Performer: Chiara Banchini, Jesper Christensen, Gaetano Nasillo
Composer: Francesco Antonio Bonporti
Audio CD
SPARS Code: DDD
Number of Discs: 2
Format: FLAC (tracks+cue)
Label: Harmonia Mundi
Size: 541 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Disc: 1
01. Invenzione Prima in A: Cantabile
02. Invenzione Prima in A: Aria. Allegro
03. Invenzione Prima in A: Giga. Allegro
04. Invenzione Prima in A: Recitativo
05. Invenzione Prima in A: Bizaria
06. Invenzione Nona in f#: Andamento
07. Invenzione Nona in f#: Scherzo
08. Invenzione Nona in f#: Grave
09. Invenzione Nona in f#: Ciciliana
10. Invenzione Nona in f#: Grave
11. Invenzione Nona in f#: Capricio
12. Invenzione Quarta in g: Lagro
13. Invenzione Quarta in g: Balletto. Allegro
14. Invenzione Quarta in g: Aria. Adagio
15. Invenzione Quarta in g: Corente. Presto
16. Invenzione Quinta in B flat: (…)
17. Invenzione Quinta in B flat: Aria
18. Invenzione Quinta in B flat: Giga. Presto
19. Invenzione Quinta in B flat: Fant. Amabile
20. Invenzione Ottava in e: (…)
21. Invenzione Ottava in e: Balletto
22. Invenzione Ottava in e: Adagio
23. Invenzione Ottava in e: Giga
Disc: 2
01. Invenzione Terza in F: Largo
02. Invenzione Terza in F: Aria. Allegro Ma Comodo
03. Invenzione Terza in F: Fant. Largo
04. Invenzione Terza in F: Bizaria. Allegro Assai
05. Invenzione Settima in D: (…)
06. Invenzione Settima in D: Bizaria. Presto.
07. Invenzione Settima in D: Andamento. Largo
08. Invenzione Settima in D: Scherzo. Presto
09. Invenzione Seconda in b: Largo
10. Invenzione Seconda in b: Balletto. Allegro
11. Invenzione Seconda in b: Scherzo. Andante
12. Invenzione Seconda in b: Capricio. Allegro
13. Invenzione Sesta in c: Lamentevole
14. Invenzione Sesta in c: Balletto. Allegro
15. Invenzione Sesta in c: Aria. Comodo Assai
16. Invenzione Sesta in c: Fant. Allegro Non Presto
17. Invenzione Decima in E: Largo
18. Invenzione Decima in E: Balletto. Allegro
19. Invenzione Decima in E: Ecco. Adagio
20. Invenzione Decima in E: Corente
bonporti_invenzioni_a_violino_solo02.rar – 255.0 MB
A Paradise of Baroque Lyricism
Bonporti (1672-1749) was an Italian priest/composer with superlative musical training in the violin. It’s likely that he studied under the legendary Corelli, for there is certainly a Corellian feel to these beautifully wrought little inventioni. With all the baroque and early music albums that I have bought over the past several years, there are only a small handful that I would want to take with me to that proverbial desert island. Trevor Pinnock’s Corelli Concerti Grossi is certainly one. This album is another. I don’t think I will ever tire of hearing Chiara Banchini play these inventive and lyrical little pieces. There is great melodic charm scattered abundantly throughout both discs. Banchini of course plays baroque violin, and plays with great finesse. If you have a penchant for Italian baroque, then you really cannot afford to pass up Bonporti.
Thanks whatever, I enjoyed this enormously. I’m sure he’s well know to the music buffs, but I’d never heard of Bonporti before. What a terrible shame.
I should say, as much as I like the “big” boxset releases (complete editions and so on), I think it’s these single albums that give me the most joy. Keep up the good work Tzar Whatever!
For me, this is the best music the baroque era did give us.
It is still my best classical CD.
Bonporti, in his Opus X (only here),
did much, much better than Bach and mosters of the sort.
Acrtually, Bach manually copied these works,
but he never attained the imagination,
the incredibly variegated harmonies or the lyricism
these invenzioni encompass. It’s unbelievable music, truly.
The performance, on top of it,
would likely be never quite approached.
This set is compulsory.
Meaning, don’t die before listening to it.
I’m being completely serious here. :mad: