In 1738 the acclaimed violinist and composer Michele Mascitti (1664-1760) published in Paris his ninth collection of sonatas. The seventy-four-year-old Neapolitan musician was at the end of his long and celebrated career, but not of his creative powers. Dedicated to the Crozat family, which was to be Mascitti's patron until the end of his life, the twelve sonatas for violin and bass op.9 are fine examples of the graceful blend of Italian and French styles that made this composer so popular in France. With the world premiere of eight sonatas from Mascitti's op. 9, the Quartetto Vanvitelli carries on the rediscovery of this music that Hubert Le Blanc likened 'to the warbling of the nightingale'. After the success of their interpretation of Mascitti's op.8, greeted as 'a jewel of interpretation that exalts with grace, elegance and, more importantly, finesse of touch, the individual stylistic experimentation of Mascitti' (A111), the ensemble Vanvitelli makes with this recording another decisive step towards the full appreciation of this remarkable and unjustly forgotten composer.
1 Sonata for Violin No. 1 in a Major, Op. 9/1-Larghetto
2 Sonata for Violin No. 1 in a Major, Op. 9/1-Allegro
3 Sonata for Violin No. 1 in a Major, Op. 9/1-Sarabanta. Largo
4 Sonata for Violin No. 1 in a Major, Op. 9/1-Allegro Moderato
5 Sonata for Violin No. 2 in G minor, Op. 9/2-Larghetto
6 Sonata for Violin No. 2 in G minor, Op. 9/2-Allemanda. Allegro
7 Sonata for Violin No. 2 in G minor, Op. 9/2-Largo
8 Sonata for Violin No. 2 in G minor, Op. 9/2-Allegro
9 Sonata for Violin No. 3 in F Major, Op. 9/3-Vivace
10 Sonata for Violin No. 3 in F Major, Op. 9/3-Adagio
11 Sonata for Violin No. 3 in F Major, Op. 9/3-Allegro Moderato
12 Sonata for Violin No. 3 in F Major, Op. 9/3-Larghetto Et Affettuoso
13 Sonata for Violin No. 3 in F Major, Op. 9/3-Allegro
14 Sonata for Violin No. 5 in D minor, Op. 9/5-Un Poco Andante
15 Sonata for Violin No. 5 in D minor, Op. 9/5-Allemanda. Allegro
16 Sonata for Violin No. 5 in D minor, Op. 9/5-Adagio
17 Sonata for Violin No. 5 in D minor, Op. 9/5-Allegro
18 Sonata for Violin No. 6 in a Minor, Op. 9/6-Andante
19 Sonata for Violin No. 6 in a Minor, Op. 9/6-Allegro
20 Sonata for Violin No. 6 in a Minor, Op. 9/6-Largo Et Affettuoso
21 Sonata for Violin No. 6 in a Minor, Op. 9/6-Allegro Moderato
22 Sonata for Violin No. 7 in D Major, Op. 9/7-Vivace
23 Sonata for Violin No. 7 in D Major, Op. 9/7-Largo
24 Sonata for Violin No. 7 in D Major, Op. 9/7-Allegro
25 Sonata for Violin No. 7 in D Major, Op. 9/7-Largo
26 Sonata for Violin No. 7 in D Major, Op. 9/7-Allegro
27 Sonata for Violin No. 9 in B Flat Major, Op. 9/9-Un Poco Andante
28 Sonata for Violin No. 9 in B Flat Major, Op. 9/9-Allegro
29 Sonata for Violin No. 9 in B Flat Major, Op. 9/9-Largo
30 Sonata for Violin No. 9 in B Flat Major, Op. 9/9-Allegro
31 Sonata for Violin No. 12 in C minor, Op. 9/12-Adagio
32 Sonata for Violin No. 12 in C minor, Op. 9/12-Allegro
33 Sonata for Violin No. 12 in C minor, Op. 9/12-Adagio
34 Sonata for Violin No. 12 in C minor, Op. 9/12-Allegro
In 1738 the acclaimed violinist and composer Michele Mascitti (1664-1760) published in Paris his ninth collection of sonatas. The seventy-four-year-old Neapolitan musician was at the end of his long and celebrated career, but not of his creative powers. Dedicated to the Crozat family, which was to be Mascitti's patron until the end of his life, the twelve sonatas for violin and bass op.9 are fine examples of the graceful blend of Italian and French styles that made this composer so popular in France. With the world premiere of eight sonatas from Mascitti's op. 9, the Quartetto Vanvitelli carries on the rediscovery of this music that Hubert Le Blanc likened 'to the warbling of the nightingale'. After the success of their interpretation of Mascitti's op.8, greeted as 'a jewel of interpretation that exalts with grace, elegance and, more importantly, finesse of touch, the individual stylistic experimentation of Mascitti' (A111), the ensemble Vanvitelli makes with this recording another decisive step towards the full appreciation of this remarkable and unjustly forgotten composer.
