. 3 in A Major, TalM So37: II. Allegro 01:55
• 12 Albinoni: Violin Sonata No. 3 in A Major, TalM So37: III. Grave 01:18
• 13 Albinoni: Violin Sonata No. 3 in A Major, TalM So37: IV. Allegro 03:11
• Violin Sonata No. 5 in E Minor, TalM So39:
• 14 Albinoni: Violin Sonata No. 5 in E Minor, TalM So39: I. Patetico 03:31
• 15 Albinoni: Violin Sonata No. 5 in E Minor, TalM So39: II. Allegro 02:22
• 16 Albinoni: Violin Sonata No. 5 in E Minor, TalM So39: III. Grave 01:51
• 17 Albinoni: Violin Sonata No. 5 in E Minor, TalM So39: IV. Courante 02:37
• Violin Sonata No. 4 in A Major, TalM So38:
• 18 Albinoni: Violin Sonata No. 4 in A Major, TalM So38: I. Adagio, Presto, Adagio, Presto, Adagio 02:48
• 19 Albinoni: Violin Sonata No. 4 in A Major, TalM So38: II. Allegro 03:06
• 20 Albinoni: Violin Sonata No. 4 in A Major, TalM So38: III. Adagio 01:42
• 21 Albinoni: Violin Sonata No. 4 in A Major, TalM So38: IV. Allegro 02:34
• Violin Sonata No. 1 in F Major, TalM So40:
• 22 Albinoni: Violin Sonata No. 1 in F Major, TalM So40: I. Adagio 01:27
• 23 Albinoni: Violin Sonata No. 1 in F Major, TalM So40: II. Allemanda 02:37
• 24 Albinoni: Violin Sonata No. 1 in F Major, TalM So40: III. Largo 01:37
• 25 Albinoni: Violin Sonata No. 1 in F Major, TalM So40: IV. Giga 02:18
• 26 Albinoni: Violin Sonata No. 1 in F Major, TalM So40: V. Minuetto 00:50
• Violin Sonata No. 2 in A Minor, TalM So41:
• 27 Albinoni: Violin Sonata No. 2 in A Minor, TalM So41: I. Adagio 02:25
• 28 Albinoni: Violin Sonata No. 2 in A Minor, TalM So41: II. Giga 01:57
• 29 Albinoni: Violin Sonata No. 2 in A Minor, TalM So41: III. Largo 01:44
• 30 Albinoni: Violin Sonata No. 2 in A Minor, TalM So41: IV. Vivace 01:47
• Violin Sonata No. 4 in D Minor, TalM So43:
• 31 Albinoni: Violin Sonata No. 4 in D Minor, TalM So43: I. Adagio 00:52
• 32 Albinoni: Violin Sonata No. 4 in D Minor, TalM So43: II. Allemanda 02:25
• 33 Albinoni: Violin Sonata No. 4 in D Minor, TalM So43: III. Largo staccato 00:40
• 34 Albinoni: Violin Sonata No. 4 in D Minor, TalM So43: IV. Tempo di corrente 01:33
• Violin Sonata No. 5 in D Major, TalM So44:
• 35 Albinoni: Violin Sonata No. 5 in D Major, TalM So44: I. Adagio 01:24
• 36 Albinoni: Violin Sonata No. 5 in D Major, TalM So44: II. Allemanda 02:41
• 37 Albinoni: Violin Sonata No. 5 in D Major, TalM So44: III. Largo affettuoso 01:28
• 38 Albinoni: Violin Sonata No. 5 in D Major, TalM So44: IV. Giga 01:29
• Violin Sonata No. 6 in A Major, TalM So40:
• 39 Albinoni: Violin Sonata No. 6 in A Major, TalM So40: I. Adagio, presto, adagio, presto, adagio 02:27
• 40 Albinoni: Violin Sonata No. 6 in A Major, TalM So40: II. Allegro 02:23
• 41 Albinoni: Violin Sonata No. 6 in A Major, TalM So40: III. Grave 01:20
• 42 Albinoni: Violin Sonata No. 6 in A Major, TalM So40: IV. Allegro 01:19
• Violin Sonata No. 3 in E Major, TalM So42:
• 43 Albinoni: Violin Sonata No. 3 in E Major, TalM So42: I. Adagio 01:55
• 44 Albinoni: Violin Sonata No. 3 in E Major, TalM So42: II. Allemanda 02:07
• 45 Albinoni: Violin Sonata No. 3 in E Major, TalM So42: III. Largo staccato 01:29
• 46 Albinoni: Violin Sonata No. 3 in E Major, TalM So42: IV. Giga 02:14
• Total Runtime 01:47:23

