Italy's Tactus label specializes in obscure and newly discovered works, and every so often it's ahead of the curve on an unknown composer. This set of six flute quartets by Ferrara-born composer Bartolomeo Campagnoli is a case in point. When the album was recorded in 2004 (it remained unreleased until 2008), they were described as recently discovered. Campagnoli spent much of his career in Germany and eventually became the conductor of the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra. Curiously for a research-oriented album there is no ...
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Italy's Tactus label specializes in obscure and newly discovered works, and every so often it's ahead of the curve on an unknown composer. This set of six flute quartets by Ferrara-born composer Bartolomeo Campagnoli is a case in point. When the album was recorded in 2004 (it remained unreleased until 2008), they were described as recently discovered. Campagnoli spent much of his career in Germany and eventually became the conductor of the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra. Curiously for a research-oriented album there is no indication of the date of the music or even general information about the source (manuscript, publication, format, etc.). From the musical evidence they might date from the late 1770s, shortly after Campagnoli arrived in Germany. In 1779 he became music director at the court of the Duke of Courland in Dresden, and the quartets, sunny and pleasant, would have been well suited to the court's needs for incidental music. By that time Campagnoli would have had time to become familiar with...
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