Alessandro Scarlatti: 12 Sinfonie di Concerto Grosso (1715) – I Solisti di Milano / Angelo Ephrikian CD

UPC: 8718247711543
MPN: 8802154
Brand Name: Newton Classics

Overview

This elegant 2-CD Newton Classics edition revives one of the Baroque era’s most radiant orchestral treasures — Alessandro Scarlatti’s 12 Sinfonie di Concerto Grosso (1715).
Performed by I Solisti di Milano under the refined direction of Angelo Ephrikian, these sinfonias reveal Scarlatti’s inventive mastery of color and contrast, bridging the grandeur of the concerto grosso form with the expressive lyricism of the emerging Classical style.

Recorded in 1971 at Villa Litta, Milan, these vibrant performances feature brilliant instrumental solos for flute, trumpet, and oboe, offering a clear window into Scarlatti’s symphonic imagination long before the age of Haydn and Mozart.

Product Features

• Format: 2 Compact Discs (ADD Stereo)

• Total Duration: 100′28″

• Recording Dates: 10–16 May 1971 (CD1) · 15–21 July 1971 (CD2)

• Recording Location: Villa Litta, Milan, Italy

• Producers: Giovanni Battista Pirelli & Robert de Pieri

• Balance Engineer: Albert Vahan

• Genre: Classical / Baroque Orchestral

• Style: Concerto Grosso / Early Symphonic

• Label: Newton Classics B.V. (licensed from Arcophon–Rivoalto)

• Country of Manufacture: Netherlands

• Art Direction & Design: Jan Martin Wilschut BNO, ICOM Amsterdam Hotsprings

• Cover Image: Rijksmuseum Amsterdam – see booklet for details

Interesting Facts

• A Forgotten Masterwork Revived
  Written around 1715, Scarlatti’s 12 Sinfonie di Concerto Grosso anticipate the modern symphony with their balance of solo brilliance and ensemble depth.

• A Father of Modern Form
  Alessandro Scarlatti, father of Domenico, was instrumental in shaping the Neapolitan school of composition and refining the early orchestral idiom that influenced Handel and Corelli.

• Historic Italian Recording
  Angelo Ephrikian’s 1971 sessions at Villa Litta remain historically significant, preserving Italy’s authentic Baroque sound with delicate phrasing, natural tempi, and period sensibility—well before the HIP movement took hold.

Track Listing

CD 1 – 51′27″

1. Sinfonia No.1 in F – for two flutes and strings – 6′37″

2. Sinfonia No.2 in D – for flute, trumpet, and strings – 8′08″

3. Sinfonia No.3 in D minor – for flute and strings – 9′01″

4. Sinfonia No.4 in E minor – for flute, oboe, and strings – 9′32″

5. Sinfonia No.5 in D minor – for two flutes and strings – 9′33″

6. Sinfonia No.6 in A minor – for flute and strings – 8′36″

CD 2 – 49′01″

7. Sinfonia No.7 in G minor – for flute and strings – 7′40″

8. Sinfonia No.8 in G – for flute and strings – 6′57″

9. Sinfonia No.9 in G minor – for flute and strings – 7′26″

10. Sinfonia No.10 in A minor – for flute and strings – 8′22″

11. Sinfonia No.11 in C – for flute and strings – 8′21″

12. Sinfonia No.12 in C minor “La Geniale” – for flute and strings – 10′15″

Featured Soloists:
Glauco Cambursano · Bruno Cavallo – Flutes
Augusto Loppi – Oboe
Giuseppe Bodanza – Trumpet

Ensemble: I Solisti di Milano
Conductor: Angelo Ephrikian

Publishers

© 1971 Arcophon–Rivoalto
© 2012 Newton Classics B.V. under license to STEMRA.
Manufactured and printed in the Netherlands. All rights reserved.

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