Roberto Valentini – complete mandolin sonatas

Please support the world premiere recording of Roberto Valentini's mandolin sonatas, the first CD of Pizzicar Galante!

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Roberto Valentini – complete mandolin sonatas

<p> This recording project is the result of a long-lasting collaboration of musicians who enthusiastically work together since 2012.</p> <p lang="it-IT">  </p> <p> <strong>Pizzicar Galante includes mandolin player Anna Schivazappa, harpsichordist Fabio Antonio Falcone, gamba player Ronald Martin Alonso and theorbist Daniel de Morais. The goal of the ensemble is the discovery and diffusion of Baroque eighteenth-century music for mandolin and continuo</strong>. According to the different programs offered by the ensemble, different instruments are used, among which an original Neapolitan mandolin built in 1768 by Antonio Vinaccia. The scholarly background of all the members of the ensemble ensures the high musical and historical standard of their performances.</p> <p lang="it-IT">  </p> <p> Previously, the ensemble worked and performed the mandolin works of Domenico Scarlatti– some of the most challenging pieces for this setting.</p> <p lang="it-IT">  </p> <p lang="it-IT"> <img alt="Img_1760_2_2_copia_chiara-1440967994" src="https://d3v4jsc54141g1.cloudfront.net/uploads/project_image/image/227443/IMG_1760_2_2_copia_chiara-1440967994.jpg"></p> <p lang="it-IT">  </p> <p> It was on this repertoire that we started to work together, <strong>finding common ground and experimenting with different colors</strong>. This first project was met with success and enthusiasm on several occasions in France and Italy.</p> <p lang="it-IT">  </p> <p> <iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="304" src="//cdn.embedly.com/widgets/media.html?src=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fembed%2FivZA51ebSW0%3Fwmode%3Dopaque%26feature%3Doembed&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DivZA51ebSW0&amp;image=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FivZA51ebSW0%2Fhqdefault.jpg&amp;key=ff2702755d9749cda571c6d6c2f3eb46&amp;type=text%2Fhtml&amp;schema=youtube" width="540"></iframe></p> <p lang="it-IT">  </p> <p> The success of this first project encouraged us to go on and further develop in find less-know repertoire. Two collections of mandolin sonatas published in <strong>Rome at the beginning of the eighteenth century</strong> were remarkably interesting: the sonatas per il flauto traversiero, col basso che possono servire per violino mandola et Oboe, op. 12, by <strong>Roberto Valentini</strong> and Divertimenti per camera a violino, violone, cimbalo, flauto e mandola op. 2 by <strong>Pietro Giuseppe Gaetano Boni</strong>.</p> <p> <iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="304" src="//cdn.embedly.com/widgets/media.html?src=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fembed%2FV57k-wpC43g%3Fwmode%3Dopaque%26feature%3Doembed&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DV57k-wpC43g&amp;image=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FV57k-wpC43g%2Fhqdefault.jpg&amp;key=ff2702755d9749cda571c6d6c2f3eb46&amp;type=text%2Fhtml&amp;schema=youtube" width="540"></iframe></p> <p lang="it-IT">  </p> <p> In the same years when Corelli was enchanting Europe with his music, these two collections are <strong>the first example of sonatas for mandolin and continuo</strong>. In those years Rome was at the height of its splendor and all the noble families were looking for artists to increase their own prestige. In this period of artistic and cultural effervescence, Academy of Arcadia was founded. A new sensibility started to give <strong>preference to classical balance</strong> rather than Baroque exuberance.These sonatas display a strong reference to Corelli’s sober and elegant style, full of energy and contrasts. The bass line is not just an harmonic background, but often a second counterpoint lain, equal to the first. That is why we decided to add a gamba, whose deep sounds remarks this function.</p> <p lang="it-IT">  </p> <p> <iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="304" src="//cdn.embedly.com/widgets/media.html?src=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fembed%2FZ1TdnRUb1Co%3Fwmode%3Dopaque%26feature%3Doembed&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DZ1TdnRUb1Co&amp;image=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FZ1TdnRUb1Co%2Fhqdefault.jpg&amp;key=ff2702755d9749cda571c6d6c2f3eb46&amp;type=text%2Fhtml&amp;schema=youtube" width="540"></iframe></p> <p lang="it-IT">  </p> <p> The sonatas by Giuseppe Valentini and Roberto Gaetano Boni are written to <strong>mandola</strong>, an instrument frequently used in Rome from the mid of the seventeenth century in large and small ensembles. For the recording, we shall use two different instruments: a six-strings mandolin after Antonio Monzino (1792) and a Roman five-strings mandola, manufactured by Milanese maker Tiziano Rizzi.</p> <p lang="it-IT">  </p> <p lang="it-IT"> <img alt="Mandolino-1441057967" src="https://d3v4jsc54141g1.cloudfront.net/uploads/project_image/image/227660/mandolino-1441057967.jpg"></p> <p lang="it-IT">  </p> <p lang="it-IT"> <strong>The recording, a world premiere, will take place on fall 2015</strong>, in the beautiful church of St. Giuseppe in Montevecchio di Pergola, located on the green Italian hills. <strong>The CD will be released in 2016 by Dutch label Brilliant Classics.</strong></p>

Allocation of funds

<p> The realization of a recording project requires a substantial financial investment to cover the costs of production and postproduction.</p> <p> Specifically, the fundraising will support:</p> <p>  </p> <p> 
- The hiring of the recording equipment and the fee of sound engineer: € 1,089 - Editing: € 1,210
- Mastering: € 363
</p> <p> - Transportation costs for musicians and sound engineer: 800 €
</p> <p> - The cost of accommodation for four people for a week: 1200 € All the other costs (i.e. printing and distribution of the CD) will be covered by the label.</p> <p> If we will manage to collect more than 4,500€, for instance <strong>6000 €</strong>,  these additional funds will be used for a <strong>professional photo shoot and a video presentation for the release of our CD</strong>.</p> <p> <strong>We send you advance our warmest thanks’ for your help in the realization of a project for the rediscovery of this important musical and cultural heritage.</strong></p> <p>  </p> <p> <a href="http://www.pizzicargalante.com/" target="_blank">http://www.pizzicargalante.com/</a></p>

Rewards

€1

  • 1 contribution
A track of our first CD in mp3 format

Estimated delivery: February 2016

€15

  • 11 contributions
The whole CD in mp3 format

Estimated delivery: April 2016

€25

  • 34 contributions
A signed copy of our first CD PLUS the whole CD in mp3 format

Estimated delivery: June 2016

€45

  • 10 contributions
Your name will be mentioned on our website PLUS all previous rewards

Estimated delivery: June 2016

€60

  • 6 contributions
A black cotton shopper bag with Pizzicar Galante’s logo PLUS all previous rewards

Estimated delivery: June 2016

€100

  • 7 contributions
Your name will be mentioned on the booklet of the CD PLUS all previous rewards

Estimated delivery: June 2016

€250

  • 1 contribution
An unreleased surprise track on Vinyl Disc "Deluxe Edition" PLUS all previous rewards

Estimated delivery: June 2016

€400

  • 1 contribution
Your name will be mentioned as "Associate Producer" on the booklet of the CD (your logo will be shown on the booklet as well) PLUS all previous rewards

Estimated delivery: June 2016

€800

  • 1 contribution
A mandolin-harpsichord private concert (expenses not included) PLUS all previous rewards

Estimated delivery: June 2016

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