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Dal Barba - Violin Sonatas

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Label: Brilliant Classics

Cat No: 96190

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 2

Genre: Chamber

Release Date: 27th January 2023

Contents

Works

Barba, Daniel Pio Dal

Violin Sonata no.1 in D major
Violin Sonata no.2 in B flat major
Violin Sonata no.3 in G major
Violin Sonata no.4 in E major
Violin Sonata no.5 in F major
Violin Sonata no.6 in A major

Artists

Valerio Losito (Baroque violin)
Federico del Sordo (harpsichord)
Diego Leveric (archlute)
Cecilia Medi (Baroque bassoon)
Andrea Lattarulo (Baroque cello)
Carlo Calegari (double bass)

Works

Barba, Daniel Pio Dal

Violin Sonata no.1 in D major
Violin Sonata no.2 in B flat major
Violin Sonata no.3 in G major
Violin Sonata no.4 in E major
Violin Sonata no.5 in F major
Violin Sonata no.6 in A major

Artists

Valerio Losito (Baroque violin)
Federico del Sordo (harpsichord)
Diego Leveric (archlute)
Cecilia Medi (Baroque bassoon)
Andrea Lattarulo (Baroque cello)
Carlo Calegari (double bass)

About

Little-known, late-Baroque chamber sonatas by a Veronese contemporary of Bach and Haydn.

Born in Verona in 1715, Daniel Dal Barba grew up, lived and worked there as a composer, violinist, singer and librettist until retiring in 1791; he died in the city a decade later. When his collection of 12 violin sonatas was composed and published isn’t certain: probably the late 1740s. By then he had become known as a composer for both the stage and the church. These sonatas remain among the few surviving examples of instrumental music in his output, but they tell us that Dal Barba was a master of his art in the north Italian school of violin writing.

The absence of counterpoint and of brilliant virtuoso effects distinguishes these sonatas from Vivaldi and his Venetian contemporaries. The supple melodic ideas, decorative lyric lines, and late Baroque formal designs belong instead to the gentler stile galante, and in particular to the influential style of Giuseppe Tartini, who may have acted as a mentor to Dal Barba.

Audiences at the time enjoyed the tunefulness of del Barba’s music, its harmonic clarity and sentimental charm. Almost three centuries on, contemporary listeners may readily respond likewise, thanks to the revival of interest in his music led by Brilliant Classics. An album of Dal Barba’s Requiem (96189) and other sacred music was released late in 2022; this collection of the first six violin sonatas features several distinguished interpreters of Italian early music, led by the violinist Valerio Losito, who has made several critically acclaimed albums for the label.

‘Scarlatti’s music is, as always, an infection of delight... Losito and Coen are thoroughly convincing.’ – Fanfare (Scarlatti, 94242)

‘This is an excellent release… one really should have this disc in the collection… The performance by Valerio Losito and Paolo Perrone is finely detailed and energetic… Losito handles the often tortuous passages with ease and musicality.’ – Fanfare (Tessarini, 95851)

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