Valeri: Complete Organ Music Paolo Bottini

• Gaetano Valeri (1760-1822):
• 1 12 Organ Sonatas, Op. 1: I. Capriccio 04:40
• 2 12 Organ Sonatas, Op. 1: II. Allegretto brillante 02:58
• 3 12 Organ Sonatas, Op. 1: III. Rondò. Grazioso 02:00
• 4 12 Organ Sonatas, Op. 1: IV. Allegro moderato 03:56
• 5 12 Organ Sonatas, Op. 1: V. Allegretto grazioso 03:55
• 6 12 Organ Sonatas, Op. 1: VI. Siciliana. Adagio 02:56
• 7 12 Organ Sonatas, Op. 1: VII. Rondò. Grazioso 03:26
• 8 12 Organ Sonatas, Op. 1: VIII. — 04:25
• 9 12 Organ Sonatas, Op. 1: IX. Allegro moderato 03:55
• 10 12 Organ Sonatas, Op. 1: X. Cantabile 04:34
• 11 12 Organ Sonatas, Op. 1: XI. Moderato 04:31
• 12 12 Organ Sonatas, Op. 1: XII. Fuga 04:11
• 13 Sonata I in E-Flat Major 03:32
• 14 Sonata II in C Major 02:28
• 15 Sonata III in C Minor 03:10
• 16 Sonata IV in C Major 02:32
• 17 Sonata V in F Major 02:41
• 18 Versetto I: Adagio 02:20
• 19 Versetto II: Largo 03:15
• 20 15 Organ Sonatas: I. Allegro in D Major 01:33
• 21 15 Organ Sonatas: II. Allegro con spirito in C Major 01:57
• 22 15 Organ Sonatas: III. Andantino in D Major 02:31
• 23 15 Organ Sonatas: IV. Marcia in D Major 01:57
• 24 15 Organ Sonatas: V. Cantabile in D Major 02:23
• 25 15 Organ Sonatas: VI. Andantino in D Major 01:24
• 26 15 Organ Sonatas: VII. Adagio in F Major 03:09
• 27 15 Organ Sonatas: VIII. Allegro in C Major 02:17
• 28 15 Organ Sonatas: IX. Marcia in D Major 02:24
• 29 15 Organ Sonatas: X. Allegro in C Major 03:23
• 30 15 Organ Sonatas: XI. Adagio in G Major 04:04
• 31 15 Organ Sonatas: XII. Allegro in C Major 02:36
• 32 15 Organ Sonatas: XIII. Allegro aperto in D Major 03:43
• 33 15 Organ Sonatas: XIV. Andante sostenuto in Major 04:05
• 34 15 Organ Sonatas: XV. Allegro in D Major 02:30
• 35 6 Organ Sonatas: I. Allegro in B-Flat Major 02:59
• 36 6 Organ Sonatas: II. Larghetto cantabile in C Major 03:38
• 37 6 Organ Sonatas: III. Rondò. Moderato in F Major 03:25
• 38 6 Organ Sonatas: IV. Grave sostenuto in A Major 04:10
• 39 6 Organ Sonatas: V. Allegro moderato in C Major 02:41
• 40 6 Organ Sonatas: VI. Allegro in D Major 04:15
• 41 Adagio in F Major 04:17
• 42 16 Versetti: I. Ripieno semplice in C Minor. Adagio 00:38
• 43 16 Versetti: II. Tutti li registri in A Minor 00:37
• 44 16 Versetti: III. Ripieno semplice in D Major. Adagio 0'27 00:28
• 45 16 Versetti: IV. Ripieno semplice in A Major 00:24
• 46 16 Versetti: V. Organo aperto in G Minor 00:35
• 47 16 Versetti: VI. Allegro in A Minor 00:18
• 48 16 Versetti: VII. Ripieno semplice in E Minor 00:30
• 49 16 Versetti: VIII. Principali e flauti in XII in G Minor 00:27
• 50 16 Versetti: IX. Ripieno semplice in G Minor 00:29
• 51 16 Versetti: X. Principali e flauti in D Minor 00:35
• 52 16 Versetti: XI. Principale e tromboncini in G Minor. Adagio 00:30
• 53 16 Versetti: XII. Flauto solo in F Major. Calmo 00:44
• 54 16 Versetti: XIII. Principali, flauti e cornetto in D Minor 00:42
• 55 16 Versetti: XIV. Flauto solo in E Minor. Allegretto 00:31
• 56 16 Versetti: XV. Tromboncini soli in E Minor. Adagio 00:41
• 57 16 Versetti: XVI. Voce umana in D Minor. Larghetto 03:06
• 58 Allegro brillante in C Major 02:36
• 59 Brillante in C Major 02:01
• 60 Moderato in C Major 01:48
• 61 Allegro in C Major 04:10
• 62 Allegretto in A Major 02:22
• 63 Pastorale adagio 03:37
• 64 Adagio in D Major 03:07
• 65 Allegretto in G Major 01:59
• 66 Allegretto in G Major (2) 03:33
• 67 Andante sostenuto in A Major 02:24
• 68 Marcia per l'organo. Allegro 03:18
• 69 Sinfonia ridotta per organo largo - Allegro 06:19
• 70 Grande Sinfonia per organo coll'adagio pastorale: Adagio - Allegro con brio 05:29
• 71 6 Organ Sonatas: I. Allegro in D Major 04:27
• 72 6 Organ Sonatas: II. Largo - Rondò. Allegretto in C Major 03:51
• 73 6 Organ Sonatas: III. Allegro con spirito in F Major 03:15
• 74 6 Organ Sonatas: IV. Largo in A Major 03:11
• 75 6 Organ Sonatas: V. Spiritoso in B-Flat Major 03:14
• 76 6 Organ Sonatas: VI. Tema con variazioni in A Major. Larghetto 07:30
• 77 Arpeggio 02:48
• Total Runtime 03:33:00

