Berardi: Sinfonie a violino solo, Op. 7

Featuring

Fabrizio Longo
Anna Clemente
Angelo Berardi

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Composer Biography

Angelo Berardi died as maestro di cappella in Santa Maria in Trastevere in Rome, leaving his numerous cages of canaries and other birds to his pupil Raffaelle Raffaelli.

Album & Artwork

The album cover features the painting "The Concert of Birds" by Melchior de Hondecoeter, a Dutch painter known for his bird and animal scenes.

Composition History

Berardi's Sinfonie a Violino Solo, Book I, Opus 7, was dedicated to Sister Anna Maria Francesca Rossi, an Augustinian nun from Viterbo.

Compositional Technique

Berardi considered the violin a direct descendant of the magical lyre and credited himself with being the first to present the lyre in graphic form on the frontispiece of his Sinfonie.

Composer Biography

Angelo Berardi, the composer, was a pupil of Giovan Vincenzo Sarti and Marco Scacchi, with Scacchi being a fundamental figure in his training.

Instruments

Fabrizio Longo, the musician, plays an entirely original violin from the second half of the 18th century, attributed to the Neapolitan school.

Composer's Artistic Vision

Berardi was a committed supporter of the "Seconda Prattica," a musical philosophy where the text (oration) is considered the mistress of harmony, unlike earlier practices where harmony was dominant.