Giustini 12 Sonatas Op. 1

The very first-ever set of ‘piano sonatas’ in a new and highly imaginative recording. Composer: Lodovico Giustini Artist: Paolo Zentilin (piano) Online purchase or streaming (Spotify, iTunes, Amazon Music, Deezer): More Information: Following Andrea Coen’s 2010 recording (94021) Brilliant Classics is the only label with two complete versions of Giustini’s sonatas on the market, showing its commitment to significant but under-recorded turning points in musical history. Lodovico Giustini (1685-1743) seldom left his native Pistoia, where he worked as organist of the Congregazione dello Spirito Santo. Published in nearby Florence in 1732, this set of 12 elegant sonatas is, in keeping with Scarlattian practice, dominated by movements in binary form, featuring dances and contrapuntal excursions, and displaying hints of the emerging galant style, which replaced busy Baroque continuo textures with a singing, more natural approach. Giustini enjoys high contrasts, soft and loud, and teases out of the new fortepiano technology everything it had to offer. Tracklist: Lodovico Giustini Sonata No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 1: 0:00:00 I. Balletto. Spiritoso, ma non presto 0:03:22 II. Corrente. Allegro 0:05:21 III. Sarabanda. Grave 0:08:09 IV. Giga. Presto 0:09:41 V. Minuet. Affettuoso Sonata No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 1: 0:10:39 I. Grave 0:14:52 II. Corrente. Allegro 0:16:42 III. Giga. Grave 0:22:12 IV. Giga. Presto 0:24:16 V. Minuet Sonata No. 3 in F Major, Op. 1: 0:25:52 I. Siciliana. Affettuoso 0:30:41 II. Canzone 0:32:59 III. Andante, ma non presto 0:35:49 IV. Giga. Presto Sonata No. 4 in E Minor, Op. 1: 0:37:55 I. Preludia. Largo 0:43:44 II. Presto 0:46:20 III. Sarabanda. Largo 0:48:05 IV. Giga. Allegro Sonata No. 5 in D Major, Op. 1: 0:50:12 I. Preludio. Adagio e arpeggiato nell’acciaccature 0:55:20 II. Allegro 0:58:52 III. Affettuoso 1:01:52 IV. Corrente. Allegro 1:03:59 V. Tempo di gavotte Sonata No. 6 in B-Flat Major, Op. 1: 1:06:14 I. Preludio. Grave 1:10:26 II. Allegro assai 1:13:33 III. Dolce 1:18:31 IV. Giga. Allegro Sonata No. 7 in G Major, Op. 1: 1:20:39 I. Allemanda. Andante 1:24:30 II. Corrente. Presto assai 1:27:30 III. Siciliana. Affettuoso 1:31:52 IV. Gavotta. Presto Sonata No. 8 in A Major, Op. 1: 1:34:00 I. Sarabanda. Affettuoso 1:38:52 II. Allegro 1:42:00 III. Rondò. Affettuoso 1:44:22 IV. Giga. Prestissimo Sonata No. 9 in C Major, Op. 1: 1:46:53 I. Sarabanda. Andante 1:51:47 II. Allemanda. Allegro 1:55:47 III. Rondò. Affettuoso 1:58:02 IV. Gavotta. Allegro Sonata No. 10 in F Minor, Op. 1: 2:00:55 I. Allemanda. Affettuoso 2:04:08 II. Canzone. Tempo di gavotte 2:06:23 III. Allemanda. Grave e affettuoso 2:09:33 IV. Corrente. Allegro assai Sonata No. 11 in E Major, Op. 1: 2:11:49 I. Allemanda. Allegro ma non presto 2:14:28 II. Dolce 2:16:15 III. Gavotta 2:18:17 IV. Rondò. Affettuoso 2:20:54 V. Giga. Allegro assai Sonata No. 12 in G Major, Op. 1: 2:22:45 I. Sarabanda. Largo 2:28:08 II. Canzone 2:31:21 III. Siciliana. Affettuoso 2:34:48 IV. Giga. Presto assai 2:37:30 V. Minuet. Allegro Social media links: Instagram: Facebook: TikTok: Spotify Playlists: Brilliant Classics Spotify: New Classical Releases: The Best of Liszt: The Best of Bach: Most Popular Piano Music: Beautiful Classical Music: Classical Music For Dinnertime: Thank you for watching this video by Brilliant Classics, we hope you enjoyed it! Don’t forget to share it and subscribe to our YouTube channel. And visit our channel for other pieces by composer and more of the greatest composers. We upload daily with complete albums and compilations with the best classical music. #Giustini #ClassicalMusic #Piano #Sonatas #BrilliantClassics