Agus: Sonate a violino solo e basso Quartetto Vanvitelli

• Giuseppe Agus (1722 - 1798): Sonata No. 1 in A Major:
• 1 Agus: Sonata No. 1 in A Major: I. Largo 03:11
• 2 Agus: Sonata No. 1 in A Major: II. Allegro assai 02:27
• 3 Agus: Sonata No. 1 in A Major: III. Andante 04:32
• Sonata No. 2 in B-Flat Major:
• 4 Agus: Sonata No. 2 in B-Flat Major: I. Largo 02:26
• 5 Agus: Sonata No. 2 in B-Flat Major: II. Allegro maestoso 03:19
• 6 Agus: Sonata No. 2 in B-Flat Major: III. Allegro assai 02:11
• Sonata No. 3 in C Major:
• 7 Agus: Sonata No. 3 in C Major: I. Adagio 02:29
• 8 Agus: Sonata No. 3 in C Major: II. Allegro ma non troppo 04:34
• 9 Agus: Sonata No. 3 in C Major: III. Minue 03:10
• Sonata No. 4 in G Major:
• 10 Agus: Sonata No. 4 in G Major: I. Andantino grazzioso 03:23
• 11 Agus: Sonata No. 4 in G Major: II. Allegro maestoso 03:05
• 12 Agus: Sonata No. 4 in G Major: III. Minue 03:09
• Sonata No. 5 in F Major:
• 13 Agus: Sonata No. 5 in F Major: I. Grave 02:58
• 14 Agus: Sonata No. 5 in F Major: II. Allegro ma non troppo 02:38
• 15 Agus: Sonata No. 5 in F Major: III. Andantino grazzioso 01:55
• 16 Agus: Sonata No. 5 in F Major: IV. Presto e con spirito 01:47
• Sonata No. 6 in E Major:
• 17 Agus: Sonata No. 6 in E Major: I. Larghetto 03:05
• 18 Agus: Sonata No. 6 in E Major: II. Allegro 03:35
• 19 Agus: Sonata No. 6 in E Major: III. Tempo di minuetto 05:15
• The Allemands:
• 20 Agus: The Allemands: Allemanda No. 1 in D Major - Allemanda No. 2 in D Major- Allemanda No. 3 in D Major - Allemanda No. 4 in G Major - Allemanda No. 5 in F Major - Allemanda No. 6 in F Major 09:02
• Total Runtime 01:08:11

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Die neapolitanische Schule der Instrumentalmusik im 18. Jahrhundert und ihre Beziehungen zum übrigen Europa stehen im Mittelpunkt der Aktivitäten des Quartetto Vanvitelli. Nach dem großen Erfolg mit dem Werk des aus den Abruzzen stammenden Komponisten Michele Mascitti, wendet sich das Quartett mit Giuseppe Agus (1722 – 1798) nun einem Komponisten und Geiger aus Sardinien zu, der in der zweiten Hälfte des 18. Jahrhunderts in London und Paris erfolgreich war. Wie Mascitti studierte auch Agus in Neapel und lebte ab den späten 1740er Jahren in London, wo er in direktem Kontakt mit den wichtigsten Protagonisten der damaligen englischen Musikszene stand: Georg Friedrich Händel, Thomas Arne und Johann Christian Bach.

Giuseppe Agus war als Geiger in den Theatern und Konzertsälen der englischen Hauptstadt tätig, veröffentlichte diverse Instrumentalwerk und beteiligte sich an Gemeinschaftswerken mit Musik von Händel, Arne und Hasse. Obwohl seine Kunst in London geschätzt wurde, zog Agus in den 1770er Jahren nach Paris, wo er einige Kompositionen veröffentlichte und bis zu seinem Tod im Jahr 1798 am Konservatorium unterrichtete.

Quartetto Vanvitelli

Luigi Accardo
was born in 1985 in Cagliari. In 2009 he graduated in piano from the Conservatorio Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina of Cagliari, under the teaching of Rosabianca Rachel. In 2009 he moved to Piacenza where he started to play the harpsichord and under the teaching of Paola Poncet in 2012 he graduated in harpsicord from the Conservatorio Giuseppe Nicolini di Piacenza. Later in 2014 he got his master in harpsicord and ancient keyboards with highest honours, and in 2017 he got master in “Chamber Music” with highest honours. He attended various master classes and upgrading courses with musicians such as Cristine Schornsheim, Olivier Baumont, Carmen Leoni, Pierre Hantai.

In 2008 he graduated with highest honours in ethnomusicology from the Conservatorio di Cagliari. In 2011 he received his master degree in musicology (with highest honours) from the Facoltà di Musicologia di Cremona. He is partaking in a research project on musicals religious celebrations of 1937. From 2006 to 2009 he carried out a study on the religious celebration of the Holy Week of Bonnannaro (SS) for the “Hymnos” a cultural association. He participated as a speaker, in seminars and conferences.

As a performer, he played as harpsichordist in many concerts, in Italy (Milano, Torino, Lodi, Piacenza, Cremona, Cagliari, Pula, Laconi, Alghero, Parma, Illasi, Pamparato, Somma Campagna, Padova, Varese, L’Aquila, Mantova, Udine) in Germany (Bremen), in Croatia (Zagreb, Rovigno, Korčula) in France (Prades, Latour de France, Plateau, Bordeaux) in Netherlands (Vorden), in Kuwait (Kuwait City), Vilnius (Lithuania), Moscow (Russia), Tokyo, Fuji (Japan).

Luigi recorded for Arcana (Outhere Music) a solo Cd, titled “Santo Lapis – La Stravaganza & 12 Harpsichord Sonatas”. This music, by the italian composer Santo Lapis (from Bologna) is recorded and published for the first time.

In 2013 he founded in collaboration with the musician Enrico Bissolo the “Daccapo – Italian Harpsichord Duo”. The ensemble works at the realisation of an original repertoire for two harpsichords. The Duo has recently recorded a compact disc that was published in February 2014 with Stradivarius (Milano). The duo works with ARTCAM (videomakers) to create musical videoclip based on Daccapo’s arrangement of Italian Baroque Music.

In 2013 he founded with the violinist Sara Meloni, the ensemble “Musici di Castello”, based in the prestigious Palazzo Siotto in Cagliari. They are studying and playing the repertoire of ancient music, from the first baroque to the galante style.

Luigi plays cembalo and organ in “Accademia d’Arcadia” ensemble, with Alessandra Rossi as conductor.

Luigi plays cembalo and organ in “Quartetto Vanvitelli” Ensemble. The ensemble has recorded unpublished sonatas for violin and b.c. from op. VIII by Michele Mascitti.

Luigi plays cembalo in “Articoolazione” Ensemble, with Nicola Brovelli (cello), Diego Leverić (teorbe, lute and baroque guitar) and Leandro Marziotte (countertenor). The ensemble works mainly at Italian repertoire and has recently recorded six new unpublished Napolitan Cantatas from XVIII century. (Out in September 2016, Arcana – Outhere Music).

Luigi plays also keyboards, makes videos for the website “www.space4keys.com”. He played keyboards in various performance held in Italy, Switzerland and France. He also recorded two original albums: Starbynary – Dark Passenger, BakerTeam Records, 2014 ; Starbynary – Divina Commedia-Inferno, Revalve Records, 2017.

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