Short bio Giuseppe Cambini
Birthday:
1746 in Livorno, Italy
Died:
1825 in Bicêtre, France
Genre:
Classical
Period:
Classical
Full biography Giuseppe Cambini
Giuseppe Cambini (1746-1825) was an Italian composer and violinist. He had a successful career in France, where he made his fortune composing and performing music for the French aristocracy. Cambini wrote over 80 symphonies concertantes , which secured his reputation as a composer. He also wrote numerous string quartets, trios, and quintets.
Cambini's music is characterized by its elegance, lightness, and grace, which reflect the style of the French court. His compositions are known for their technical virtuosity and melodic beauty, which made them popular among audiences during his time.
Although Cambini achieved great success during his lifetime, he is now considered a lesser-known composer, overshadowed by his contemporaries like Mozart, Beethoven, and Haydn. Nonetheless, his music remains a testament to the musical styles of the late 18th and early 19th centuries. The Library of Congress in the United States holds a set of unique manuscripts by Giuseppe Cambini, which adds to the composer's legacy and reputation in the world of classical music.
Compositions featuring Giuseppe Cambini
| # | Name | Duration | Genre | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Trio for flute, oboe & bassoon No. 6, Op. 45/6 | 9:48 min | Chamber Music | 1785 |
| 2 | Trio for flute, oboe & bassoon No. 5, Op. 45/5 | 13:26 min | Chamber Music | 1785 |
| 3 | Trio for flute, oboe & bassoon No. 4, Op. 45/4 | 10:42 min | Chamber Music | 1785 |
| 4 | Trio for flute, oboe & bassoon No. 3, Op. 45/3 | 12:10 min | Chamber Music | 1785 |
| 5 | Trio for flute, oboe & bassoon No. 2, Op. 45/2 | 10:36 min | Chamber Music | 1785 |
| 6 | Trio for flute, oboe & bassoon No. 1, Op. 45/1 | 9:32 min | Chamber Music | 1785 |
| 7 | Trio for flute, violin & viola No. 6 in D major, Op. 26/6 | 10:36 min | Chamber Music | 1782 |
| 8 | Trio for flute, violin & viola No. 5 in C major, Op. 26/5 | 11:07 min | Chamber Music | 1782 |
| 9 | Trio for flute, violin & viola No. 4 in G major, Op. 26/4 | 10:14 min | Chamber Music | 1782 |
| 10 | Trio for flute, violin & viola No. 3 in E flat major, Op. 26/3 | 10:35 min | Chamber Music | 1782 |
| 11 | Trio for flute, violin & viola No. 2 in C major, Op. 26/2 | 12:36 min | Chamber Music | 1782 |
| 12 | Trio for flute, violin & viola No. 1 in D major, Op. 26/1 | 10:13 min | Chamber Music | 1782 |
| 13 | Keyboard Concerto in B flat major, Op. 15/1 | 20:38 min | Concerto | 1780 |
| 14 | Trio Concertant, for violin, viola & cello in A major, Op. 33/1 | 14:12 min | Chamber Music | 178? |
| 15 | String Quartets (6) (Six Nouveaux Quartets) | Chamber Music | - | |
| 16 | String Quintet No. 4 in C minor | 23:45 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 17 | String Quintet No. 1 in E flat major | 25:27 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 18 | String quartet in B Major, Op 1/2 | Chamber Music | - | |
| 19 | String quartet in G minor No 2, Book 18 | 20:54 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 20 | String quartet in F minor, Book 20, No 6 | Chamber Music | - | |
| 21 | Sonata for flute & keyboard No.2 in G major | 13:15 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 22 | String Quintet No. 23 in G major | 22:57 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 23 | String Trio in B flat major, Op. 2/2 | 15:51 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 24 | String Trio in E flat major, Op. 2/3 | 19:22 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 25 | String Trio in F major, Op. 2/1 | 13:14 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 26 | Trio for 2 flutes & harpsichord | 7:34 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 27 | Trios (6) for flute, oboe & bassoon, Op. 45 | Chamber Music | - | |
| 28 | Quintet for winds No. 2 in D minor | 16:05 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 29 | Concerto for keyboard in G major, Op. 15/3 | 15:53 min | Concerto | - |
