Short bio Francesco Gasparini
Full biography Francesco Gasparini
Francesco Gasparini was an Italian Baroque composer, born in Camaiore, Tuscany, in 1661. He studied under the tutelage of Bernardo Pasquini and became a prolific composer of operas, oratorios, and sacred music.
Gasparini found early success as an opera composer in Venice, where his operas were performed regularly at the famed Teatro San Giovanni Grisostomo. He was also an accomplished keyboard player, and his expertise in that area is evident in his keyboard sonatas.
One of Gasparini's most significant accomplishments was his role in adapting Venetian opera to suit the French taste. His operas marked a new era of music in France, and his influence can be felt in the works of such composers as Jean-Philippe Rameau.
Gasparini spent most of his later years teaching music in Venice, and he was renowned as an excellent teacher. His students included some of the most prominent musicians of the day, such as Antonio Vivaldi and Benedetto Marcello.
Despite his considerable contributions to the musical world, Gasparini's music has not received the same level of attention as that of his contemporaries. However, his importance in the development of Baroque opera and his influence on later composers cannot be denied.
Compositions featuring Francesco Gasparini
| # | Name | Duration | Genre | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Erode, oratorio | Choral | 1727 | |
| 2 | La Penitenza gloriosa nella conversione di Santa Maria Egiziaca, oratorio (attributed) | Choral | 1722 | |
| 3 | l'Oracolo del Fato, opera | Opera | 1719 | |
| 4 | Astianatte, opera | Opera | 1719 | |
| 5 | Il Bajazet, opera | 204:27 min | Opera | 1719 |
| 6 | Santa Eufrosina, opera | Opera | 1717 | |
| 7 | Il Ciro, opera | Opera | 1716 | |
| 8 | Il Tartaro nella Cina, opera | Opera | 1715 | |
| 9 | Eumene, opera | Opera | 1714 | |
| 10 | Flute Concerto | 6:49 min | Concerto | 1713 |
| 11 | Andate o miei sospiri, cantata for soprano & continuo | Vocal Music | 1712 | |
| 12 | Il Tamerlano, opera | Opera | 1711 | |
| 13 | Flavio Anicio Olibrio, opera | Opera | 1708 | |
| 14 | Engelberta, opera | Opera | 1708 | |
| 15 | Amleto, opera | Opera | 1705 | |
| 16 | Antioco, opera | Opera | 1705 | |
| 17 | La fede tradita e vendicata, opera | Opera | 1704 | |
| 18 | Destati, Lidia mia, chamber cantata | 10:08 min | Vocal Music | 17?? |
| 19 | Ecco, che alfin ritorno, chamber cantata | 11:03 min | Vocal Music | 17?? |
| 20 | Atalia, opera | Opera | 1692 | |
| 21 | Il Roderigo, opera | Opera | 1686 | |
| 22 | Tu chiudi in dolce sonno | Vocal Music | - | |
| 23 | Nice, s'è ver che m'ami | Vocal Music | - | |
| 24 | Vorresti o labro amante, aria | 2:42 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 25 | Pecorelle correte, chamber cantata for soprano & continuo | 10:05 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 26 | Penso, ma mi confondo, aria | 2:37 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 27 | Prelude for recorder solo | 1:06 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 28 | Santa Maria egittiaca, piacere, pentimento, e Lucifero, oratorio | 73:40 min | Choral | - |
| 29 | Sparger no vò più lagrime, aria for voice & continuo | 5:40 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 30 | Sinfonia, sonata a tre for 2 violins & continuo | 7:34 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 31 | Sinfonia for string orchestra in F major | 3:21 min | Symphony | - |
| 32 | Sento tal fiamma al core | Vocal Music | - | |
| 33 | Sdegno ed amor | Vocal Music | - | |
| 34 | Sapessi almen perché, cantata for 2 voices, 2 violins & continuo | 22:37 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 35 | Lasciar d'amarti | 2:47 min | Miscellaneous (Classical) | - |
| 36 | La Lontananza, cantata for voice, 2 violins & continuo | 13:19 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 37 | Io che dal terzo ciel, cantata | 24:17 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 38 | Intermezzo No. 3 (from Mirena e Floro) | 10:59 min | Opera | - |
| 39 | Intermezzo No. 1 (from Mirena e Floro) | 13:12 min | Opera | - |
| 40 | Importuno Cupido | Opera | - | |
| 41 | E più dolce, aria | 3:15 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 42 | E che più far poss’io, cantata for soprano & continuo | 7:33 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 43 | Dolce mio ben, aria for voice & continuo | 5:07 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 44 | Dimmi gentil Daliso, cantata for 2 voices, 2 violins & continuo | 25:31 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 45 | Cor nemico, amante core, aria for voice & continuo | 3:36 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 46 | Concerto in A minor, for traverso, 2 violins & continuo | 7:52 min | Concerto | - |
| 47 | Chi non sa che sia morire, cantata for voice & continuo | 9:25 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 48 | Amori e ombre | Miscellaneous (Classical) | - |
Albums featuring Francesco Gasparini
| # | Сover | Name album | Year | Music label |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  |
Filippo Mineccia, Orchestra Nazionale Barocca Dei Conservatori Italiani, Paolo Perrone - Gasparini – Alto Arias(CD, Album) | 2021 | Glossa |
| 2 |  |
Francesco Gasparini – Leonardo De Lisi, Filippo Mineccia, Giuseppina Bridelli, Ewa Gubańska, Auser Musici, Antonio Giovannini, Carlo Ipata – Il Bajazet (1719)(3×CD, Album) | 2015 | Glossa |
| 3 |  |
Dominico Sarri, Gasparini, Bononcini, Peter Van De Graaff, Kathleen Van De Graaff, The Comic Intermezzo Orchestra – Italian Intermezzi | 2007 | Naxos |
| 4 |  |
Francesco Gasparini - Fons Musicæ, Monique Zanetti, Pascal Bertin, Yasunori Imamura – Sonate E Cantate(CD, Album) | 2006 | Pan Classics |
| 5 |  |
Francesco Gasparini - Susanna Rigacci, Gabriele Micheli – Cantate Da Camera A Voce E B.C.(CD) | 2004 | Tactus |
| 6 |  |
Francesco Gasparini, Auser Musici – Dori & Daliso - Mirena & Floro | 2004 | Symphonia |
| 7 |  |
Francesco Gasparini, Margherita Tomasi, Claudio Ronco, Paola Talamini – Cantate Profane(CD, Album, Stereo) | 1999 | Nalesso Records Venezia |
| 8 |  |
Gasparini, La Venexiana – Amori E Ombre(CD, Album, Stereo) | 1998 | Opus 111 |
| 9 |  |
Liszt Ferenc Vegyeskar, Viadana, Gasparini, Mozart, Bruckner, Saint-Saëns, Liszt, Brahms, Kodály, Bárdos, Szervánszky, Z. Juhász Irén, Zongor Árpád – Viadana-tól Bárdos-ig = From Viadana To Bárdos(CD, Album) | 1997 | Not On Label |
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