Cambini: Opere da camera (Chamber Works)

Featuring

Marcello Defant
Giuseppe Nalin
Serena Mancuso
Marco Vincenzi
Ensemble Barocco Sans Souci
Giuseppe Maria Cambini

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Interpretation

For the trios, the performers chose to use violin and cello instead of the original flute and bassoon, a substitution justified by the practice of the era.

Performer Biography

The Sans Souci Ensemble, founded in 1985 by G. Nalin, is one of the first Italian ensembles dedicated to historically informed performance on period instruments.

Historical Context

Many Italian composers who focused on instrumental music were overlooked due to the rise of German Romanticism in the 18th and 19th centuries.

Interpretation

The Sans Souci Ensemble performs on historical instruments, including a harpsichord copy from 1995, a late 17th-century violin, and an oboe copy from 1999.

Interpretation

The ensemble uses Vallotti temperament and a pitch of A=415Hz, which was common practice in the period.

Compositional Technique

Cambini's quartets on this album feature the harpsichord in a prevalent role, with the oboe and violin providing accompaniment and secondary melodic lines.