Paolo Zentilin – Giustini – 12 Sonatas, Op. 1 (2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Time – 02:38:52 minutes | 2,52 GB | Genre: Classical
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Following Andrea Coen’s 2010 recording (94021) Brilliant Classics is the only label with two complete versions of Giustini’s sonatas on the market, showing its commitment to significant but under-recorded turning points in musical history. Lodovico Giustini (1685-1743) seldom left his native Pistoia, where he worked as organist of the Congregazione dello Spirito Santo. Published in nearby Florence in 1732, this set of 12 elegant sonatas is, in keeping with Scarlattian practice, dominated by movements in binary form, featuring dances and contrapuntal excursions, and displaying hints of the emerging galant style, which replaced busy Baroque continuo textures with a singing, more natural approach. Giustini enjoys high contrasts, soft and loud, and teases out of the new fortepiano technology everything it had to offer.
However, the extant scores are not free of errors, and they leave a good deal up to the performer. Paolo Zentilin makes the most of Giustini’s writing. He has corrected the obvious errors, and he exhibits taste and technical mastery in his playing of a modern, beautifully conditioned Fazioli piano. Exploiting the instrument’s tonal resources while remaining respectful of a Baroque sensibility, his playing is consistently passionate but never overblown, with an attractive full-bodied tone, and an exquisite sense of dynamic control. Extremely soft passages are executed with no loss of rhythmic vitality. Ornaments are rendered with delicate crispness. The music’s character —whether a regal dance or a study in tenderness—is always projected with sincerity and authenticity. No matter how intricate the counterpoint, the result remains genuinely heartfelt, never mechanical.
Tracklist
01. Paolo Zentilin – Sonata No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 1: I. Balletto. Spiritoso, Ma Non Presto
02. Paolo Zentilin – Sonata No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 1: II. Corrente. Allegro
03. Paolo Zentilin – Sonata No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 1: III. Sarabanda. Grave
04. Paolo Zentilin – Sonata No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 1: IV. Giga. Presto
05. Paolo Zentilin – Sonata No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 1: V. Minuet. Affettuoso
06. Paolo Zentilin – Sonata No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 1: I. Grave
07. Paolo Zentilin – Sonata No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 1: II. Corrente. Allegro
08. Paolo Zentilin – Sonata No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 1: III. Giga. Grave
09. Paolo Zentilin – Sonata No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 1: IV. Giga. Presto
10. Paolo Zentilin – Sonata No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 1: V. Minuet
11. Paolo Zentilin – Sonata No. 3 in F Major, Op. 1: I. Siciliana. Affettuoso
12. Paolo Zentilin – Sonata No. 3 in F Major, Op. 1: II. Canzone
13. Paolo Zentilin – Sonata No. 3 in F Major, Op. 1: III. Andante, Ma Non Presto
14. Paolo Zentilin – Sonata No. 3 in F Major, Op. 1: IV. Giga. Presto
15. Paolo Zentilin – Sonata No. 4 in E Minor, Op. 1: I. Preludia. Largo
16. Paolo Zentilin – Sonata No. 4 in E Minor, Op. 1: II. Presto
17. Paolo Zentilin – Sonata No. 4 in E Minor, Op. 1: III. Sarabanda. Largo
18. Paolo Zentilin – Sonata No. 4 in E Minor, Op. 1: IV. Giga. Allegro
19. Paolo Zentilin – Sonata No. 5 in D Major, Op. 1: I. Preludio. Adagio E Arpeggiato Nell’acciaccature
20. Paolo Zentilin – Sonata No. 5 in D Major, Op. 1: II. Allegro
21. Paolo Zentilin – Sonata No. 5 in D Major, Op. 1: III. Affettuoso
22. Paolo Zentilin – Sonata No. 5 in D Major, Op. 1: IV. Corrente. Allegro
23. Paolo Zentilin – Sonata No. 5 in D Major, Op. 1: V. Tempo Di Gavotte
24. Paolo Zentilin – Sonata No. 6 in B-Flat Major, Op. 1: I. Preludio. Grave
25. Paolo Zentilin – Sonata No. 6 in B-Flat Major, Op. 1: II. Allegro Assai
26. Paolo Zentilin – Sonata No. 6 in B-Flat Major, Op. 1: III. Dolce
27. Paolo Zentilin – Sonata No. 6 in B-Flat Major, Op. 1: IV. Giga. Allegro
28. Paolo Zentilin – Sonata No. 7 in G Major, Op. 1: I. Allemanda. Andante
29. Paolo Zentilin – Sonata No. 7 in G Major, Op. 1: II. Corrente. Presto Assai
30. Paolo Zentilin – Sonata No. 7 in G Major, Op. 1: III. Siciliana. Affettuoso
31. Paolo Zentilin – Sonata No. 7 in G Major, Op. 1: IV. Gavotta. Presto
32. Paolo Zentilin – Sonata No. 8 in A Major, Op. 1: I. Sarabanda. Affettuoso
33. Paolo Zentilin – Sonata No. 8 in A Major, Op. 1: II. Allegro
34. Paolo Zentilin – Sonata No. 8 in A Major, Op. 1: III. Rondò. Affettuoso
35. Paolo Zentilin – Sonata No. 8 in A Major, Op. 1: IV. Giga. Prestissimo
36. Paolo Zentilin – Sonata No. 9 in C Major, Op. 1: I. Sarabanda. Andante
37. Paolo Zentilin – Sonata No. 9 in C Major, Op. 1: II. Allemanda. Allegro
38. Paolo Zentilin – Sonata No. 9 in C Major, Op. 1: III. Rondò. Affettuoso
39. Paolo Zentilin – Sonata No. 9 in C Major, Op. 1: IV. Gavotta. Allegro
40. Paolo Zentilin – Sonata No. 10 in F Minor, Op. 1: I. Allemanda. Affettuoso
41. Paolo Zentilin – Sonata No. 10 in F Minor, Op. 1: II. Canzone. Tempo Di Gavotte
42. Paolo Zentilin – Sonata No. 10 in F Minor, Op. 1: III. Allemanda. Grave E Affettuoso
43. Paolo Zentilin – Sonata No. 10 in F Minor, Op. 1: IV. Corrente. Allegro Assai
44. Paolo Zentilin – Sonata No. 11 in E Major, Op. 1: I. Allemanda. Allegro Ma Non Presto
45. Paolo Zentilin – Sonata No. 11 in E Major, Op. 1: II. Dolce
46. Paolo Zentilin – Sonata No. 11 in E Major, Op. 1: III. Gavotta
47. Paolo Zentilin – Sonata No. 11 in E Major, Op. 1: IV. Rondò. Affettuoso
48. Paolo Zentilin – Sonata No. 11 in E Major, Op. 1: V. Giga. Allegro Assai
49. Paolo Zentilin – Sonata No. 12 in G Major, Op. 1: I. Sarabanda. Largo
50. Paolo Zentilin – Sonata No. 12 in G Major, Op. 1: II. Canzone
51. Paolo Zentilin – Sonata No. 12 in G Major, Op. 1: III. Siciliana. Affettuoso
52. Paolo Zentilin – Sonata No. 12 in G Major, Op. 1: IV. Giga. Presto Assai
53. Paolo Zentilin – Sonata No. 12 in G Major, Op. 1: V. Minuet. Allegro
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