The instrumental ensemble Opera Quinta, directed by Fabrizio Longo, violin soloist of the team, adds an important element to the inexhaustible rediscovery of the eighteenth- century Italian heritage. The sonatas op. 1 by Angelo Michele Besseghi - composer of which, unfortunately, only few biographical information has reached us - were published in 1710, openly paying homage to the edition of his much more famous countryman who ten years earlier would have marked the course of European violin history: the Opera 5 by Arcangelo Corelli. Period ensemble Opera Quinta is violinist Fabrizio Longo, gambist Rosita Ippolito, lutenist Fabiano Merlante, and keyboardist Valeria Montanari.

Tracklist:

12 Violin Sonatas, Op. 1: No. 1 In A Minor
12 Violin Sonatas, Op. 1: No. 2 In F Major
12 Violin Sonatas, Op. 1: No. 3 In G Major
12 Violin Sonatas, Op. 1: No. 4 In B-Flat Major
12 Violin Sonatas, Op. 1: No. 5 In E Minor
12 Violin Sonatas, Op. 1: No. 6 In C Major
12 Violin Sonatas, Op. 1: No. 7 In D Major
12 Violin Sonatas, Op. 1: No. 8 In G Minor
12 Violin Sonatas, Op. 1: No. 9 In A Major
12 Violin Sonatas, Op. 1: No. 10 In C Minor
12 Violin Sonatas, Op. 1: No. 11 In D Minor
12 Violin Sonatas, Op. 1: No. 12 In B Minor

UPC: 8007194200218
Label: Tactus Records
Release Date: 9.4.20
Format: CD

Besseghi / Opera Qvinta - Sonate Da Camera 1 (2 CD)