Su	Mo	Tu	We	Th	Fr	Sa
29	30	1	2	3	4	5
6	7	8	9	10	11	12
13	14	15	16	17	18	19
20	21	22	23	24	25	26
27	28	29	30	31	1	2

Andrea Bacchetti - Benedetto Marcello: Piano Sonatas (2011)

Posted By: Designol

Date: 7 Feb 2025 17:13:25

Andrea Bacchetti follows his album of sonatas by Baldassarre Galuppi with another little-performed 18th century Venetian, Benedetto Marcello, whose work has a surprisingly modern character.

The "Sonata III", for instance, opens with a sequence in which the right hand plays the same note 48 times in rapid succession, while the left cycles quadruplets around it – the kind of gambit you'd expect from a Cage or Feldman, but hardly from a contemporary of Vivaldi. Marcello is said to have once fallen into a grave that opened beneath him, a trauma perhaps responsible for the austere, near-spiritual logic of pieces such as the "Sonata V", where the absence of frills prefigures the enigmatic miniatures of Erik Satie.

Review by Andy Gill, Independent.co.uk

Sony RCA's chosen title, 'Piano Sonatas', is something of an anachronism, as is Italian pianist Andrea Bacchetti's use of a modern pianoforte. Music-lovers who prefer historical exactitude are probably unlikely to give this new release much of a chance. That would be a pity for two reasons at least: first, because any chance to listen to the inexplicably neglected Benedetto Marcello's music should always be jumped at. Secondly, because Bacchetti gives a typically stylish, thoughtful and expressive account of these five appealing and distinctive Suonate. His phrasing and colouring is at the same time understated and revelatory. His recent modern-piano recordings of Galuppi's Sonatas on RCA Red Seal, of Bach's English Suites on Decca and his Toccatas on Dynamic were all highly praised. Here, the alien sound of Bacchetti's instrument in historical terms is all but forgotten in these sensitive, timeless explorations.

Marcello's elder brother Alessandro is probably better remembered nowadays, chiefly for his Oboe Concerto in D minor. Benedetto's fine vocal music, both sacred and secular, was popular until the 20th century. Musicologist Eleanor Selfridge-Field, who provides the biographical essay for Marcello in New Grove, refers to his "perfunctory involvement with instrumental music", but such a remark belies the free-thinking modernity-through-simplicity of these almost anti-Bachian works.

Selfridge-Field is also the author of 'The Music of Benedetto and Alessandro Marcello: a Thematic Catalogue with Commentary on the Composers, Works and Sources' (Oxford, 1990), and in recent times an 'SF' number has begun to be attached to Marcello's works. They could have been of benefit here, where some of these Sonatas may or may not be related or identical to those in his lost op.3. What the accompanying notes explain, in a roundabout way, is that these versions are fruits of a new edition, prepared from original manuscripts held in the Marciana National Library in Venice by Bacchetti himself and by Mario Marcarini, author of those notes.

The notes themselves are well written, if with a slight foreign accent in translation, but also brief, with barely a mention of the music. A small note on the back inlay indicates that there are "ROM extras on CD", and it is there that the reader will find some historical background to the works and their source - although the extra text would have added very few extra sides to the booklet.

Such is the beauty of Marcello's Sonatas and the near-perfection of Bacchetti's interpretations, that the listener is inevitably left wondering why the eighty minutes of available CD space could not have been filled up more generously.

Review by Byzantion, MusicWeb International

Benedetto Marcello (1686-1739) was a mere eight years younger than his fellow Venetian Antonio Vivaldi and uses a similar musical language, readily heard in the 12 Flute Sonatas, Op 2, of 1712. His keyboard works are virtually unknown. All 12 of his Sonatas for harpsichord, Op 3, which appeared some time between 1712 and the Op 4 Madrigals of 1717, were given their world premiere recordings in 2000 by Italian keyboardist Roberto Loreggian, played on the harpsichord and using an edition prepared by Alessandro Borin. To hear any of the sonatas played on the piano is, in my experience, unique.

For this recording Andrea Bacchetti, in conjunction with Mario Marcarini, has prepared his own new edition from the manuscripts housed in Venice’s Marciana Library, and uses a Fazioli grand, taming its lively nature for music of tranquil intimacy. The result is one of almost pure delight. Anyone familiar with Bacchetti’s acclaimed recordings of Johann Sebastian Bach and Baldassare Galuppi (and if you haven’t heard them, you really should: 4/08, 3/09, 10/09, 9/10) will respond once more to the cool, patrician poise of his playing, quietly voiced, unassuming and, in the slow movements, intensely introspective. Repeats marked in my (no doubt outmoded) edition of a handful of the sonatas are observed only in No 9,
with ornaments played discreetly and kept to a minimum. The only movement which does not readily lend itself to the piano is
the opening of Sonata No 10 with its alternating passage of thirds and sixths, better suited to the plucking of the harpsichord. The booklet is silent on the music. For information on this you must download a pdf file from the CD.

