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Francesco Onofrio Manfredini
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Francesco Onofrio Manfredini (22 June 1684 – 6 October 1762) was an Italian Baroque composer, violinist, and church musician. He was born at Pistoia to a trombonist. He studied violin with Giuseppe Torelli in Bologna, then a part of the Papal States, a leading figure in the development of the concerto grosso. He also took instruction in composition from Giacomo Antonio Perti, maestro di capella of the Basilica of San Petronio from 1696 when the orchestra was temporarily disbanded. Although he composed oratorios, only his secular works remain in the repertoire.[1] A contemporary of Johann Sebastian Bach and Antonio Vivaldi; his extant work shows the influence of the latter.[2] He became a violinist, circa 1700, in the orchestra of the Church of San Spirito in Ferrara. In 1704, however, he returned to Bologna, employed again in the re-formed orchestra of San Petronio. He became a member of the Accademia Filarmonica in the same year he published his first compositions, a set of twelve chamber sonati he named Concertini per camera, Op. 1. In 1709, he also published Sinfonie da chiesa, Op. 2, ostensibly chamber pieces, they, in fact, complemented the earlier chamber sonati.[3] After 1711, Manfredini spent an extended stay in Monaco, apparently in the service of Prince Antoine I. The prince had been a pupil of Louis XIV's favorite composer Jean Baptiste Lully, whose conductor's baton he had inherited. The precise nature of his relationship to the court of Monaco, and the length
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Concerto Grosso in F major, Op. 3, No. 1: I. Allegro assai: Adagio
9,0942Largo
3,2383Concerto Grosso in E minor, Op. 3, No. 3: I. Allegro
1,7764Concerto Grosso in A minor, Op. 3, No. 2: III. Allegro
1,6395Sinfonia No. 10 in C major: II. Andante
1,5136Concerto Grosso in F major, Op. 3, No. 1: III. Allegro
1,4087Sinfonia No. 10 in C major: IV. Presto
1,1358Concerto Grosso in F major, Op. 3, No. 1: II. Presto
1,0569Concerto Grosso in C major, Op. 3, No. 12: II. Largo
99410Sinfonia No. 10 in C major: III. Non tanto largo
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MANFREDINI: Concerti Grossi Op. 3, Nos. 1-12
Italian Concerti Grossi
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Italian Baroque Favourites
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Concerti Grossi Op. 3, Nos. 1 - 12
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Capella Istropolitana, Manfredini: CONCERTI GROSSI OP. 3 Nos. 1-12
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Christmas Relax
Manfredini: 12 Concerti, Op. 3
Manfredini: Sei Sonate per due violini e basso continuo
Christmas Concertos
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The Christmas Album (Vol. 2)
Manfredini: Sinfonie da chiesa
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The Collected Recordings of Il Giardino Armonico