GIUSEPPE SAMMARTINI: SONATAS FOR TWO TRANSVERSE FLUTES WITH THEIR BASS, OP. I

GIUSEPPE SAMMARTINI (1695 – 1750)

Sonate Op. I (London, 1736)

Sonata No. I in D major
Sonata No. II in G major
Sonata No. III in C major
Sonata No. IV in G major
Sonata No. V in C minor
Sonata No. VI in B minor

1 CD, 2025 SKU: LDV 14130

Brother of the more known Giovanni Battista, oboe and flute virtuoso, he was judged by his contemporaries to be an ingenious composer on a par with Corelli and Geminiani. The success of these Sonatas was largely due to their particular instrumental use at a time when the ‘flauto traversiere’ was becoming increasingly fashionable; the flute performance of this CD fully adheres to the canons of articulatory practice (bisyllabic phonetics) of the first half of 18th century Europe.

Brother of the more known Giovanni Battista, oboe and flute virtuoso, ha was judged to be an ingenious composer on a par with Corelli and Geminiani. The success of these Sonatas was largely due to their particular instrumental use at a time when the ‘flauto traversiere’ was becoming increasingly fashionable; the flute performance of this CD fully adheres to the canons of articulatory practice (bisyllabic phonetics) of the first half of 18th century Europe.

Soloists of the Cremona Baroque Orchestra

Giovanni Battista Columbro, traversiere
Francesco Paoletti , traversiere
Carlo D’Ariano, theorbo
Fausto Solci, baroque cello
Marimo Toyoda, harpsichord