Review by Jeremy Nicholas, Gramophone

Benedetto Marcello at Allmusic
Benedetto Marcello at Wiki

Andrea Bacchetti Website
Andrea Bacchetti at Wiki

Tracklist:

Sonata III in G major
01. I. Allegro (2:21)
02. II. Andante (4:41)

Sonata V in D minor
03. I. Largo (4:01)
04. II. (Moderato) (2:25)
05. III. Allegro (2:06)

Sonata VII in A minor
06. I. Presto (0:31)
07. II. Adagio (0:54)
08. III. Cantabile e Largo (5:03)
09. IV. Largo (2:15)
10. V. Presto (1:25)
11. VI. Minuetto (0:53)

12. Minuetto in C major (1:38)

Sonata X in C minor
13. I. Presto (4:28)
14. II. Largo (7:20)
15. III. Presto (2:50)
16. IV. (Presto) (2:38)

Sonata IX in A major
17. I. Largo (3:33)
18. II. Presto (2:28)
19. III. Allegro (2:17)

20. Minuetto in C major (1:41)

EAC log

Exact Audio Copy V1.0 beta 3 from 29. August 2011

EAC extraction logfile from 27. January 2014, 22:04

Andrea Bacchetti / Benedetto Marcello - Piano Sonatas - Andrea Bacchetti

Used drive : TSSTcorpCDDVDW SH-222BB Adapter: 2 ID: 1

Read mode : Secure
Utilize accurate stream : Yes
Defeat audio cache : Yes
Make use of C2 pointers : No

Read offset correction : 6
Overread into Lead-In and Lead-Out : No
Fill up missing offset samples with silence : Yes
Delete leading and trailing silent blocks : No
Null samples used in CRC calculations : Yes
Used interface : Native Win32 interface for Win NT & 2000

Used output format : User Defined Encoder
Selected bitrate : 1024 kBit/s
Quality : High
Add ID3 tag : No
Command line compressor : C:\Program Files\Exact Audio Copy\Flac\flac.exe
Additional command line options : -8 -V -T "TITLE=%title%" -T "ARTIST=%artist%" -T "ALBUMARTIST=%albumartist%" -T "ALBUM=%albumtitle%" -T "DATE=%year%" -T "TRACKNUMBER=%tracknr%" -T "TRACKTOTAL=%numtracks%" -T "GENRE=%genre%" -T "COMMENT=%comment%" -T "PERFORMER=%albuminterpret%" -T "COMPOSER=%composer%" %source% -o %dest%

TOC of the extracted CD

Track | Start | Length | Start sector | End sector
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––-
1 | 0:00.00 | 2:20.63 | 0 | 10562
2 | 2:20.63 | 4:41.00 | 10563 | 31637
3 | 7:01.63 | 4:00.45 | 31638 | 49682
4 | 11:02.33 | 2:24.69 | 49683 | 60551
5 | 13:27.27 | 2:05.51 | 60552 | 69977
6 | 15:33.03 | 0:31.00 | 69978 | 72302
7 | 16:04.03 | 0:54.30 | 72303 | 76382
8 | 16:58.33 | 5:02.72 | 76383 | 99104
9 | 22:01.30 | 2:14.45 | 99105 | 109199
10 | 24:16.00 | 1:25.09 | 109200 | 115583
11 | 25:41.09 | 0:53.00 | 115584 | 119558
12 | 26:34.09 | 1:38.00 | 119559 | 126908
13 | 28:12.09 | 4:27.39 | 126909 | 146972
14 | 32:39.48 | 7:19.45 | 146973 | 179942
15 | 39:59.18 | 2:49.39 | 179943 | 192656
16 | 42:48.57 | 2:38.06 | 192657 | 204512
17 | 45:26.63 | 3:33.00 | 204513 | 220487
18 | 48:59.63 | 2:28.00 | 220488 | 231587
19 | 51:27.63 | 2:17.00 | 231588 | 241862
20 | 53:44.63 | 1:41.12 | 241863 | 249449
21 | 57:58.00 | 0:18.74 | 260850 | 262273

Range status and errors

Selected range

Filename G:\Ripped general\[8176] Benedetto Marcello – Piano Sonatas – Andrea Bacchetti\Benedetto Marcello - Piano Sonatas - Andrea Bacchetti.wav

Peak level 99.8 %
Extraction speed 6.7 X
Range quality 99.9 %
Test CRC 9FD2F6FA
Copy CRC 9FD2F6FA
Copy OK

