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Giacomo Facco - Master of Kings
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Giacomo Facco - Master of Kings

Label Cobra Records

Artists Guillermo Turina, Eugenia Boix, Tomoko Matsuoka

€29,99 EUR
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The title Giacomo Facco: Master of Kings is translated literally from Uberto Zanolli’s Giacomo Facco: Maestro de reyes, the  rst major biography on this musician and composer.

Giacomo Facco was born on 1676 in the Most Serene Republic of Venice, in the small village of Marsango. The first documentary records of his work are in a series of cantatas, dated 1702, kept in Naples. It is there he may have started working for Antonio Spi?nola. The Spi?nola family was part of the high Spanish nobility and Antonio, during the War of the Spanish Succession, was appointed Viceroy of Sicily, where he lived until 1713. Facco also moved there with the marquis’ court, and had a period of intense activity, during which he premiered several operas and oratorios, as well as some cantatas.

The music selected on this DSD Album Giacomo Facco: Master of Kings is a journey through his cantatas and his cello music, exemplifying two stages of the composer’s life; works from the years he worked in Italy and works from the time he spent in Spain. After the success achieved with their first recording with COBRA records, Guillermo Turina, Eugenia Boix and Tomoko Matsuoka are back with this album of Giacomo Facco’s works. The world premiere recording of a monographic chamber music repertory by an Italian composer who is probably one of the most important and in uent composers of the Spanish Baroque era.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fD7e73Kb278&feature=youtu.be

Tracklist

Total time: 01:11:38

1. Cantata - Clori pur troppo bella - I.Recitativo
00:35
2. Cantata - Clori pur troppo bella - II. Aria
02:56
3. Cantata - Clori pur troppo bella - III. Recitativo
00:41
4. Cantata - Clori pur troppo bella - IV. Aria 2
02:57
5. Cantata - Clori pur troppo bella - V. Recitativo
00:25
6. Cantata - Clori pur troppo bella - VI. Aria, Largo
05:46
7. Sinfonia di Violoncello a solo in c minor - Largo
02:20
8. Sinfonia di Violoncello a solo in c minor - Presto
01:19
9. Sinfonia di Violoncello a solo in c minor - Grave
01:15
10. Sinfonia di Violoncello a solo in c minor - Allegro
02:04
11. Cantata - Perche vedi chi?o t?amo - I. Recitativo
00:34
12. Cantata - Perche vedi chi?o t?amo - II. Aria
03:38
13. Cantata - Perche vedi chi?o t?amo - III. Recitativo
00:52
14. Cantata - Perche vedi chi?o t?amo - IV. Aria. Allegro a violoncello obbligato
03:38
15. Sinfonia di Violoncello a solo in D major - Grave
02:00
16. Sinfonia di Violoncello a solo in D major - Allegro
01:41
17. Sinfonia di Violoncello a solo in D major - Adagio Assai
02:29
18. Sinfonia di Violoncello a solo in D major - Presto
01:05
19. Cantata - Amada Libertad, Enhorabuena - I. Recitativo
00:40
20. Cantata - Amada Libertad, Enhorabuena - II. Aria. Largo,Vivo,Largo,Largo
03:31
21. Cantata - Amada Libertad, Enhorabuena - III. Recitativo
00:31
22. Cantata - Amada Libertad, Enhorabuena - IV. Aria
05:23
23. Sinfonia di Viloncello a Solo in g minor - Largo
03:39
24. Sinfonia di Viloncello a Solo in g minor - Allegro
01:46
25. Sinfonia di Viloncello a Solo in g minor - Grave
01:12
26. Sinfonia di Viloncello a Solo in g minor - Presto
01:15
27. Cantata - Cuando en el Oriente - I. Recitativo
00:55
28. Cantata - Cuando en el Oriente - II. Aria. Largo
08:17
29. Cantata - Cuando en el Oriente - III. Recitativo
00:35
30. Cantata - Cuando en el Oriente - IV. Aria
07:39

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Additional Information

Label
Cobra Records
SKU
COBRA0063
Qualities
FLAC 96 kHz, FLAC 192 kHz, DSD 64, DSD 128, DSD 256, DXD 24 Bit
Channels
2ch Stereo, 5ch Surround, 2ch Binaural, 2ch Stereo & 5ch Surround, 2ch Stereo & 2ch Binaural, 2ch Stereo & 5ch Surround & 2ch Binaural
Artists
Guillermo Turina, Eugenia Boix, Tomoko Matsuoka
Composers
Facco
Genres
Classical
Original Recording Format
DSD 64
Instruments
Baroque cello, Harpsichord
Release Date
February 22, 2018
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Reviews

Earlymusicreview, may 2018

D. James Ross

While the cantatas he published while working in Italy are a little pedestrian, the later Spanish-period works sound more convincing. However, none of the cantatas sound as interesting as Facco’s innovative and engaging sinfonias for cello and harpsichord. This is due on the present CD to Guillermo Turino’s exciting technique on the Baroque cello, which brings these latter works to life....

Source: earlymusicreview.com

Scherzo, may 2018

Eduardo Torrico

The work of Guillermo Turina, Eugenia Boix and Tomoko Matsuoka, rediscovering Italian musicians who worked in Spain during the first decades of the 18th century, is priceless.
It is really exquisite music, magnificently performed. Listening to Boix's voice is always a joy.

Stretto

Michel Dutrieue

'A very interesting and enriching (re)discovery of very nice music, very well played on an interesting label. Highly recommended.'

Source: www.stretto.be

Opus Klassiek, april 2018

Aart van der Wal

‘Master of Kings' biedt vier cantates (volgens het bekende recitatief- en ariamodel) en drie sinfonia's (vierdelig, afwisselend langzaam en snel) voor cello solo (met het klavecimbel als begeleidingsinstrument). Aldus is een smaakvolle variatie ontstaan die bovendien een representatief beeld biedt van de Italiaans-Spaanse barokmuziek uit de achttiende eeuw. Met uitzondering van de cantate 'Cuando En El Oriente' zijn ze hier voor de eerste maal vastgelegd. Tom Peeters heeft er weer een opnamejuweeltje van gemaakt, waarbij de Schiedamse Westvestkerk zich wederom bewezen als een uitstekende opnamelocatie.

Source: www.opusklassiek.nl

RITMO Magazine

Mercedes García Molina

Varias cosas nos han gustado de este nuevo disco del sello holandés Cobra, recién presentado en marzo en diversos auditorios españoles: el cuidado diseño y la calidad técnica de la grabación, las muy documentadas notas del libreto, la elección de un repertorio inédito y, por supuesto, la interpretación...
...En definitiva, es Guillermo Turina el alma de la grabación, haciendo de enlace entre dos intérpretes técnicamente perfectas...
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We like many things of this CD from Dutch label COBRA, recently released in some Spanish auditories: the cared design and the technical quality of the recording, the very documented notes of the booklet, the election of the repertory and, of course, the interpretation...
...Definetely, it is Guillermo Turina the soul of the recording, being the bridge between two technicly perfect interpreters...
Giacomo Facco - Master of Kings

Giacomo Facco - Master of Kings

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