Chelleri: 6 Sonate di Galanteria

Orphaned at a young age, Fortunato Chelleri (1690–1757) was raised by his uncle Francesco Bazzani, the kapellmeister at Piacenza Cathedral, who taught him organ, harpsichord and composition.

Composer: Fortunato Chelleri
Artists: Luigi Chiarizia (harpsichord)
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He rose to prominence first in Italy as a composer of opera seria but also wrote oratorios, cantatas, orchestral music, chamber music and keyboard music during his time as kapellmeister at Würzburg, a post he took in 1724. Unfortunately the majority of his work has been lost.

The “6 Sonate di Galanteria” performed on this CD were written in the early 1720s, a time when a new compositional style known as the galant was taking hold. (This was a departure from the baroque, with much less emphasis on polyphony and a preference for accompanied melody, making it a forerunner of the Classical period to come.) The 6 Sonate reflect this style with their typical alternation of slow and fast movements and monothematic, binary structure. Some of the movements are based on dance rhythms, including many minuets and some French-style allemandes. In the latter, Chelleri meticulously notates the “swing” or dotted rhythms that would have been implied, unwritten, according to the French notes inégales practice of the time, which suggests that Chelleri wanted to write in a way that players outside the French harpsichord tradition could understand.

Tracklist:
Sonata No. 1 in G Minor:
0:00 Entrée
2:28 Corrente
4:28 Giga
6:32 Menuet

Sonata No. 2 in F Major:
8:54 Allegro
11:58 Andante
14:34 Allegro
17:08 Gavotta

Sonata No. 3 in E Minor:
19:26 Andante
23:06 Allegro
26:00 Allegro
29:31 Minuetto

Sonata No. 4 in D Major:
30:53 Allegro
34:00 Corrente
37:45 Rigaudon

Sonata No. 5 in C Major:
39:27 Allegro
44:01 Andante
47:50 Giga
50:17 Menuet

Sonata No. 6 in G Major:
52:16 Andante
55:04 Sarabanda – Affettuoso
57:15 Aria – Allegro

Sonata No. 3 in A Minor:
1:00:42 Allemanda
1:04:01 Andante
1:06:14 Menuet
1:08:06 Giga

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