No errors occurred

AccurateRip summary

Track 1 cannot be verified as accurate (confidence 1) [3C2B246B], AccurateRip returned [ECECA110] (AR v2)
Track 2 cannot be verified as accurate (confidence 1) [1AC8630E], AccurateRip returned [B6AD7D0D] (AR v2)
Track 3 cannot be verified as accurate (confidence 1) [07C92D88], AccurateRip returned [3575F7A6] (AR v2)
Track 4 cannot be verified as accurate (confidence 1) [AAC67B09], AccurateRip returned [3F84450C] (AR v2)
Track 5 cannot be verified as accurate (confidence 1) [A90E9160], AccurateRip returned [1ED21C07] (AR v2)
Track 6 cannot be verified as accurate (confidence 1) [F0A48589], AccurateRip returned [AB1C3154] (AR v2)
Track 7 cannot be verified as accurate (confidence 1) [DFF2A498], AccurateRip returned [FAA0A80C] (AR v2)
Track 8 cannot be verified as accurate (confidence 1) [774D669B], AccurateRip returned [58EB6587] (AR v2)
Track 9 cannot be verified as accurate (confidence 1) [F3ADCC7E], AccurateRip returned [6FFC93E1] (AR v2)
Track 10 cannot be verified as accurate (confidence 1) [EFF6946C], AccurateRip returned [3A944BC7] (AR v2)
Track 11 cannot be verified as accurate (confidence 1) [74A07224], AccurateRip returned [94CF0C94] (AR v2)
Track 12 cannot be verified as accurate (confidence 1) [7FEEE271], AccurateRip returned [6C6CBADE] (AR v2)
Track 13 cannot be verified as accurate (confidence 1) [151CE2C3], AccurateRip returned [2A4CA7F2] (AR v2)
Track 14 cannot be verified as accurate (confidence 1) [85BA3E80], AccurateRip returned [1B194A7E] (AR v2)
Track 15 cannot be verified as accurate (confidence 1) [8CDD441E], AccurateRip returned [C9353898] (AR v2)
Track 16 cannot be verified as accurate (confidence 1) [B886B3DB], AccurateRip returned [03D7F5A0] (AR v2)
Track 17 cannot be verified as accurate (confidence 1) [34C4EC88], AccurateRip returned [181469D9] (AR v2)
Track 18 cannot be verified as accurate (confidence 1) [7EE350DE], AccurateRip returned [8D2C6354] (AR v2)
Track 19 cannot be verified as accurate (confidence 1) [89A3BE49], AccurateRip returned [F9AE2985] (AR v2)
Track 20 cannot be verified as accurate (confidence 1) [7C1422C0], AccurateRip returned [9C44E1F9] (AR v2)

No tracks could be verified as accurate
You may have a different pressing from the one(s) in the database

End of status report

AR log

[CUETools log; Date: 06.10.2017 17:38:26; Version: 2.1.4]
CD-Extra data track length 00:18:74.
[CTDB TOCID: oTkYRGP2_O3a5fbQk5LKlF_4Fbg-] found.
Track | CTDB Status
1 | (3/3) Accurately ripped
2 | (3/3) Accurately ripped
3 | (3/3) Accurately ripped
4 | (3/3) Accurately ripped
5 | (3/3) Accurately ripped
6 | (3/3) Accurately ripped
7 | (3/3) Accurately ripped
8 | (3/3) Accurately ripped
9 | (3/3) Accurately ripped
10 | (3/3) Accurately ripped
11 | (3/3) Accurately ripped
12 | (3/3) Accurately ripped
13 | (3/3) Accurately ripped
14 | (3/3) Accurately ripped
15 | (3/3) Accurately ripped
16 | (3/3) Accurately ripped
17 | (3/3) Accurately ripped
18 | (3/3) Accurately ripped
19 | (3/3) Accurately ripped
20 | (3/3) Accurately ripped
[AccurateRip ID: 0028013c-024bd622-270da815] found.
Track [ CRC | V2 ] Status
01 [e7b0e516|3c2b246b] (0+3/3) Accurately ripped
02 [bb8a92e2|1ac8630e] (0+3/3) Accurately ripped
03 [f9bd5471|07c92d88] (0+3/3) Accurately ripped
04 [ef4a3c2b|aac67b09] (0+3/3) Accurately ripped
05 [ee86c898|a90e9160] (0+3/3) Accurately ripped
06 [fe01ff72|f0a48589] (0+3/3) Accurately ripped
07 [b8852474|dff2a498] (0+3/3) Accurately ripped
08 [e279fa39|774d669b] (0+3/3) Accurately ripped
09 [fe1a38f6|f3adcc7e] (0+3/3) Accurately ripped
10 [8d31f32b|eff6946c] (0+3/3) Accurately ripped
11 [4ddc8198|74a07224] (0+3/3) Accurately ripped
12 [d4aa74f9|7feee271] (0+3/3) Accurately ripped
13 [87b95210|151ce2c3] (0+3/3) Accurately ripped
14 [b54f9804|85ba3e80] (0+3/3) Accurately ripped
15 [3d67a391|8cdd441e] (0+3/3) Accurately ripped
16 [fcdb2bbc|b886b3db] (0+3/3) Accurately ripped
17 [8cdf4f2f|34c4ec88] (0+3/3) Accurately ripped
18 [eac4c201|7ee350de] (0+3/3) Accurately ripped
19 [2535026d|89a3be49] (0+3/3) Accurately ripped
20 [aa4aebf9|7c1422c0] (0+3/3) Accurately ripped

