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G. B. Platti aus Concerto grosso in re Maggiore (dalla Sonata n. 1 dell’op. V di Corelli)
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G. B. Platti aus Concerto grosso in re Maggiore (dalla Sonata n. 1 dell’op. V di Corelli) Allegro
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G. B. Platti aus Concerto grosso in re Maggiore (dalla Sonata n. 3 dell’op. V di Corelli) Adagio
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G. B. Platti aus Concerto grosso in re Maggiore (dalla Sonata n. 3 dell’op. V di Corelli) Allegro
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Giovanni Benedetto Platti
The music of Giovanni Benedetto Platti from Padua, Baroque at its core yet Classical on the surface, is shaped by the idea of the cosmopolitan Europe in which he lived. A privileged setting was the then newly built Würzburg Imperial Residence, whose enlightened patronage demanded the “consecration” that only Italian “genius” seemed capable of providing. Alongside Platti, other masters of the arts gathered at the palace, foremost among them Gianbattista Tiepolo.
Presented here are three of Platti’s concertos for cello and strings—recognizable among the archetypes of the solo repertoire for this instrument—and two concertos based on paraphrases of as many sonatas from Arcangelo Corelli’s Op. V. With these works—a gesture of homage to the outstanding composer of the Italian seventeenth century, to whom the entire musical world paid tribute—the sceptre of instrumental music is ideally passed from Italy to Germany, which would hold it firmly in its grasp for a century and a half.
