MASCITTI Michele (1664-1760)
Quartetto Vanvitelli
ARCANA
1 CD
068:27
Kammermusik (instrumental)
2020-04-03
Sonata for Violin and Continuo in A Major, Op. 9 No. 1 Michele Mascitti I. Larghetto II. Allegro III. Sarabanta (Largo) IV. Allegro moderato Sonata for Violin and Continuo in G Minor, Op. 9 No. 2 Michele Mascitti I. Larghetto II. Allemanda (Allegro) III. Largo IV. Allegro Sonata for Violin and Continuo in F Major, Op. 9 No. 3 Michele Mascitti I. Vivace II. Adagio III. Allegro moderato IV. Larghetto et affettuoso V. Allegro Sonata for Violin and Continuo in D Minor, Op. 9 No. 5 Michele Mascitti I. Un poco andante II. Allemanda (Allegro) III. Adagio IV. Allegro Sonata for Violin and Continuo in A Minor, Op. 9 No. 6 Michele Mascitti I. Andante II. Allegro III. Largo et affettuoso IV. Allegro moderato Sonata for Violin and Continuo in D Major, Op. 9 No. 7 Michele Mascitti I. Vivace II. Largo III. Allegro IV. Largo V. Allegro Sonata for Violin and Continuo in B-Flat Major, Op. 9 No. 9 Michele Mascitti I. Un poco andante II. Allegro III. Largo IV. Allegro Sonata for Violin and Continuo in C Minor, Op. 9 No. 12 Michele Mascitti I. Adagio II. Allegro III. Adagio IV. Allegro
In 1738 the acclaimed violinist and composer Michele Mascitti published in Paris his ninth collection of sonatas. The seventy-four-year-old Neapolitan musician was at the end of his long and celebrated career, but not of his creative powers. Dedicated to the Crozat family, which was to be Mascitti's patron until the end of his life, the twelve sonatas for violin and bass op.9 are fine examples of the graceful blend of Italian and French styles that made this composer so popular in France.
