Discography

GIUSEPPE SAMMARTINI (c. 1693– 1750)
Sonate per flauto e basso continuo
Sonates pour flùte à bec Recorder

Sonate op.2 n° 3 en mi mineur / E minor / e-moll
1 Allegro (3’43) – 2 Andante (3’32) – 3 Minuet (2’09)

Sonate n° 21 en Si bémol majeur / B flat major / B-dur
4 (Allegro) (2’33) – 5 Adagio (2’26) – 6 Allegro (2’55)

Sonate op.2 n° 4 en Sol majeur / G major / G-dur
7 Andante (3’17) – 8 Allegro (2’50) – 9 Affetuoso (2’22) – 10 Allegro assai (2’25)

Sonate n°23 en Fa majeur / F major / F-dur
11 Andante (5’15) – 12 Allegro – Adagio – Allegro – Adagio – Allegro (4’09)
13 Adagio (2’08) – 14 Andante (3’32)

Sonate op.13 n°5 en sol mineur / G minor / g-moll

15 Andante (3’48) – 16 Presto (1’30) – 17 Minuetto 1 – Minuetto 2 (2’39)

Sonate op.13 n°1 en Sol majeur / G major / G-dur

18 Andante (2’41) – 19 Allegro assai (3’40) – 20 Adagio (0’45) – 21 Allegro assai (2’02)

Sonate op.13 n°4 en Sol Majeur / G major / G-dur

22 Andante (5’05) – 23 Allegro (3’15) – Adagio (1’22) – Minuet (2’20)

harmonia mundi – 2007 – HMC 905266

Maurice Steger | flûtes à bec & direction
Sergio Ciomei | clavecin & orgue
Margret Köll | harpe
Mauro Valli | violoncelle
Christian Beuse | basson
Eduardo Egüez | théorbe & guitare
Naoki Kitaya | orgue

Sammartini; Sonate per flauto e basso continuo

His brother, Giovanni Battista, was one of the fathers of the modern symphony; like him and like their father Alexis de Saint-Martin, Giuseppe Sammartini was a virtuoso oboist. But he chose to make his career at the court of the Prince of Wales, in London.
Surrounded by a group of exceptional musicians, Maurice Steger gives us a chance to discover seven of his sonatas for recorder and continuo, which, though composed in England, clearly proclaim their Italian origins! A treat fort he ears, and a dazzling display of virtuosity.

RECORDING
Enregistrement pour harmonia mundi s.a., Mas de Vert, F-13200 Arles © 2007
Direction artistique / Aufnahmeleiter : Thomas Engel
Prise de son et montage / Tonmeister und Editing: Christian Sager, www.sagersounds.ch
Maintenance et accord des claviers / Betreuung der Tasteninstrumente : Markus Krebs et Edwin Meier

TEXTS
Bookletinformation : Karsten Erik Ose

Venezia 1625 (2009)
Telemann: Blockflöten-Werke (2005)
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