Dal Barba: Violin Sonatas

The Violin Sonatas by Dal Barba presented on this album provide an overview of the violin art in northern Italy that is still little known and obscured by the classical and virtuosic style introduced first by Giuseppe Tartini and later by Niccolò Paganini. Dal Barba's musical language renounces any contrapuntal pretensions; rather, it is devoted exclusively to drawing up a harmonic-melodic profile it adopts the typical characteristics of the Neapolitan galant style - a true musical novelty that was imported to Venice as early as the early 1730s, indulging in melodious invention and instrumental brilliance.

Composer: Daniel Pio Dal Barba
Artists: Valerio Losito (baroque violin), Federico Del Sordo (harpsichord), Diego Leverić (archlute), Cecilia Medi (baroque bassoon), Andrea Lattarulo (baroque cello) & Carlo Calegari (double bass)

Cover: Cover: Sleeping Girl (first half of the 18th century) by Pietro Antonio Rotari (1707-1762)

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Little-known, late-Baroque chamber sonatas by a Veronese contemporary of Bach and Haydn.

Born in Verona in 1715, Daniel del Barba grew up, lived and worked there as a composer, violinist, singer and librettist until retiring in 1791; he died in the city a decade later. When his collection of 12 violin sonatas was composed and published isn’t certain: probably the late 1740s. By then he had become known as a composer for both the stage and the church. These sonatas remain among the few surviving examples of instrumental music in his output, but they tell us that del Barba was a master of his art in the north Italian school of violin writing. The absence of counterpoint and of brilliant virtuoso effects distinguishes these sonatas from Vivaldi and his Venetian contemporaries. The supple melodic ideas, decorative lyric lines, and late Baroque formal designs belong instead to the gentler stile galante, and in particular to the influential style of Giuseppe Tartini, who may have acted as a mentor to del Barba.

Audiences at the time enjoyed the tunefulness of del Barba’s music, its harmonic clarity and sentimental charm.

Almost three centuries on, contemporary listeners may readily respond likewise, thanks to the revival of interest in his music led by Brilliant Classics. An album of Dal Barba’s Requiem (96189) and other sacred music was released late in 2022; this collection of the first six violin sonatas features several distinguished interpreters of Italian early music, led by the violinist Valerio Losito, who has made several critically acclaimed albums for the label.

Tracklist:
Violin Sonata No. 1 in D Major:
0:00:00 I. Addaggio
0:05:43 II. Allegro
0:11:26 III. Capriccio variator

Violin Sonata No. 2 in B-Flat Major:
0:19:25 I. Addaggietto
0:23:59 II. Allegro lento
0:30:10 III. Allegro

Violin Sonata No. 3 in G Major:
0:32:56 I. Addaggio
0:39:41 II. Spiritoso
0:44:43 III. Minueto variator

Violin Sonata No. 4 in E Major:
0:51:43 I. Addaggio
1:00:01 II. Vivace
1:06:33 III. Allegro

Violin Sonata No. 5 in F Major:
1:09:39 I. Addaggio
1:17:13 II. Allegro
1:23:06 III. Minueto variator

Violin Sonata No. 6 in A Major:
1:32:17 I. Addaggio
1:38:43 II. Allegro
1:44:51 III. Minueto variator

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