IDAGIO | Bonporti Edition, Vol. 1 - Motets for Solo Voice 8007144602802

Featuring

Gemma Bertagnolli
Alberto Martini
Enrico Casazza
Francesco Ferrarini
Roberto Loreggian
Accademia I Filarmonici

Francesco Antonio Bonporti

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Compositional Technique

These six motets by Bonporti, written for soprano, two violins, and basso continuo, feature a succession of arias and recitatives, always concluding with a virtuosic 'Alleluia'.

Composition History

The '6 Motetti A Canto solo, con Violini Per ogni Solenità Op.3' were published in Venice in 1702 and dedicated to the Archbishop of Salzburg.

Composer's Artistic Vision

Bonporti, a nobleman, cultivated music as an amateur throughout his life, defining himself as a 'gentleman from Trento' and 'music amateur' on his printed works.

Composition History

Four compositions by Bonporti were once mistakenly attributed to Johann Sebastian Bach and published in the 'Bach Gesellschaft' edition, a discovery made by Werner Wolfheim in 1911.

Interpretation

Accademia I Filarmonici, the ensemble on this recording, performs Baroque and pre-Romantic repertoire without a conductor, with the first violin, Alberto Martini, acting as leader.

Compositional Technique

Bonporti's instrumental works are noted for their originality in language and formal conception, making them distinct from other Italian instrumental music schools of his time.

Composer Biography

Francesco Antonio Bonporti, the composer, was born in Trento in 1672 and died in Padua in 1749, having studied theology in Rome and composition under Ottavio Pitoni.