EDB1. Quintet No. 18 in C major for double bass, violin, two violas and basso (cello) by Domenico Dragonetti (1763 - 1846).
Edited by John Feeney.
Score and parts: 100 pp.
ISMN 979-0-60003-136-8
Download a sample of the score:
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Quintet No. 18 in C major serves as a good introduction to Dragonetti as a composer of chamber music. The instrumentation of this quintet, which calls for a solo double bass, one violin, two violas, and a second accompanimental basso line, provides a warm and expansive palette with which Dragonetti has painted his musical scenes. The opening Andante has a pastoral character, gracious and inviting, and serves as an introduction to the extended second movement (Allegro non troppo), which is cast in a rondo form. Various activities are sketched in a stream of consciousness – horn calls, village scenes, etc. – and as the movement progresses the listener is treated to a variety of swiftly changing moods, creating a very dramatic, even operatic, atmosphere.
Audio Sample: Andante
John Feeney and the Loma Mar Quartet recording the Andante from Dragonetti's Quintet No. 18 in C major for their new CD, Dragonetti's New Academy.
