I Musici - Unico Wilhelm van Wassenaer: 6 Concerti Armonici (1990)

Posted By: ArlegZ

Date: Jan. 17, 2024

During the 18th century, it was not uncommon for enlightened princes with musical pretensions to commission works from their court composer and then affix their own names to the title pages. But in the recently solved riddle of the so-called Pergolesi/Ricciotti ''Concerti Armonici,'' the case seems to be just the reverse. These six works, written in the contrapuntal sdyle of the late Baroque, were long thought to be the work of Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, largely because handwritten copies of the score found in various collections attributed the set to the Italian composer.
Musicologists had doubts, however, and speculation as to the real author of the works centered around half a dozen mostly obscure names. Eventually, it was discovered that the works were originally published in Amsterdam, in 1740. The printed e dition does not bear the composer's name, but the publisher, Carlo Ricciotti, was himself a violinist and a composer and so for several years, suspicion focused on him.
Still, there were doubts. But the mystery was finally unraveled a couple of years ago when Albert Dunning, a musicologist, made an expedition to Twickel castle, in Delden, Holland. While exploring Delden's library, Dr. Dunning found the manuscript of the six works, with a curiously confessional foreword by Twickel's lord, the Dutch Count Unico Wilhelm van Wassenaer. In the foreword, Van Wassenaer - a statesman, ambassador and amateur musician - admits to having composed the six concertos between 1725 and 1740, adding that he gave Ricciotti permission to publish them on the condition that his own name did not appear on them. The Count n eed not have been so modest. These are excellently constructed w orks that have enjoyed a much popularity with chamber orchestras, a nd not merely because they were thought to be Pergolesi's. Each concerto is built in the old church sonata fashion,with four alt ernating slow and fast movements; and each movement is full of the c haracter, wit and polish that one simply doesn't expect from a part-t ime composer. Within the seven-part texture (four violins, viol a, cello and the basso continuo group), solo instrumentsand groups ar e imaginatively deployed and the musical material itself holds many points of interest.
The three new recordings of the ''Concerti Armonici'' pose a dilemma, for they are all firm, lusty readings that fully exploit the bittersweet sensitivity of the slow movements, the buoyancy of the quick ones, and the contrast between them. The differences in execution are subtle: The version by the Camerata Bern (Archiv 2533 456) boasts the leanest textures and the tightest playing of the three. I Musici (Philips 6768 163, two disks) in an equally polished performance, takes a more expansive view, and lavishes more attention on lushness of tone. The Wurttemburg Chamber Orchestra (Vox SVBX 5154, three disks) is certainly the most energetic of the three, but this ensemble is not quite as graceful as the other two.
–Allan Kozinn

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Tracklist:
Unico Wilhelm van Wassenaer (1692-1766)
Concerto No. 1 in G (formerly attributed to Pergolesi)
01.1. Grave
02. 2. Allegro
03. 3. Grave, staccato
04. 4. Allegro
Concerto No. 2 in B flat major
05. 1. Largo andante
06. 2. Da Capella. Presto
07. 3. Largo affettuoso
08. 4. Allegro moderato e staccato
Concerto No. 3 in A major (formerly attributed to Pergolesi)
09. 1. Grave assai sostenuto - Canone di Palestrina
10. 2. Largo andante
11. 3. Vivace
Concerto No. 4 in G major (formerly attributed to Pergolesi)
12. 1. Largo
13. 2. Da capella. Non presto
14. 3. Largo affetuoso
15. 4. Allegro
Concerto No. 5 in F minor (formerly attributed to Pergolesi)
16. 1. Adagio
17. 2. Da capella
18. 3. A tempo commodo
19. 4. A tempo giusto
Concerto No. 6 in E flat major (formerly attributed to Pergolesi)
20. 1. Affettuoso
21. 2. Presto - Largo
22. 3. Vivace

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