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Giovanni Antonio Piani
11+ albums
italianbaroqueClassical18th centurylate baroque
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Giovanni Antonio Piani (born c. 1678; died after 1737) was an Italian composer and cellist whose documented career is closely associated with London in the early eighteenth century. Like many Italian instrumentalists of his generation, Piani belonged to the wave of musicians who carried Italian styles northward and westward, contributing to the transformation of instrumental music in major European centres outside Italy. While details of his early life and training remain obscure in the readily accessible record, his professional footprint becomes clear through his published music and its place in the London music market. Piani is best known for his sonatas for cello (or bass instrument) and basso continuo, which circulated in print and were clearly aimed at the growing community of skilled amateur and professional players in England. These works reflect the idiomatic expansion of the cello as a solo instrument in the early eighteenth century, combining cantabile melodic writing with passagework that exploits the instrument’s expressive range rather than mere bass-line function. Stylistically, the sonatas sit comfortably within the late Baroque Italian tradition, sharing traits with contemporaries such as Antonio Vivaldi and Giuseppe Maria Jacchini, while also adapting to the tastes and practical demands of London’s cosmopolitan musical public. Piani’s presence in England is part of a broader pattern of Italian musical migration that reshaped British instrumental culture du
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Recorder Sonata No.4 in D Major: II. Corrente. Allegro é spiccato
422Recorder Sonata No.4 in D Major: I. Preludio. Grave é affettuoso
413Recorder Sonata No.4 in D Major: III. Aria. Allegro
394Recorder Sonata No.4 in D Major: V. Allegro
385Recorder Sonata No.4 in D Major: IV. Andante
346Sonata No. 8 in B Minor, Op. 1: I.Piani; Preludio: Grave, e affettuoso
117Recorder Sonata in E Minor, Op. 1, No. 7: I. Adagio e affettuoso
98Sonata No. 8 in B Minor, Op. 1: II.Piani; Allemada: Allegro, e spiccato
99Sonata No. 2 in E Minor, Op. 1: III. Sarabanda: Largo assai
910Sonata No. 8 in B Minor, Op. 1: III. Piani; Sarabanda
8albums
Souvenirs d'Italie
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Affettuoso: Piani, Geminiani, Handel violin sonatas
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The Virtuoso Recorder, Vol. 2
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Piani: 12 Violin Sonatas, Op. 1
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Tesori di Napoli
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Reverie: Romantic Music for Quiet Times
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Violin sonata op. 1, No. 10 - E. Percan (violin), O.A. Fusté (cello), L. Quintavalle (harpsichord)
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Violin sonata op. 1, No. 2 - E. Percan (violin), O.A. Fusté (cello), L. Quintavalle (harpsichord)
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Violin sonata op. 1, No. 4 - E. Percan (violin), O.A. Fusté (cello), L. Quintavalle (harpsichord)
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Violin sonata op. 1, No. 8 - E. Percan (violin), O.A. Fusté (cello), L. Quintavalle (harpsichord)
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Affettuoso