Brunetti

Gaetano Brunetti (1744-1798) was, along with Luigi Boccherini, the main composer of symphonies during Spain ́s Classical period –both because of the quantity of his work and its diversity. Other composers active in Spain in the second half of the eighteenth century were not at the level of the work of the two Italians, although we know of a fair number that wrote symphonies, generally with a religious background. Central European and French symphonic music was freely available, at least in Madrid, and the works of the leading composers of the era were known and performed at the Spanish Court. Names like Haydn, Gossec, Pleyel, Mozart, Wranitzky, Eichner and Rosetti (Anton Rössler) appear on invoices for music purchased or copied for the Spanish court music service, although the composer that stands out above all others is Brunetti.

Gaetano Brunetti was an Italian composer of the Classical era who was employed at the royal court of Spain, for the most part writing symphonies and chamber works. A small number of Brunetti's compositions were published in his lifetime, and of these, his symphonies have attracted the most attention from period ensembles and have occasionally appeared on CD. This 2015 release by Gustavo Sánchez and Camerata Antonio Soler presents three works Brunetti composed in the reign of Charles III, the Symphony No. 9 in D major, the Symphony No. 21 in E flat major, and the Symphony No. 29 in C major, and they are played with rococo elegance in historically informed style.

Les enquêtes du commissaire Guido Brunetti.
Le commissaire Brunetti est le héros d'une série de romans policiers se déroulant à Venise écrits par Donna Leon …

Les enquêtes du commissaire Guido Brunetti.
Le commissaire Brunetti est le héros d'une série de romans policiers se déroulant à Venise écrits par Donna Leon, qui compte 30 titres en 2022. …

Un missionnaire tout juste revenu d'Afrique demande au commissaire Brunetti de s'intéresser aux agissements d'une secte qui sévit depuis quelque temps à Venise. Alors que le policier hésite à s'en occuper, le corps d'une fillette est retrouvé dans un canal. …

Par un beau jour de printemps à Venise, le commissaire Brunetti et son adjoint Vianello font libérer Ribetti, un ami de Vianello qui s’est fait bêtement coffrer lors d’une manifestation écologiste contre la pollution des eaux de la lagune. …

Giovanni Gualberto Brunetti (1706 - 1787) lived a large part of his life in Pisa, Italy, where he was director of music of the cathedral. Though he composed operas as well as other works he composed mainly for the church. According to the musicologist Paolo Peretti his Stabat Mater was more or less copied , in 1825, by Antonio Brunetti, probably a nephew of his, who changed some things, replaced three sections by his own and sold it as his own work: "Stabat Mater all'imitazione del'esimio Sig.Pergolesi". From this we might conclude that in fact Giovanni Gualberto himself had already made an imitation of Pergolesi's. Especially the first four parts have indeed a strong resemblance. Nevertheless, though Giovanni took Pergolesi's as an example, his contribution to the music is such, that it surely can be regarded as a work of his own. In this respect it is interesting too, to notice that he used a different text than Pergolesi.

Solemn A minor Largo precedes capricious A major Allegro di molto first movement with false recapitulation. Immediately corroborated is Newell Jenkins’s verdict that this symphony is ‘certainly one of the most curious and exceptional of all [Gaetano] Brunetti’s works’. Then there is his unique hallmark—of minuet and trio invariably discarded for a wind Quintetto (here in A) plus a trio for strings (A minor), both in 2/4. Revel in discovery.

A Venise, le commissaire Brunetti est chargé d'enquêter sur le meurtre d'un Africain qui vendait des contrefaçons à la sauvette. Il est dessaisi de l'enquête quand on découvre parmi les affaires de la victime des diamants dissimulés dans une boîte de sel. Mais en poursuivant ses recherches de son côté, il met au jour un complot impliquant une compagnie minière italienne et l'Angola. …

Les enquêtes du commissaire Guido Brunetti.
Le commissaire Brunetti est le héros d'une série de romans policiers se déroulant à Venise écrits par Donna Leon, qui compte 30 titres en 2022. …