FLAC tracks +Booklet | Classical | 106:34 min | 640 MbAnother chapter in the rediscovery of an 18th-century master by Brilliant Classics.

While the music of this Rimini-born violinist, composer and publisher has been excerpted and recorded on several albums, Brilliant Classics is assembling a uniquely comprehensive overview of a figure much esteemed in his lifetime for music that sparkles like the Venetian lagoons, yet has been almost completely forgotten until recently.

In fact it was while working in Venice that Carlo Tessarini (1690-1766) discovered his music to have been published in unauthorised editions in London and Amsterdam, capitalising on his popularity and acclaim across Europe, and so began his own career as a publisher.

His catalogue of work comprises 280 instrumental compositions, including 85 sonatas for violin and basso continuo.

Largely made up of three movements, they are highly distinctive in idiom, full of the brilliance that was to become a feature of the nascent ‘galant’ style in Europe, but with a vein of typically Italian vitality.

Tracklist:01. Violin Sonata No. 1 in B-Flat Major, Op. 14: I. Spiritoso02. Violin Sonata No. 1 in B-Flat Major, Op. 14: II. Largo03. Violin Sonata No. 1 in B-Flat Major, Op. 14: III. Presto04. Preludio After Fedele Fenaroli’s Partimento in F Major05. Violin Sonata No. 2 in F Major, Op. 14: I. Andante06. Violin Sonata No. 2 in F Major, Op. 14: II. Vivace07. Violin Sonata No. 2 in F Major, Op. 14: III. Minuet08. Violin Sonata No. 3 in G Major, Op. 14: I. Presto09. Violin Sonata No. 3 in G Major, Op. 14: II. Andante grazioso10. Violin Sonata No. 3 in G Major, Op. 14: III. Presto11. Preludio After Fedele Fenaroli’s Partimento in D Major12. Violin Sonata No. 4 in D Major, Op. 14: I. Vivace13. Violin Sonata No. 4 in D Major, Op. 14: II. Adagio14. Violin Sonata No. 4 in D Major, Op. 14: III. Allegro15. Violin Sonata No. 5 in E-Flat Major, Op. 14: I. Adagio16. Violin Sonata No. 5 in E-Flat Major, Op. 14: II. Spiritoso17. Violin Sonata No. 5 in E-Flat Major, Op. 14: III. Largo18. Violin Sonata No. 5 in E-Flat Major, Op. 14: IV. Minuet19. Preludio After Fedele Fenaroli’s Partimento in G Major20. Violin Sonata No. 6 in G Major, Op. 14: I. Allegro21. Violin Sonata No. 6 in G Major, Op. 14: II. Andante22. Violin Sonata No. 6 in G Major, Op. 14: III. Presto23. Sonata No. 1, Op. 9: I. Allegro24. Sonata No. 1, Op. 9: II. Adagio25. Sonata No. 1, Op. 9: III. Presto26. Sonata No. 2, Op. 9: I. Vivace27. Sonata No. 2, Op. 9: II. Largo28. Sonata No. 2, Op. 9: III. Allegro29. Divertimento II After il maestro, e discepolo, Op. 2: I. Vivace30. Divertimento II After il maestro, e discepolo, Op. 2: II. Largo31. Divertimento II After il maestro, e discepolo, Op. 2: III. Canone, spiritoso32. Sonata No. 3, Op. 9: I. Allegro33. Sonata No. 3, Op. 9: II. Largo34. Sonata No. 3, Op. 9: III. Allegro35. Sonata No. 4, Op. 9: I. Vivace36. Sonata No. 4, Op. 9: II. Adagio37. Sonata No. 4, Op. 9: III. Presto38. Divertimento IV After il maestro, e discepolo, Op. 2: I. Allegro39. Divertimento IV After il maestro, e discepolo, Op. 2: II. Largo40. Divertimento IV After il maestro, e discepolo, Op. 2: III. Canone, vivace41. Sonata No. 5, Op. 9: I. Allegro42. Sonata No. 5, Op. 9: II. Largo43. Sonata No. 5, Op. 9: III. Allegro44. Sonata No. 6, Op. 9: I. Adagio, presto, adagio45. Sonata No. 6, Op. 9: II. Andante46. Sonata No. 6, Op. 9: III. Vivace