Neri's visit to Vienna to present his second collection to the emperor led to his decline in Venice, as his allegiance to the imperial faction was known.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Massimiliano Neri's compositions show a strong cohesion and organic quality due to thematic development and clear harmonic and contrapuntal textures, similar to contemporary works by Giovanni Rovetta.
Composer Biography
Massimiliano Neri married Caterina Giani, a Florentine singer who premiered Francesco Cavalli's opera Calisto, and they had at least fourteen children.
Recording & Production
This album includes a vocal piece, Liebster Jesu, by Neri's wife, Caterina Giani, which connects Italian culture with German influence.
Compositional Technique
Neri's music, particularly his two twelve-voice sonatas and the Sonata Undecima à nove, features complex sound architectures and instrumental virtuosity that anticipate the Concerto Grosso.
Composition History
Neri's first printed collection, Sonate e canzone a quatro da sonarsi con diversi stromenti in chiesa, & in camera, Opera Prima, was published in Venice in 1644 and dedicated to his patron, Giacomo Soranzo.
Composer Biography
Massimiliano Neri, whose family was decidedly pro-imperial, was left in Venice as a child by his father, Giacomo Negri, who was Kapellmeister to the count-palatine of Neuburg.
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