When Giovanni Benedetto Platti was born, Johann Sebastian Bach was already twelve years old, and when he died, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was only two weeks short of his seventh birthday. So far scholars have not been able to unearth any significant information about this composer's childhood and youth, and his dates make it easy to understand why posterity has assigned him to one of those perilous Â»transitional gap periodsÂ« from which many composers like him never reemerge. However, especially since the beginning of the new millennium Platti by exception has enjoyed something of a renaissance. From 1722 until his death in 1763 Platti served the WÃ¼rzburg Prince Archbishop Johann Philipp Franz von SchÃ¶nborn and his hardly less renowned brothers. He was a highly regarded virtuoso and composer who as a productive musician not only was diligent but also and above all very imaginative and even fond of experimentation. The writing style of his harpsichord and cello sonatas, trios, and concertos is often so highly original that they practically had to be rediscovered sooner or later. The selection of works recorded here also shows that this Italian-in-Franconia was an artist who in particular expertly negotiated oscillating harmonic boundaries, never reached his limits with the means of expression available to him at the time, and formulated astonishing solutions to meet the needs of instrumental virtuosos.

Tracklist:

Harpsichord Concerto In G Major, Ip 54: I. Allegro Assai
Harpsichord Concerto In G Major, Ip 54: II. Largo
Harpsichord Concerto In G Major, Ip 54: III. Allegro Assai
Harpsichord Concerto In C Major, Ip 48: I. Allegro
Harpsichord Concerto In C Major, Ip 48: II. Adagio
Harpsichord Concerto In C Major, Ip 48: III. Tempo Di Menuet
Violin Concerto In A Major, Ip 18: I. Non Tanto Allegro
Violin Concerto In A Major, Ip 18: II. Adagio
Violin Concerto In A Major, Ip 18: III. Presto
Harpsichord Concerto In F Major, Ip 52: I. Allegro
Harpsichord Concerto In F Major, Ip 52: II. Adagio
Harpsichord Concerto In F Major, Ip 52: III. Allegro
Harpsichord Concerto In A Major, Ip 57: I. Allegro Ma Non Tanto
Harpsichord Concerto In A Major, Ip 57: II. Largo
Harpsichord Concerto In A Major, Ip 57: III. Allegro

UPC: 761203521920
Label: Cpo Records
Release Date: 1.1.21
Format: CD

Platti / Loreggian / Guglielmo - Four Harpsichord Concertos (CD)