Info for Albinoni: The Late Violin Sonatas

During Albinoni’s lifetime (1671-1751) four separate collections of sonatas with violin were published under his name, though only the Trattenimenti armonici Op.6 were prepared by their composer. The works in Op.6 have accordingly dominated the record catalogues and obscured the virtues of the others, which Federico Guglielmo presents here with his customary flair and feeling for the Italian Baroque which has previously yielded the much-praised Brilliant Classics collection of Vivaldi’s Opp 1-12 (95200) as well as the Op.1 Trio Sonatas (94789) by Albinoni himself.

In common with Venetian contemporaries such as the Marcellos, Albinoni observed the conventions of post-Corellian sonata form: four movements configured Slow–Fast–Slow–Fast, where the first pair is more formal (dignified) in character and the second pair more informal (expressive). However, in vocal and instrumental music alike, Albinoni’s style was highly individual, even slightly idiosyncratic: dignified, wary of technical or expressive excess and very attentive to the cantabile side of violin-playing.

The sonatas here are drawn from the six Sonate da chiesa issued by the Amsterdam publisher Estienne Roger in 1707 or 1708; Roger’s later collection of five Sonate a violino solo composed for the virtuoso Pisendel and augmented by a sonata by a Giovanni Battista Tibaldi; and then the six Sonates da camera brought out in 1742 by the Parisian engraver and music publisher Louis Hue.

Both dates and even authorship of some of these sonatas remains uncertain, but only the third of the Sonate a violino solo has been omitted from this new recording as authoritatively attributed to the German-born composer Nicolas Pepusch. This recording is thoroughly illuminated by a new booklet essay from Michael Talbot, pre-eminent scholar of music in 18th-century Venice, and demands the attention of all Baroque-music collectors.

Federico Guglielmo, baroque violin
L'Arte dell'Arco

Federico Guglielmo
Italian conductor and violinist Federico Guglielmo was born in Padua in 1968. He studied violin with his father and later graduated at the Benedetto Marcello Music Conservatory in Venice. He attended numerous master classes in Violin, Chamber Music and Orchestral Conducting with such names as: Salvatore Accardo; Vladimir Spivakov; Isaac Stern; Trio Beaux Arts; Trio di Trieste; Amadeus Quartet; Quartetto Italiano; La Salle Quartet; and Gianluigi Gelmetti. He won many awards in several international competitions, including the 1st prize at the 1991 Vittorio Gui International Competition in Florence. Encouraged by Christopher Hogwood, he has devoted himself to the study of historically informed practice, using Baroque and Classical violins. He has conducted and performed with various string orchestras, such as: the Academy of Ancient Music in London; the Handel; Haydn Society in Boston; the Tokyo Chamber Orchestra; the Orchestra di Padova e del Veneto, the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra. In 1994, he founded L’Arte dell’Arco, an ensemble that specializes in Venetian music of the 17th and 18th Centuries. Federico Guglielmo has also conducted Baroque opera such as Paisiello’s La Daunia Felice , D. Scarlatti’s La Dirindina; Vivaldi’s first opera, Ottone in Villa, at the Teatro Olimpico in Vicenza, and Piccinni’s Il finto turco, also in Vicenza. In 2017, he worked with period instrument ensemble il pomo d’oro for the first time, leading a concert tour with violinst Alina Ibragimova. He has performed in many of the world's most important halls and theaters: Musikverein in Vienna; Wigmore Hall London; Società del Quartetto in Milan; Accademia di Santa Cecilia in Rome; Auditorio Nacional in Madrid; Herkulessaal in Munich; Carnegie Hall in New York; Suntory Hall, Opera City and Bunka Kaikan in Tokyo; Izumi and Symphony Hall in Osaka; and the Teatro Colon in Buenos Aires. He realized numeros recordings, many of which received awards and great critical acclaim. Federico Guglielmo is praised for his “sparkling virtuosity”, his “brilliant and entertaining interpretations” and his extraordinary versatility.

Booklet for Albinoni: The Late Violin Sonatas