Bonporti Edition, Vol. 3 - Concertos A 4, Nos. 1-10
7/1/2000, 31 Tracks, 1:30:04
Featuring
Accademia I Filarmonici
Francesco Antonio Bonporti
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Interpretation
Accademia I Filarmonici, the ensemble on this recording, performs Baroque and pre-Romantic repertoire without a conductor, with the first violin, Alberto Martini, leading the ensemble as 'Konzertmeister'.
Compositional Technique
Bonporti's instrumental works are noted for their originality in language and formal structure, not fully aligning with any specific Italian instrumental music school of his time.
Composer Biography
Francesco Antonio Bonporti, an Italian composer born in Trento in 1672, was ordained as a priest in 1695 after studying theology and composition in Rome.
Composition History
Four of Bonporti's compositions were mistakenly attributed to Johann Sebastian Bach and published in the 'Bach Gesellschaft' edition, until a scholar discovered they were Bach's transcriptions of Bonporti's works.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Bonporti, of noble birth, cultivated music as an amateur and defined himself as a 'gentleman from Trento' and a 'music amateur' on his printed works.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Bonporti's nonconformity is evident in his published opus numbers, which typically contain ten compositions instead of the customary six or twelve.
Compositional Technique
Bonporti's Concerti a quattro are positioned between the solo concerto style, as defined by Vivaldi, and the concerto grosso tradition of Corelli, with the solo violin often acting as 'first among equals'.