| 30 | Quartet for flute, violin, viola & cello in A major, Op. 24/6, T.150 | 14:38 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 31 | Quartet for flute, violin, viola & cello in A minor, Op. 24/3, T.147 | 17:04 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 32 | Quartet for flute, violin, viola & cello in C major, Op. 24/4, T.148 | 13:55 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 33 | Quartet for flute, violin, viola & cello in D major, Op. 24/1, T. 145 | 12:41 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 34 | Quartet for flute, violin, viola & cello in G major, Op. 24/2, T.146 | 13:32 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 35 | Quartet for flute, violin, viola & cello in G major, Op. 24/5, T.149 | 16:21 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 36 | Quartet for strings, No 1 in E flat | 26:02 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 37 | Quartet for strings, No 2 in F | 25:37 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 38 | Quartet for strings, No 3 in B minor | 26:49 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 39 | Quartets (5) for oboe, violin, cello & harpsichord | 58:47 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 40 | Quintet for winds No. 1 in B major | 15:36 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 41 | Concerto for flute in D | Concerto | - | |
| 42 | Quintet for winds No. 3 in F major | 15:18 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 43 | Sinfonia Concertante for 2 flutes & strings, No 3, in G | 13:09 min | Concerto | - |
| 44 | Sinfonia Concertante for flute & 2 violins in D | 16:06 min | Concerto | - |
| 45 | Sinfonia concertante No. 5 for oboe, bassoon, and orchestra in B flat major | 15:31 min | Orchestral | - |
| 46 | Sinfonia concertante No. 12 for 2 violins and orchestra in C minor | 22:44 min | Orchestral | - |
| 47 | Sinfonia concertante, for flute, oboe & orchestra, No.1 in D major | 15:18 min | Concerto | - |
| 48 | Sinfonia concertante, for flute, oboe & orchestra, No.3 in G major | 14:48 min | Concerto | - |
| 49 | Sinfonia concertante, for flute, oboe & orchestra, No.4 in D major | 18:50 min | Concerto | - |
| 50 | Sinfonia in D | 17:19 min | Symphony | - |
| 51 | Sinfonia in E minor (Book 2/2; probably by J.M. Kraus) | 16:32 min | Orchestral | - |
| 52 | Sinfonia in F major (Book 2/1; probably by J.M. Kraus) | 17:57 min | Orchestral | - |
Albums featuring Giuseppe Cambini
| # | Сover | Name album | Year | Music label |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  |
Luigi Cherubini, Giuseppe Cambini - Trio Hegel – Trii Per Archi(CD, Album) | 2015 | Tactus |
| 2 |  |
Cambini - Quartetto DuePiùDue – 6 Flute Quartets(2×CD, Album) | 2015 | Brilliant Classics |
| 3 |  |
Giuseppe Cambini, Serenissima Ensemble – String Quintets Op. 13, Nos. 1, 2, 3(CD, ) | 2010 | Con Brio Recordings |
| 4 |  |
Giuseppe Maria Cambini, Ensemble Entr'acte – String Quintets Nos. 1, 4 & 23(CD, Album) | 2009 | Pan Classics |
| 5 |  |
Domenico Vincenzo Maria Puccini, Giovanni Giuseppe Cambini, Luigi Boccherini, Orchestra Del Festival "Michelangeli" Di Brescia E Bergamo, Agostino Orizio, Alessandro Specchi – Concerto In Si Bemolle Maggiore; Concerto In Sol Magg. Op. XV, N.1; Concerto IN | 2000 | Fonè |
| 6 |  |
Cambini - Academia Montis Regalis, Luigi Mangiocavallo – Sinfonie(CD, Album, Stereo) | 1999 | Opus 111 |
| 7 |  |
Quartetto Italiano, Vitali, Vivaldi, Galuppi, Boccherini, Cambini – The Quartetto Italiano(CD, Compilation, Mono) | 1998 | Testament |
| 8 |  |
6 Trii Concertanti Op. 45 Per Flauto, Oboe E Fagotto(CD, Stereo) | 1997 | Bongiovanni |
| 9 |  |
Vachon, Boulogne, Cambini, Quatuor Les Adieux – Quatuors À Cordes(CD, ) | 1996 | Auvidis Valois |
| 10 |  |
Giovanni Giuseppe Cambini, Giulio Briccialdi – Wind Quintets(CD, Stereo) | 1996 | Naxos |
| 11 |  |
Giovanni Giuseppe Cambini - Quintetto Arnold – I Quintetti Per Fiati Op 4; Trii Op 45 N. 1 E N. 2(CD, Album) | 1993 | Stradivarius |
| 12 |  |
Concerti Op. 15 N. 1 - 3(CD, Album) | 1992 | NUOVA ERA |
| 13 |  |
Gaetano Donizetti, Giovanni Giuseppe Cambini, Giuseppe Verdi, Giacomo Puccini, Giovane Quartetto Italiano – Oeuvres Pour Quatuor à Cordes(CD, Stereo) | 1989 | Adda |
| 14 |  |
