During the 18th century in Naples there were a huge number of excellent musicians. As a result, Neapolitan music reveals an exhaustive and surprising gold mine of new discoveries and small masterpieces. None of these sonatas have ever been recorded before. Flautist Renata Cataldi presents these works on an authentic transverse flute. She is joined by the ensemble Partenope Stravagante, cellist Leonardo Massa, and harpsichordist Debora Capitanio. Renata Cataldi studied at the "Licinio Refice" in Frosinone and "San Pietro a Majella" in Naples, and received her Doctor of Musical Arts at the University of Bologna. She regularly concertizes as a soloist, in various chamber ensembles, and in orchestra, devoting herself to the modern, Renaissance, and Baroque transverse flute. With the transverse flute, she dedicates herself to the recovery and enhancement of the eighteenth-century Neapolitan musical heritage. She is also the author of essays and articles published for the State Archives of Rome and the Italian Society of Musicology.

Tracklist:

Flute Sonata No. 1 In C Major, Op. 1 No. 1: I. Siciliana
Flute Sonata No. 1 In C Major, Op. 1 No. 1: II. Allegro
Flute Sonata No. 1 In C Major, Op. 1 No. 1: III. Minuetto. Allegro
Flute Sonata No. 1 In C Major, Op. 1 No. 1: IV. Corrente. Allegro
Flute Sonata No. 2 In E Minor, Op. 1 No. 2: I. Adagio
Flute Sonata No. 2 In E Minor, Op. 1 No. 2: II. Allemanda. Allegro
Flute Sonata No. 2 In E Minor, Op. 1 No. 2: III. Sarabanda
Flute Sonata No. 2 In E Minor, Op. 1 No. 2: IV. Minuetto
Flute Sonata No. 2 In G Major: I. Allegro
Flute Sonata No. 2 In G Major: II. Largo
Flute Sonata No. 2 In G Major: III. Balletto
Flute Sonata No. 6 In C Major: I. Allegro
Flute Sonata No. 6 In C Major: II. Lento
Flute Sonata No. 6 In C Major: III. Fuga. Allegro
Flute Sonata No. 16 In G Major: I. Allegretto
Flute Sonata No. 16 In G Major: II. Lento
Flute Sonata No. 16 In G Major: III. Balletto
Flute Sonata In B Minor: I. Largo
Flute Sonata In B Minor: II. Allegro
Flute Sonata In B Minor: III. Presto
Flute Sonata In D Major: I. Larghetto E Cantabile
Flute Sonata In D Major: II. Allegro
Flute Sonata In D Major: III. Allegretto

UPC: 8007144078195
Label: Dynamic
Release Date: 6.15.18
Format: CD

Caputi / Stravagante - 18th Century Neapolitan Flute Sonatas (CD)