On Sunday, February 21, 2021 at 4:14:29 PM UTC-8, Peter wrote:
> This thread comes across my screen at an interesting time. Over the past year or two I had discovered a couple of recordings of Platti (1697-1763) that impressed me especially with his skill at counterpoint; he seemed like a Baroque composer worth getting to know better. So I picked up an Arcana release (A375) via Berkshire entitled "Concerti per il Cembalo Obligato" with Guglielmi playing a pianoforte and heard it for the first time last night..
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> Surprise.
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> This music inhabits CPE's territory and does so very beautifully. The use of the strings is a bit odd, I'll grant; they go silent for long stretches as the fp carries on. I wouldn't call that anachronistic -- I don't know what to call it. But the keyboard work is remarkable. Listen especially to the solo sonata in C minor, pretty advanced stuff.
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> As far as I can tell, Platti didn't publish much and his music is hardly well known. At the moment, however, he feels like a major voice in the mid-18th century transition to classical style.

Agreed, I even think he's better than CPE...

On Thu, 5 May 2022 11:19:38 -0700 (PDT), "maxi...@gmail.com"
<maxisome@gmail.com> wrote:

>On Sunday, February 21, 2021 at 4:14:29 PM UTC-8, Peter wrote:
>> This thread comes across my screen at an interesting time. Over the past year or two I had discovered a couple of recordings of Platti (1697-1763) that impressed me especially with his skill at counterpoint; he seemed like a Baroque composer worth getting to know better. So I picked up an Arcana release (A375) via Berkshire entitled "Concerti per il Cembalo Obligato" with Guglielmi playing a pianoforte and heard it for the first time last night.
>>
>> Surprise.
>>
>> This music inhabits CPE's territory and does so very beautifully. The use of the strings is a bit odd, I'll grant; they go silent for long stretches as the fp carries on. I wouldn't call that anachronistic -- I don't know what to call it. But the keyboard work is remarkable. Listen especially to the solo sonata in C minor, pretty advanced stuff.
>>
>> As far as I can tell, Platti didn't publish much and his music is hardly well known. At the moment, however, he feels like a major voice in the mid-18th century transition to classical style.
>
>Agreed, I even think he's better than CPE...

Thanks. Spotify has 8 Platti Cds and I added a couple, including the
one mentioned, to my library.