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Giovanni Valentini - ACRONYM - Oddities and Trifles: The Very Peculiar Instrumental Music of Giovanni Valentini (2015)

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Giovanni Valentini - ACRONYM - Oddities and Trifles: The Very Peculiar Instrumental Music of Giovanni Valentini (2015)

Giovanni Valentini - ACRONYM - Oddities and Trifles: The Very Peculiar Instrumental Music of Giovanni Valentini (2015)
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© 2015 ACRONYM / New Focus Recordings | FCR904
Classical / Baroque / Early Music / Chamber Music

ACRONYM's release is the first recording devoted entirely to the instrumental music of Giovanni Valentini (1582/3-1649), who for more than twenty years was Hofkapellmeister of the Holy Roman Empire before fading into obscurity. Oddities & Trifles pairs selections from Valentini's published 1609 canzonas with nearly all of his extant manuscript sonatas (many of them containing strange chromaticism and metric eccentricities), and it consists almost entirely of premiere recordings.

Giovanni Valentini - ACRONYM - Oddities and Trifles: The Very Peculiar Instrumental Music of Giovanni Valentini (2015)


Certainly the disc’s title is intriguing. But based on past experience, listening to many recordings with similar hooks where some obscure yet supposedly worthy music just didn’t live up to its billing, the most I expected was an hour of pleasantly undemanding background entertainment. My only previous encounter with the music of Giovanni Valentini (c.1582-1649) was a 2001 review of a disc of vocal works, and I was only marginally aware of the ensemble Acronym (although I was familiar with a few of its members, who also play in other groups).

None of this admittedly minimal cognizance prepared me for the absolutely brilliant performances or the fascinating, consistently engaging, and yes, somewhat “peculiar” music–expertly recorded–that emerged as these exceptional musicians began the first track, a G minor sonata in five parts. Within the first 30 seconds–the delightful oddity of Valentini’s writing had already showed itself–my imagined expectation for “undemanding background entertainment” had turned to rapt, seriously focused listening.

The 12-member Acronym bills itself as a “Baroque String Band”, and that’s exactly what it is; and if you’ve ever been queasy about or dismissive of the sound and substance of period-instrument performance, set your concerns aside and listen to these virtuoso string players–their instruments include gambas, violins, violas, cello, violone, theorbo, and harpsichord–as they play the daylights out of music you didn’t even know you loved. Entertainment, yes; this is exactly what this music is supposed to be about, with its frequent “metric eccentricities”, occasional “whimsical motivic material” and “unprepared modulations”, and often surprising chromaticism. The Acronym musicians are not only are aware of these devices, they fully exploit them in the most affecting and skillful manner, neither overplaying nor apologizing for an expressive utterance or effect.

As you listen you sense an exceptional level of communication is going on among the players–there’s no other way to achieve the remarkable coordination of intricate lines, phrasing, and dynamics–and, owing to a fortuitous coincidence, I can assure you that this is the case. Just as I began listening to this recording I noticed that Acronym would be performing in a summer concert series only a few miles from where I live. They didn’t play any Valentini that evening–the varied program of solo-vocal and instrumental works consisted of, if anything, music even more unusual and often astonishingly virtuosic, by composers such as Poglietti, Thieme, Drese, and Bertali, than Valentini’s work–but to see these musicians play (and play with such passion) is to confirm the strong and powerful connectedness of eyes, body movements, and auditory cues that make the performances here so vital and vibrant.

Finally, to return to the disc’s title, I have one suggestion for prospective listeners: Although the words “oddities” and “peculiar” are to some degree accurate, “trifle” in this case should be taken not in its more common sense–“something of little value or importance”–but would be better regarded in association with something delectable and enticing, such as “a dessert made with spongecake pieces, spread with jam, sprinkled with sherry, and layered with custard, fruit, and whipped cream…”, like this disc, irresistible and well worth indulging.
Giovanni Valentini - ACRONYM - Oddities and Trifles: The Very Peculiar Instrumental Music of Giovanni Valentini (2015)


New Focus Recordings INFO

Personnel:
Composer: Giovanni Valentini
Orchestra/Ensemble: ACRONYM

tracklist:
01 Sonata a 5 in G Minor (1)
02 Aria a 2 in G Minor
03 Sonata a 5 in C Major
04 Canzon a 6 in G Minor (1)
05 Sonata a 4 in D Minor
06 Sonata a 5 in G Minor (2)
07 Canzon a 6 in D Minor
08 Sonata a 5 in A Minor
09 Violin Sonata in D Major
10 Canzon a 5 in G Major
11 Sonata a 3 in C Major
12 Echo a 3 in G Minor
13 Sonata a 2 in D Minor
14 Canzon a 4 in A Minor
15 Canzon a 6 in G Minor (2)
16 Sonata a 6 in C Major
17 Sonata a 4 in G Minor

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Giovanni Valentini - ACRONYM - Oddities and Trifles: The Very Peculiar Instrumental Music of Giovanni Valentini (2015)


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