Mozart's Maestri: Johann Christian Bach & Giovanni Marco Rutini, Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Giovanni M. Rutini, Performer: Luca Guglielmi, Number of Discs: 1. It was only on very rare occasions that the Mozarts, father and son, had praise to spare for their composing colleagues. Amongst the few about whom they spoke favorably were Johann Christian Bach (1735-1782) and the Italian Giovanni Marco Rutini (1723-1797). On this CD, the harpsichordist Luca Guglielmi and his ensemble Concerto Madrigalesco present works of both of these composers which bear eloquent witness to this appraisal. Mozart expressed his admiration for Johann Christian Bach, whom he had met in London when still a child, in a letter of 1778 in which he wrote that he loved him 'with all my heart and I have high esteem for him'. Together with his father, Mozart adapted Bach's Sonatas Op. 5, Nos. 2-4 as concerti with accompanying strings, interpreted by Luca Guglielmi on a replica of a Silbermann fortepiano. They are notable for their graceful, cantabile style, felt by the young Mozart to be particularly worthy of imitation. Leopold Mozart was unusually generous in his praise of the then quite well-known Sonatas, Op. 5 of Rutini. Typical of these works is the varied treatment of textures and harmonies, as is the skilled use of contrasts - these, too, were elements that the young Mozart made his own. Guglielmi uses three different replicas of historical harpsichords for his recording of these sonatas.

Tracklist:

Keyboard Concerto In D Major, K. 107/1: I. Allegro
Keyboard Concerto In D Major, K. 107/1: II. Andante
Keyboard Concerto In D Major, K. 107/1: III. Tempo Di Menuetto - Minore - Da Capo Tempo Di Menuetto
Keyboard Sonata In D Major, Op. 6, No. 2: I. Con Brio
Keyboard Sonata In D Major, Op. 6, No. 2: II. Minuetto - Trio - Minuetto Da Capo
Keyboard Sonata In G Minor, Op. 6, No. 5: I. Allegro Molto
Keyboard Sonata In G Minor, Op. 6, No. 5: II. Allegro
Keyboard Concerto In G Major, K. 107/2: I. Allegro
Keyboard Concerto In G Major, K. 107/2: II. Theme And Variations: Allegretto
Keyboard Sonata In E-Flat Major, Op. 6, No. 6: I. Andante
Keyboard Sonata In E-Flat Major, Op. 6, No. 6: II. Presto Assai
Keyboard Sonata In E-Flat Major, Op. 6, No. 6: III. Allegro
Keyboard Sonata In F Minor, Op. 5, No. 5: I. Andante
Keyboard Sonata In F Minor, Op. 5, No. 5: II. Allegro
Keyboard Sonata In F Minor, Op. 5, No. 5: III. Presto - Minuetto - Presto Da Capo
Keyboard Concerto In E Major, K. 107/3: I. Allegro
Keyboard Concerto In E Major, K. 107/3: II. Allegretto

UPC: 4015023242562
Label: Accent Records
Release Date: 8.12.14
Format: CD

Luca Guglielmi - Mozarts Maestri (CD)