Forza azzurri! Music by Dall’abaco, Brescianello, Sammartini, Vivaldi and Zavateri

Featuring

Adrian Chandler
Tabea Debus
La Serenissima
Lorenzo Gaetano Zavateri
Giuseppe Sammartini
Evaristo Felice Dall'Abaco

Antonio Vivaldi
Giuseppe Antonio Brescianello

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Composer Biography

Antonio Vivaldi, a prolific composer on this album, wrote around 500 concertos and 100 sonatas while prioritizing his career as an impresario and opera composer.

Composition History

The opening Introducione by Lorenzo Gaetano Zavateri, another composer on this album, was likely intended for the theatre, designed to quiet a rowdy audience.

Composer Biography

Giuseppe Antonio Brescianello, a composer featured on this album, arrived in Munich with Electress Therese Kunegunde from Venice after the Treaty of Rastatt in 1714.

Historical Context

Evaristo Felice Dall'Abaco, a composer on this album, was exposed to French music during a prolonged exile with Elector Maximilian II Emanuel after his defeat at the Battle of Blenheim (1704).

Recording & Production

This album was recorded in Cedars Hall, Wells Cathedral School, Somerset, UK, across two sessions in June 2021 and February 2022.

Composer's Artistic Vision

Giuseppe Antonio Brescianello's music, though mostly Italianate, incorporates elements of the French style and a thorough harmonic outlook popular in German courts.