Chiara Minali – Spergher: Organ and Harpsichord Music (2019) [FLAC 24bit/96kHz]

First recordings of sonatas for organ and harpsichord by a forgotten Italian composer on the cusp of the Baroque and Classical eras.

Ignazio – or Ignaz, in some sources – Spergher was born in 1734 in the northern Italian town of Treviso. There, by and large, though even before his death in 1804 his music had crossed national boundaries to delight audiences across Europe. As chapel master and then organist at the city’s cathedral in the late 1700s he produced an output of vocal and instrumental music, most of which was destroyed when the cathedral’s library was burnt down during air raids in 1944.

There remain, however, the six Op.1 Sonatas published in Venice in 1786 with which Chiara Minali begins her survey of Spergher’s surviving music, the most comprehensive yet. These are three-movement pieces written in the Venetian organ tradition of the 18th century. The manuscript of his Op.6 sonatas for harpsichord avoided the Chapter House holocaust by having been sent to Vienna in 1845, and then Minali completes the set with assorted sonatas from different sources, all of them attesting to Spergher’s lively invention.

Chiara Minali’s previous work for Brilliant Classics includes the complete organ sonatas of Benedetto Marcello: a 3CD set (BC95277) that was warmly welcomed in the Italian press for Minali’s lively sense of style, beautifully sprung rhythmic playing and lively choice of registration on a historically appropriate instrument.

On this recording she plays an organ made by Antonio Zanchi in the 18th century for the parish church of Paderno di Ponzano in the Veneto region which was Spergher’s home. The harpsichord sonatas were recorded on a modern copy of a 17th-century model in the Oratory of St Elizabeth in Verona.

Ignazio Spergher (1734-1808) spent his entire life in his native town Treviso, where he was a highly respected singer, keyboard player, teacher and composer, a pupil of the great theorist Giordano Riccati.

This 3CD set presents Spergher’s keyboard music, for both organ and harpsichord. The 6 organ sonatas Op. 1 are delightful works in classical/galante style, written in 3 movements fast-slow-fast. The fast movements contain contrasting episodes of “Tutti” and “Concertino”, whereas the slow movements abound in sweet cantilene melodies entrusted to the “vox humana” register.

The works for harpsichord are charming pieces used as “Hausmusik”, in the pleasing Venetian style of Galuppi and Luchesi. Played on the Bazzani-Aletti-Zanin organ of the Parish Church of Paderno (Treviso) built in 1903 by the Aletti brothers, embodying much of the earlier 1845 Bazzani organ. The harpsichord used is a copy of a Giusti instrument of 1681, made by Roberto Mattiazzio. The specifications of the instruments are included in the booklet.

Tracklist:
1. Sonata No. 1 in F Major, Op. 1: I. Allegro
2. Sonata No. 1 in F Major, Op. 1: II. Andante sostenuto
3. Sonata No. 1 in F Major, Op. 1: III. Allegro
4. Sonata No. 2 in B-Flat Major, Op. 1: I. Allegro
5. Sonata No. 2 in B-Flat Major, Op. 1: II. Andantino espressivo
6. Sonata No. 2 in B-Flat Major, Op. 1: III. Allegro brillante
7. Sonata No. 3 in A Major, Op. 1: I. Allegro
8. Sonata No. 3 in A Major, Op. 1: II. Rondò andante
9. Sonata No. 3 in A Major, Op. 1: III. Allegro vivace
10. Sonata No. 4 in D Major, Op. 1: I. Allegro
11. Sonata No. 4 in D Major, Op. 1: II. Andantino
12. Sonata No. 4 in D Major, Op. 1: III. Allegro spiritoso
13. Sonata No. 5 in B-Flat Major, Op. 1: I. Allegro con brio
14. Sonata No. 5 in B-Flat Major, Op. 1: II. Andante grazioso
15. Sonata No. 5 in B-Flat Major, Op. 1: III. Allegro con brio
16. Sonata No. 6 in C Major, Op. 1: I. Allegro
17. Sonata No. 6 in C Major, Op. 1: II. Rondò andante
18. Sonata No. 6 in C Major, Op. 1: III. Allegro
19. Sonata No. 1 in B-Flat Major, Op. 6: I. Rondò – Allegretto
20. Sonata No. 1 in B-Flat Major, Op. 6: II. Andantino
21. Sonata No. 1 in B-Flat Major, Op. 6: III. Allegro svelto
22. Sonata No. 2 in A Major, Op. 6: I. Allegro svelto
23. Sonata No. 2 in A Major, Op. 6: II. Rondò – Andantino grazioso
24. Sonata No. 2 in A Major, Op. 6: III. Presto
25. Sonata No. 3 in C Major, Op. 6: I. Andante
26. Sonata No. 3 in C Major, Op. 6: II. Amoroso
27. Sonata No. 3 in C Major, Op. 6: III. Allegro con spirit
28. Sonata No. 4 in F Major, Op. 6: I. Allegro aperto
29. Sonata No. 4 in F Major, Op. 6: II. Rondò – Andante con brio
30. Sonata No. 4 in F Major, Op. 6: III. Allegro vivace
31. Sonata No. 5 in G Major, Op. 6: I. Allegro
32. Sonata No. 5 in G Major, Op. 6: II. Andantino grazioso
33. Sonata No. 5 in G Major, Op. 6: III. Allegro
34. Sonata No. 6 in D Major, Op. 6: I. Allegro vivace
35. Sonata No. 6 in D Major, Op. 6: II. Andante con moto
36. Allegro in C Major
37. Sonata in B-Flat Major: I. Andantino con brio
38. Sonata in B-Flat Major: II. Adagio
39. Sonata in B-Flat Major: III. Allegro
40. Sinfonia in C Major: I. Allegro
41. Sinfonia in C Major: II. Andantino
42. Sinfonia in C Major: III. Allegro con brio
43. 9 Sonatas for Organ: I. Rondò-andantino mosso in C Major
44. 9 Sonatas for Organ: II. Andantino con brio in C Major
45. 9 Sonatas for Organ: III. Cantabile in B-Flat Major
46. 9 Sonatas for Organ: IV. Rondò-grazioso in B-Flat Major
47. 9 Sonatas for Organ: V. Allegro con brio in C Major
48. 9 Sonatas for Organ: VI. Allegretto moderato in B-Flat Minor
49. 9 Sonatas for Organ: VII. Allegro ma non tanto in F Major
50. 9 Sonatas for Organ: VIII. Senza indicazione in D Major
51. 9 Sonatas for Organ: IX. Andante grazioso in B-Flat Major
52. 6 Sonatas for Organ: I. Allegro in B-Flat Major
53. 6 Sonatas for Organ: II. Allegretto in F Major
54. 6 Sonatas for Organ: III. Spiritoso in D Major
55. 6 Sonatas for Organ: IV. Allegro in G Major
56. 6 Sonatas for Organ: V. Rondò brillante in A Major
57. 6 Sonatas for Organ: VI. Allegro vivace in C Major
58. 3 Sonatas from the Fondo Sartori: I. Andante espressivo in E-Flat Major
59. 3 Sonatas from the Fondo Sartori: II. Senza indicazione in C Major
60. 3 Sonatas from the Fondo Sartori: III. Andantino sostenuto in C Major
61. Pastorale in A Major

Personnel:
Chiara Minali, organ, harpsichord

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