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À Portuguesa


This musical journey takes its title from one of William Corbett's Bizzarie universali, a set of concertos which, in truth, owe much more to the Italian tradition than to the Iberian peninsula . . . In the Age of Enlightenment, Portuguese music shared the favours of certain English publishers with its Spanish neighbour; drinking at the inexhaustible source of the Scarlatti sonatas, Charles Avison conceived sumptuous concertos that sound extraordinarily like their contemporary equivalents written at Coimbra by Seixas. This constant exchange between Iberian chamber music and the eighteenth-century orchestra culminates in an orchestral arrangement of Boccherini's famous Musica notturna, presented by Andreas Staier in total complicity with the Baroque orchestra of the Casa da Música de Porto.

Ce voyage musical tire son titre de l'un des Bizzarie universali, ces concertos de William Corbett qui, à y bien regarder, devaient plus à la tradition italienne qu'à la péninsule ibérique… Au siècle des Lumières, la musique portugaise partage avec sa voisine espagnole les faveurs de certains éditeurs anglais ; en s'épanchant à la source intarissable des sonates de Scarlatti, un Avison conçoit de somptueux concertos sonnant comme les échos plus vrais que nature à leurs homologues de Coimbra (Seixas). Ce va-et-vient permanent entre musique de chambre ibérique et orchestre du xviiie siècle trouve son point culminant dans la réalisation orchestrale de la célèbre Musique nocturne de Boccherini que nous propose Andreas Staier, en totale complicité avec l'orchestre baroque de la Casa da Música de Porto.

Diese musikalische Reise verdankt ihren Titel einem Werk aus William Corbetts Bizzarie universali, einer Sammlung von Konzerten, die eigentlich mehr in der italienischen Musiktradition verhaftet sind als in der der iberischen Halbinsel… In der Zeit der Aufklärung wurde die portugiesische Musik ebenso wie die des spanischen Nachbarlandes von verschiedenen englischen Verlegern favorisiert; sich an der unerschöpflichen Quelle der Sonaten Scarlattis labend, schrieb Charles Avison prachtvolle Konzerte, die den zur gleichen Zeit von Seixas in Coimbra geschaffenen Werken in derselben Gattung erstaunlich nahestehen. Dieser stete Austausch zwischen der iberischen Kammermusik und dem Orchesterschaffen des 18. Jahrhunderts kulminierte in einer Orchesterbearbeitung von Boccherinis berühmter Musica notturna, hier präsentiert von Andreas Staier in perfektem Einklang mit dem Barockorchester der Casa da Música de Porto.
 
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  Composer: William Corbett
  Concerto No. 7 "Alla Portugesa" in B-Flat Major, Op. 7 09:28
01 I. Allegro 03:09 $ 0.85 USD
02 II. Largo e pia[no] 04:16 $ 1.15 USD
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  Composer: José António Carlos de Seixas
  Harpsichord Concerto in G Minor 14:19
04 I. Allegro 05:25 $ 1.46 USD
05 II. Adagio 02:39 $ 0.72 USD
06 III. Allegro assai 06:15 $ 1.69 USD
 
07 Harpsichord Sonata in G Minor, K. 8: Allegro 02:33 $ 0.69 USD
08 Harpsichord Sonata in G Major, K. 13: Presto 04:09 $ 1.12 USD
09 Harpsichord Sonata in B Minor, K. 173: Allegro 04:44 $ 1.28 USD
 
  Composer: José António Carlos de Seixas
  Harpsichord Concerto in A Major 05:15
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11 II. Adagio 01:07 $ 0.30 USD
12 III. Giga. Allegro 02:16 $ 0.61 USD
 
 
  Composer: Charles Avison
  Concerto grosso No. 5 in D Minor 08:06
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14 II. Allegro 01:40 $ 0.45 USD
15 III. Andante moderato 01:40 $ 0.45 USD
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  Composer: Luigi Boccherini
  Quintet No. 60 in C Major, G. 324 "La Musica Notturna delle strade di Madrid" 16:07
17 I. Ave Maria. Imitando il tocco dell'Ave Maria della
Parrochia (transcription for String Orchestra and
Harpsichords by Andreas Staier)
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20 IV. Los manolos. Passa Calle. Allegro (transcription for
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21 V. Ritirata con variazioni. Tempo di Marcia (transcription
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  Album total 64:41
SoloistAndreas Staier
EnsembleOrquestra barocca Casa da Música
ComposerCharles Avison
Domenico Scarlatti
José António Carlos de Seixas
Luigi Boccherini
William Corbett

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