Giovanni Benedetto Platti ; oboísta y compositor italiano del período Barroco ; otro regalo de la Región del Véneto , para el mundo. Nacido en Padova en 1697 . Se trasladó al sur de Alemania , a Würzburg , en 1722, donde residió hasta su muerte en 1763. Exquisitos conciertos ! Una belleza absoluta 💖
A dash of Vivaldi, whom Platti surely must have listened too, a hint of Mozart who was yet to be.... There is a bigger picture here of the evolution of beautiful classical music that is very hard to construct without a forum like youtube where we are blessed with such a huge variety of amazing music. And Wikipedia where we can learn about the composers. RU-vid and the content providers like Brilliant Classics have been such a blessing. I almost hate to say it aloud for fear of something going wrong but there it is. Thank You so much.
From Wikipedia: Giovanni Benedetto Platti (born possibly 9 July 1697 (according to other sources 1690, 1692, 1700) in Padua, belonging to Venice at the time; died 11 January 1763 in Würzburg) was an Italian Baroque composer and oboist.Platti studied music in Italy (mostly singing, the oboe and the violin). While he was still in Italy (until 1722), he probably saw the recently invented fortepiano and a few of his keyboard solo sonatas and concertos might have been composed for it instead of the harpsichord but this point is debatable. In the chamber works (duets and trios) the harpsichord is clearly the instrument required. No "piano" or "forte" indications are on Platti's keyboard parts in his concertos for harpsichord and strings, though. Also, the extension of at least one of these concertos asks for a D that is beyond Cristofori's instrument's compass (4 octaves CC to c4). In 1722, he was called to Würzburg to work for the prince-bishop of Bamberg and Würzburg, Johann Philipp Franz von Schönborn. There he married Theresia Langprückner, a soprano singer with whom he had at least two children. Platti spent the rest of his life in Würzburg, working as a singer, instrument virtuoso, composer and conductor. His duties included finding musicians for the court , as one can read in one of his autograph letters that are available.
Cette musique est si contemplative qu'elle m'a inspiré à contempler ce que les philosophes positivistes déclament depuis toujours. Mon esprit dérive si facilement sur ces belles mélodies éparses, tantôt calmes, puis insistantes, tièdes et proches, tellement intimes, puis s'enfuyant sur des modulations rusées ; de majeur à mineur, tournantes paresseusement comme des feuilles dans un ruisseau....
Maravilla, Milagro! "S'io credesse che mia risposta fosse, A persona che mai tornasse al mondo, Questa fiamma staria senza piu scosse. Ma perciocche giammai di questo fondo...."
At first, I thought this was by Piatti, the famous "no vibrato" cello composer, but it is this new guy, Platti, who is very good. How nice to have new cello repertoire! It sort of sounds like the Mozart pieces we cellists wish Wolfgang had written.
????? This is by GB Platti born in Padua in Italy in 1697. Mozart was born in 1756, more than a half century later.....Alfredo PIATTI was born 1822-1901. He was a cellist of Italian origin. Established in London in 1846.
I've often thought the same thing ! it's really disappointing to listen to Mozart's cello works after listening to Platti. But at least Haydn was closer in spirit to Platti in his cello concertos. And the Baroque and Classical era has quite a vast cello repertoire.
I was looking for the same thing. It seems to be quite difficult to find concertos. Sonatas are available in IMSLP.org and also other places. If you have found the place where you have got concerto sheet music can you please tell me?
