Bonporti Sonatas

Volume 4 in a critically acclaimed survey of Bonporti’s music reaches Op.6, perhaps the most overlooked treasure in the output of the ‘gentleman from Trento’. This was the nickname bestowed on himself by Francesco Antonio Bonporti (1672 - 1749), who was born in the northern Italian city, and made his career as a musician in the surrounding region before dying in Padova.

F. A. Bonporti - Concertini e Serenate & F. M. Veracini - Sonate
Baroque | MP3 320 Kbps | 2 CD, covers, booklet | 226 MB RS
Nuova Era Records 1991

Surfing in Internet, by chance I have found the website of Luigi Mangiocavallo, a violinist who has been called to be part of Orchestra of 18th Century conducted by Frans Brüggen, of Capella Reial de Catalunya conducted by Jordi Savall, La Petit Band conducted by Sigiswald Kuijken and of the Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra conducted by Ton Koopman, making tour in Europe, USA and Japan.

In 1989 and 1990, he recorded two sets of sonatas for violin and bass by Francesco Maria Veracini and Francesco Antonio Bonporti, with Claudio Ronco(Cello) and Marco Mencoboni(Harpsichord).
As records are no longer available to the public because not distributed on the market for a long time, they think about the value that performances may still have for many music lovers, therefore they decided to give the opportunity to listen to them. They keep the privilege to do so freely, without intermediaries, thanks to the web.

I have uploaded their 2 CD to RS, so the download is faster than from website of Mangiocavallo.

In my opinion, the trio's performance is the really very good.

Thibault Noally and Les Accents present a celebration of the Venetian Sonata. The term sonata was first coined at the end of the 16th century by Giovanni Croce and Andrea Gabrieli but it was Tartini, born and active in the Venetian Republic, who created some 200 sonatas for violin, the largest body of work in the form, followed by Vivaldi with 80. If Vivaldi borrowed from all an sundry [Caldara, Corelli, Matteis, Bonporti, Albinoni] then others were quick to borrow from him too and the Venetian sonata spread through competing musicians to Germany, via Pisendel and the Dresden court; France with Leclair and Guignone; and Russia with the Venetians Madonis and Dall'Oglio. Thibault Noally is a recognised name on the international baroque stage. He best-known as the solo violin of Les Musiciens du Louvre-Grenoble with Marc Minkowski, with the Concerto Köln, Pulcinella or the Ensemble Matheus.