Brunetti | Violin sonatas Vol. 9

Cayetano (or Gaetano) Brunetti is one of the most important composers of the second half of the 18th century in Spain. His work comprises chamber music (sonatas for violin, duos, trios, quartets, quintets, sextets) and symphonic music. He worked for the most important Spanish nobility (the dukes of Osuna and the dukes of Alba). Brunetti composed mainly for the Prince of Asturias, the future Charles IV, being his violin master, chamber musician and, finally, director of the orchestra of the Real Cámara.

We publish in this volume the last eleven violin sonatas that Cayetano Brunetti composed expressly for the use of the Prince of Asturias (future Carlos IV). Although the collection consisted of twenty-four sonatas, unfortunately two of them (VI and XXIII) have been lost, reaching us twenty-two. Brunetti's autograph scores (twelve) and scores copied by Francisco Mencía (twenty-two), a copyist who worked for the Prince of Asturias, have been preserved. The collection of sonatas made expressly for the use of the Prince of Asturias must have been composed in the years 1781 and 1782.

Contents:

6ª Sonata a violino solo e basso. Anno 1763  (s/n)

Largo - Allegro moderato- Andante. Variazioni

Sonata a violino solo e basso L 39 Espressamente fatta per uso del Sig.r D.n Juaquin Ponze 

Moderato - Andantino Cantabile - Andantino con Variacioni

Sonata I a violino solo e basso L 40 Fatta per uso del Ex.mo S.or Ducha D’Alba. Anno 1778

Allegro Moderato - Cantabile - Allegretto. Rondeau

Sonata IV de violín y bajo L 41 Hecha para el Ex.mo S.or Duque de Alba

Allegro Moderato - Andantino - Andantino con variazioni

Sonata V de violín y bajo L 64 Hecha para el Ex.mo Señor Duque de Alba

Allegro Moderato - Andantino Grazioso con Moto - Allegretto

Sonata de violín y bajo L 70 Para la oposición […] el día 27 de febrero de 1787

Allegro Moderato - Largo sostenuto - Allegro Vivace

Sonata a violino solo e basso L 69

Allegro comodo - Largo - Allegro con Brio

Sonata a solo di violino e basso L 73

Allegro Moderato - Largo sostenuto - Allegro non molto

Sonata a violino solo e basso L 68

Allegro Moderato - Largo - Allegro

Sonata a violino solo e basso L 72 Per divertimento di S.M.C. ¿1791?

Allegro non molto - Larghetto - Allegro assai