The album's concept imagines an extraordinary meeting of the Accademia degli Invaghiti in Mantua in June 1731, with famous figures like Handel, d'Astorga, and Lalli present.
Compositional Technique
The album features a 'pasticcio' technique in one sonata, combining movements by Vivaldi and Handel, a common practice in opera and instrumental music of the era.
Composer Biography
Domenico Lalli, a Neapolitan poet and librettist, collaborated with major composers like Alessandro Scarlatti, Handel, and Vivaldi, and was hailed as a 'poetic genius' by Goldoni.
Composer Biography
Emanuele d'Astorga, a composer and diplomat, was born in Sicily in 1680 and led a life filled with dramatic events, including fleeing Sicily due to his father's violence and his own Habsburg sympathies.
Instruments
The performers use period instruments, including a traverso by Rudolf Tutz (2017 after J. H. Rottenburgh), a violin by Annelies Decock (2012 after Guarneri), a cello by Ronan Kernoa (2012 after Stradivarius), and a harpsichord by Johannes Steenbeek (1980 after Ruckers).
Composition History
The first piece on the album, a Concerto a quattro, is attributed to both George Frideric Handel and Georg Philipp Telemann, with its true authorship remaining uncertain due to conflicting sources.
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