Agus: Sonate a violino solo e basso Quartetto Vanvitelli

• Giuseppe Agus (1722 - 1798): Sonata No. 1 in A Major:
• 1Agus: Sonata No. 1 in A Major: I. Largo03:11
• 2Agus: Sonata No. 1 in A Major: II. Allegro assai02:27
• 3Agus: Sonata No. 1 in A Major: III. Andante04:32
• Sonata No. 2 in B-Flat Major:
• 4Agus: Sonata No. 2 in B-Flat Major: I. Largo02:26
• 5Agus: Sonata No. 2 in B-Flat Major: II. Allegro maestoso03:19
• 6Agus: Sonata No. 2 in B-Flat Major: III. Allegro assai02:11
• Sonata No. 3 in C Major:
• 7Agus: Sonata No. 3 in C Major: I. Adagio02:29
• 8Agus: Sonata No. 3 in C Major: II. Allegro ma non troppo04:34
• 9Agus: Sonata No. 3 in C Major: III. Minue03:10
• Sonata No. 4 in G Major:
• 10Agus: Sonata No. 4 in G Major: I. Andantino grazzioso03:23
• 11Agus: Sonata No. 4 in G Major: II. Allegro maestoso03:05
• 12Agus: Sonata No. 4 in G Major: III. Minue03:09
• Sonata No. 5 in F Major:
• 13Agus: Sonata No. 5 in F Major: I. Grave02:58
• 14Agus: Sonata No. 5 in F Major: II. Allegro ma non troppo02:38
• 15Agus: Sonata No. 5 in F Major: III. Andantino grazzioso01:55
• 16Agus: Sonata No. 5 in F Major: IV. Presto e con spirito01:47
• Sonata No. 6 in E Major:
• 17Agus: Sonata No. 6 in E Major: I. Larghetto03:05
• 18Agus: Sonata No. 6 in E Major: II. Allegro03:35
• 19Agus: Sonata No. 6 in E Major: III. Tempo di minuetto05:15
• The Allemands:
• 20Agus: The Allemands: Allemanda No. 1 in D Major - Allemanda No. 2 in D Major- Allemanda No. 3 in D Major - Allemanda No. 4 in G Major - Allemanda No. 5 in F Major - Allemanda No. 6 in F Major09:02
• Total Runtime01:08:11

Info for Agus: Sonate a violino solo e basso

The Neapolitan school of instrumental music and its links with the rest of Europe in the eighteenth century – this is at the heart of Quartetto Vanvitelli’s activities. After concentrating on the work of the composer Michele Mascitti of Abruzzo, an outstanding figure representing Italian music in France, the quartet now turns to a composer-violinist from Sardinia, Giuseppe (Joseph) Agus (1722-1798), who achieved success in London and Paris in the second half of the 18th century. Like Mascitti, he studied in Naples, then lived in London from the late 1740s, coming into direct contact with the most important protagonists of 18th-century English music: George Frederic Handel, Thomas Arne, Johann Christian Bach.

Working as a violinist in the theatres and concert halls of the English capital, Agus published various instrumental collections and participated in collective works with music by Handel, Arne and Hasse. Even though his artistry was appreciated in London, Agus moved to Paris in the 1770s, where he published a few compositions and taught at the Conservatoire until his death in 1798.

Quartetto Vanvitelli

Luigi Accardo
was born in 1985 in Cagliari. In 2009 he graduated in piano from the Conservatorio Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina of Cagliari, under the teaching of Rosabianca Rachel. In 2009 he moved to Piacenza where he started to play the harpsichord and under the teaching of Paola Poncet in 2012 he graduated in harpsicord from the Conservatorio Giuseppe Nicolini di Piacenza. Later in 2014 he got his master in harpsicord and ancient keyboards with highest honours, and in 2017 he got master in “Chamber Music” with highest honours. He attended various master classes and upgrading courses with musicians such as Cristine Schornsheim, Olivier Baumont, Carmen Leoni, Pierre Hantai.

In 2008 he graduated with highest honours in ethnomusicology from the Conservatorio di Cagliari. In 2011 he received his master degree in musicology (with highest honours) from the Facoltà di Musicologia di Cremona. He is partaking in a research project on musicals religious celebrations of 1937. From 2006 to 2009 he carried out a study on the religious celebration of the Holy Week of Bonnannaro (SS) for the “Hymnos” a cultural association. He participated as a speaker, in seminars and conferences.

As a performer, he played as harpsichordist in many concerts, in Italy (Milano, Torino, Lodi, Piacenza, Cremona, Cagliari, Pula, Laconi, Alghero, Parma, Illasi, Pamparato, Somma Campagna, Padova, Varese, L’Aquila, Mantova, Udine) in Germany (Bremen), in Croatia (Zagreb, Rovigno, Korčula) in France (Prades, Latour de France, Plateau, Bordeaux) in Netherlands (Vorden), in Kuwait (Kuwait City), Vilnius (Lithuania), Moscow (Russia), Tokyo, Fuji (Japan).

Luigi recorded for Arcana (Outhere Music) a solo Cd, titled “Santo Lapis – La Stravaganza & 12 Harpsichord Sonatas”. This music, by the italian composer Santo Lapis (from Bologna) is recorded and published for the first time.

In 2013 he founded in collaboration with the musician Enrico Bissolo the “Daccapo – Italian Harpsichord Duo”. The ensemble works at the realisation of an original repertoire for two harpsichords. The Duo has recently recorded a compact disc that was published in February 2014 with Stradivarius (Milano). The duo works with ARTCAM (videomakers) to create musical videoclip based on Daccapo’s arrangement of Italian Baroque Music.

In 2013 he founded with the violinist Sara Meloni, the ensemble “Musici di Castello”, based in the prestigious Palazzo Siotto in Cagliari. They are studying and playing the repertoire of ancient music, from the first baroque to the galante style.

Luigi plays cembalo and organ in “Accademia d’Arcadia” ensemble, with Alessandra Rossi as conductor.

Luigi plays cembalo and organ in “Quartetto Vanvitelli” Ensemble. The ensemble has recorded unpublished sonatas for violin and b.c. from op. VIII by Michele Mascitti.

Luigi plays cembalo in “Articoolazione” Ensemble, with Nicola Brovelli (cello), Diego Leverić (teorbe, lute and baroque guitar) and Leandro Marziotte (countertenor). The ensemble works mainly at Italian repertoire and has recently recorded six new unpublished Napolitan Cantatas from XVIII century. (Out in September 2016, Arcana – Outhere Music).

Luigi plays also keyboards, makes videos for the website “www.space4keys.com”. He played keyboards in various performance held in Italy, Switzerland and France. He also recorded two original albums: Starbynary – Dark Passenger, BakerTeam Records, 2014 ; Starbynary – Divina Commedia-Inferno, Revalve Records, 2017.

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