Info for Valeri: Complete Organ Music

The first recording of the complete organ works by Valeri. Gaetano Valeri is a composer who has only fully come to public attention over the course of the last three decades, thanks to the interest generated by a growing body of musicological research. Prolific and inventive, Valeri wrote a huge number of pieces for orchestra, organ, harpsichord and piano.

Writing at a time of musical transition, Valeri had one foot firmly in his own era –which we would now regard as Classical – following the teachings of the Viennese school, and with some of his pieces bearing the hallmarks of Haydn's and Mozart's influence. At the same time, he remained attached to the then outmoded but still charming galant style, more prone to lavish ornamentation, popular earlier in the 18th century.

Valeri was also very much a composer rooted in the land in which he lived – the Veneto region of north-eastern Italy. He wrote many works with specific organs in mind, as can be seen in the use in his scores of rare stops found particularly in the local area. On this recording, Paolo Bottini plays on carefully chosen instruments from churches in the same region, built by the same organ-builder, and with many features in common with those on which the composer would have played, in order to give us an authentic impression of what the music might have sounded like in Valeri's time. At the same time, Bottini makes some of his own decisions regarding sonic balance and use of stops independently of the composer's indications, creating a distinctive rendering of Valeri's music for organ.

Bottini is a multi-keyboardist with a particular interest in historical organs. He is an "expert player" (Arkiv Music) who delivers "engaging" performances” (Music Web International), with a varied discography across a number of Italian record labels. This is his second recording for Brilliant Classics.

Gaetano Valeri (1760-1822) was born in Padua, Italy, bred and raised in the “Keyboard School of the Veneto region”. A true “classical” composer he absorbed the style of Haydn and Mozart, while still under the influence of the Galant Style of Galuppi, Alberti and Turini.

Valeri’s organ works contain indications of the use of certain stops, which were specific of the organs built in his time in the Veneto, by for instance the famous organ builder Callido.

Valeri’s organ works form a happy mix of the Classical and Galant, strict forms containing beautiful cantabile melodies and lavish ornamentation.

Italian organist Paolo Bottini chose two beautiful historic organs from Valeri’s time, the full specification of which are included in the booklet, which also contains scholarly written liner notes by the artist.

Paolo Bottini, organ

Paolo Bottini
born in Cremona where he studied organ, piano and harpsichord. He’s been member of Fidenza’s holy music commission since 2000. Since 1986 he is also responsible for Croce S. Spirito’s organ “Lingiardi” (1865) and he had been second supervisor of Cremona’s cathedral organ for more than twenty years. He appears on Paris’ “Carte Professionnelle d’Artiste Musicien de Cultes” where he lived and worked as liturgical organ player in 2012 and 2013. In Fidenza he invented and promoted the organ festival “Pasqua sugli Organi Diocesiani” (1997-2010).

In 2009 he released with “Bollettino Storico Cremonese” the first ever biography on organ player and maestro di capella Federico Caudana (1878-1963). In 1997 Bottini created and conducted for three years a radio show unique in his kind, dedicated to J.S. Bach sacred music.

He recorded for Bongiovanni (Petrali, Verdi), for MVCremona (Galanterie, Concertus Ecclesiae di F. Caudana) and for Fugatto (Cantico dei cantici, 1723 Camurana’s ‘Traeri’ organ).

Paolo Bottini gained international awards as organ performer (Borca di Cadore 1997, S. Elpidio a Mare 1998) and as liturgical composer (Chiesa Luterana di Napoli 2008, Versaille’s diocese 2012). From 1998 to 2011 Bottini has been secretary for “Associazione Italiana Organisti di Chiesa.

This album contains no booklet.