Galuppi: Harpsichord Concertos (Complete)

Featuring

Rita Peiretti
Accademia dei Solinghi
Baldassare Galuppi

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Compositional Technique

The eight harpsichord concertos on this album showcase Galuppi as one of the most important and original harpsichordists of the 18th century.

Composer Biography

Galuppi was a prolific opera composer, writing over a hundred serious and comic operas, and is particularly remembered for his collaborations with Carlo Goldoni, a famous librettist.

Composer Biography

Baldassarre Galuppi, also known as Buranello, was born in Burano near Venice in 1706 and received his first musical training from his father, a violinist.

Performer Biography

Rita Peiretti, the harpsichordist and conductor on this album, is a renowned early music scholar and performer who has brought many unpublished Baroque works to light.

Composer's Artistic Vision

Galuppi's musical style, while undeniably Italian, also showed an international expressivity, reflecting his career as an 18th-century musician who traveled abroad.

Performer Biography

Accademia dei Solinghi, the ensemble on this recording, was founded in 1990 to specialize in the repertoire of composers active at the court of the Savoia between the 16th and 18th centuries.