Track Peak [ CRC32 ] [W/O NULL] [ LOG ]
– 99,8 [9FD2F6FA] [D31E7097] CRC32
01 67,9 [B2E649BF] [FD6B3425]
02 59,1 [E475E673] [86228B24]
03 36,5 [425DBA34] [45703505]
04 59,9 [5233BFDF] [7A26BACD]
05 67,9 [B4799009] [788D7CB0]
06 58,0 [8365E943] [26CD206F]
07 45,5 [4040A4E7] [AFF6DC3A]
08 37,9 [8B9F88E1] [F416E2C0]
09 75,9 [0974DB45] [F0FB4121]
10 80,6 [605BFEBA] [CEFAD377]
11 73,4 [379F4754] [62AD06E1]
12 37,3 [F44A1F95] [128A22B6]
13 99,8 [62959DA0] [C58C6C04]
14 83,1 [0BD51889] [040C8FF3]
15 80,3 [447D6C34] [61B9224B]
16 64,0 [43FE0D98] [419D0686]
17 35,0 [99DFEAC6] [16C585EA]
18 82,7 [FB4CCCF6] [B5F5DA34]
19 68,4 [B7EEEEAD] [3AF105E3]
20 39,8 [5781A271] [713507C4]

DR log

foobar2000 1.2 / Dynamic Range Meter 1.1.1
log date: 2017-10-06 17:43:18

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
Analyzed: Andrea Bacchetti / Benedetto Marcello - Piano Sonatas - Andrea Bacchetti
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

DR Peak RMS Duration Track
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
DR12 -3.35 dB -18.92 dB 2:21 01-Sonata III in G major - I. Allegro
DR14 -4.56 dB -23.79 dB 4:41 02-Sonata III in G major - II. Andante
DR13 -8.75 dB -26.18 dB 4:01 03-Sonata V in D minor - I. Largo
DR11 -4.44 dB -19.99 dB 2:25 04-Sonata V in D minor - II. (Moderato)
DR11 -3.36 dB -17.67 dB 2:06 05-Sonata V in D minor - III. Allegro
DR10 -4.72 dB -17.98 dB 0:31 06-Sonata VII in A minor - I. Presto
DR13 -6.82 dB -25.21 dB 0:54 07-Sonata VII in A minor - II. Adagio
DR13 -8.42 dB -25.46 dB 5:03 08-Sonata VII in A minor - III. Cantabile e Largo
DR11 -2.39 dB -17.51 dB 2:15 09-Sonata VII in A minor - IV. Largo
DR11 -1.87 dB -17.90 dB 1:25 10-Sonata VII in A minor - V. Presto
DR12 -2.68 dB -24.32 dB 0:53 11-Sonata VII in A minor - VI. Minuetto
DR11 -8.56 dB -23.90 dB 1:38 12-Minuetto in C major
DR12 -0.01 dB -16.32 dB 4:28 13-Sonata X in C minor - I. Presto
DR16 -1.60 dB -24.41 dB 7:20 14-Sonata X in C minor - II. Largo
DR12 -1.90 dB -16.21 dB 2:50 15-Sonata X in C minor - III. Presto
DR11 -3.87 dB -19.05 dB 2:38 16-Sonata X in C minor - IV. (Presto)
DR14 -9.10 dB -27.83 dB 3:33 17-Sonata IX in A major - I. Largo
DR12 -1.64 dB -18.22 dB 2:28 18-Sonata IX in A major - II. Presto
DR12 -3.29 dB -19.45 dB 2:17 19-Sonata IX in A major - III. Allegro
DR11 -7.99 dB -22.88 dB 1:41 20-Minuetto in C major
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Number of tracks: 20
Official DR value: DR12

Samplerate: 44100 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 16
Bitrate: 456 kbps
Codec: FLAC
================================================================================

All thanks to original releaser

More interesting music in My Blog

2010s Andrea Bacchetti Baroque Benedetto Marcello CD-Rip + Scans Classical FLAC Lossless MP3 Piano Classical Music