Cimarosa, W. F. Bach, Cambini, Paisiello, Polnische Kammerphilharmonie, Wojciech Rajski – Sinfonien Der Vorklassik(CD, ) | 1988 | Thorofon |
| 15 |  |
Cimarosa / Fiorillo - Anne Utagawa Et Dominique Hunziker, Orchestre De Chambre Paul Kuentz, Paul Kuentz – Symphonies Concertantes Pour 2 Flûtes Et Orchestre | 1985 | Tudor |
| 16 |  |
Cambini, Arriaga – Sinfonia Concertante G-dur / Streichquartett Es-dur / Duo C-dur | 1984 | Ex Libris |
| 17 |  |
The Belgian Woodwind Quintet / Sweelinck - Cambini - Von Zemlinsky - Chostakovitch - Arnold - Ligeti – 3 Centuries Of The Woodwind Quintet (Vol. 1)(LP) | 1983 | Pavane Records |
| 18 |  |
The Vienna Wind Soloists (Die Wiener Bläsersolisten), Danzi / Cambini / Reicha – Wind Quintet In B Flat / Wind Quintet In F / Wind Quintet In D | 1978 | Ace Of Diamonds |
| 19 |  |
Giovanni Giuseppe Cambini, Soni Ventorum Wind Quintet – Trois Quintetti Concertans(LP) | 1970 | Ravenna Recordings |
| 20 |  |
Danzi-Quintett, A. Reicha / M. Haydn / G. G. Cambini – Bläsermusik Um 1800 Auf Authentischen Instrumenten(LP, Album, Stereo) | 1967 | Philips |
| 21 |  |
Boccherini, Cambini – Symphony In C Major / Cello Concerto In D Major, Op. 34 / Sinfonia Concertante No. 1 In C Major For Oboe, Bassoon And Orchestra | 1965 | Dover Publications |
| 22 |  |
Boccherini / Cambini - Le Quatuor Carmirelli De Rome – Quatre Quatuors Inédits | 1962 | Critère |
| 23 |  |
Luigi Boccherini, Giovanni Giuseppe Cambini, Orchestre Accademia Dell'Orso, Newell Jenkins – Sinfonia in C major / Cello Concerto in C major / Sinfonia Concertante for Oboe, Bassoon and Orchestra(LP) | 1957 | Period Records |
| 24 |  |
Galuppi / Boccherini / Cambini, Quartetto Italiano – Quartet In G Minor / La Tiranna Spagnola, Op. 44, No 4 / Quartet In G Minor(LP, Mono) | 1957 | Columbia |
| 25 |  |
Giovanni Giuseppe Cambini / Giovanni Battista Martini / Orchestra Dell'Angelicum Di Milano, Pietro Argento – Prima Sinfonia Concertante / Sinfonia Concertante / Concertino(LP) | 1957 | Angelicum |
| 26 |  |
Giovani Paisiello / Giovanni-Giuseppe Cambini / Luigi Boccherini - Quatuor Carmirelli – L'âge D'or Italien (Les Contemporains De Mozart) | 1956 | Le Club Français Du Disque |
| 27 |  |
The Virtuosi Di Roma, Renato Fasano ; Rossini, Cambini, Bonporti – Sonata For Violin, Cello And Double Bass; Concerto In C Minor For Oboe And Strings; Concerto In G Major For Piano And Strings; Recitative For Violin And Strings | 1954 | Decca |
| 28 |  |
Newell Jenkins, Pergolesi, Cambini, Galuppi – Italian Classical Symphonists(LP) | 1953 | Haydn Society |
| 29 |  |
Antonio Vivaldi, Giovanni Giuseppe Cambini, Giuseppe Tartini, Francesco Antonio Bonporti, Claudio Abbado, Michelangelo Abbado, Orchestre D'Archi Di Milano – Concerto En Si Bémol Majeur / Concerto En Sol Majeur, Op. 15, No. 3 / Pastorale En La Majeur / Con | - | Columbia |
| 30 |  |
Trio Concertare, Stuttgarter Bläserquintett, Mozart, Telemann, Cambini – Residenz-Schloßkonzerte Urach(LP, Stereo) | - | Not On Label |
| 31 |  |
Giovanni Sammartini, Giovanni Benedetto Platti, Pietro Nardini, Giovanni Giuseppe Cambini, Alain Marion, Marzio Conti, Daniele Roi – Sammartini, Platti, Nardini, Cambini(CD, ) | - | Fonè |
| 32 |  |
Antonio Vivaldi, Giovanni Giuseppe Cambini, Gioacchino Rossini, Amilcare Ponchielli – Musique Italienne Pour Instruments A Vent(LP, Album, Stereo) | - | CBS |
| 33 |  |
Камерный Оркестр Московской Гос. Консерватории, Мариза Танцини, Giovanni Giuseppe Cambini, Pietro Domenico Paradisi, Georg Friedrich Händel, Edvard Grieg, Mikhail Terian – Концерт для ф-но с оркестром соль мажор / Концерт для ф-но с оркестром си бемоль ма | - | Аккорд |
| 34 |  |
Cambini, Paradisi, Handel, Grieg - Мarise Tansini, Moscow State Conservatoire Chamber Orchestra , Conducted By Mikhail Terian – Произведения - Д. Камбини, П. Парадизи, Г. Генделя, Э. Грига - Works By D. Cambini, P. Paradisi, G. Handel, E. Grieg(LP, Reissu | - | Мелодия |
| 35 |  |
Giuseppe Cambini, Ensemble Dell'Accademia – Trois Quintetti Concertans(CD, Album) | - | Symphonia |
| 36 |  |
Cimarosa, W. F. Bach, Cambini, Paisiello, Polnische Kammerphilharmonie, Wojciech Rajski – Sinfonien Der Vorklassik(LP, Album) | - | Thorofon |
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