Concerto 1700 & Daniel Pinteñ - Gaetano Brunetti String Quartets, Op. 3 (2025) [Official Digital Download]

Gaetano Brunetti was born on 9 August 1744 in Fano, a town then belonging to the Papal States. Little is known about his childhood and training. He may have studied in Livorno or Florence with the violinist Pietro Nardini, a member of the school of Giuseppe Tartini. At Easter 1759, when he was only 14 years old, Brunetti was already in Madrid, accompanied by his father Esteban. In October 1767 Brunetti won by competitive examination a post as violinist in the Royal Chapel. The musician's life changed significantly when, at the beginning of 1771, he was appointed chamber musician and violin teacher to the Prince of Asturias, the future Charles IV. This appointment entailed not only teaching his patron to play the violin, but also composing new works, selecting the repertoire, choosing the musicians and even taking care of the instruments. After the coronation of Charles IV, in 1789 Brunetti formed part of the small ensemble of musicians of the Royal Chamber, an institution of which he was eventually appointed director in 1796. Brunetti died on 16 December 1798, just a few months after the death of his wife Saturnina, in Colmenar de Oreja, where he owned a house and estate. Of Brunetti's extensive output, fifty string quartets have come down to us. He composed ten sets of six quartets each, so that he wrote sixty quartets, ten more than have survived. None of them were published during his lifetime, as Brunetti, unlike Boccherini, was unable or unwilling to take advantage of the possibilities offered by the music market. His quartets did not circulate beyond the narrow courtly or noble sphere for which they were produced and, until recent times, have not been available to performers. In 1774 Brunetti composed two sets of quartets: those of the Opera 2a and those of the Opera 3a. While the quartets of Opera 2a were composed in San Ildefonso, as we read on the first page of the notebook, those of Opera 3a were composed in San Lorenzo.

TRACKLIST

1. Concerto 1700 & Daniel Pinteño - Brunetti: String Quartet in C Major, L.158: I. Largo sostenuto - Allegretto
2. Concerto 1700 & Daniel Pinteño - Brunetti: String Quartet in C Major, L.158: II. Tempo di Minuetto
3. Concerto 1700 & Daniel Pinteño - Brunetti: String Quartet in A Major, L.157: I. Larghetto espressivo
4. Concerto 1700 & Daniel Pinteño - Brunetti: String Quartet in A Major, L.157: II. Allegro non Molto
5. Concerto 1700 & Daniel Pinteño - Brunetti: String Quartet in E-Flat Major, L.160: I. Largo Cantabile con sordini
6. Concerto 1700 & Daniel Pinteño - Brunetti: String Quartet in E-Flat Major, L.160: II. Allegro con Spirito
7. Concerto 1700 & Daniel Pinteño - Brunetti: String Quartet in G Major, L.161: I. Andantino con variazioni
8. Concerto 1700 & Daniel Pinteño - Brunetti: String Quartet in G Major, L.161: II. Allegro
9. Concerto 1700 & Daniel Pinteño - Brunetti: String Quartet in F Major, L.156: I. Allegro Moderato
10. Concerto 1700 & Daniel Pinteño - Brunetti: String Quartet in F Major, L.156: II. Rondeau. Allegretto
11. Concerto 1700 & Daniel Pinteño - Brunetti: String Quartet in A Major, L.159: I. Andantino con un poco di Moto
12. Concerto 1700 & Daniel Pinteño - Brunetti: String Quartet in A Major, L.159: II. Allegro non Molto



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