Luigi Borghi (c.1745-c.1806) - Sonata pour Violon et Basse (1772)

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Composer: Luigi Borghi (c.1745-c.1806)
Work: Sonata pour Violon et Basse from 'Six | SOLOS | for a | Violin and Bass | Humbly Dedicated to | SIR ROWLAND WYNNE Bar' (1772)
Performers: Daniel Pintеño (violin) https://tinyurl.com/4b47tu2d
Concеrto 1700 https://tinyurl.com/apv4dvds

Sonata pour Violon et Basse (1772)
1. Allegro 0:00
2. Largo 5:57
3. Rondeau 9:17

Painting: Pierre Charles Canot (c.1710-1777) - The New Building on Shrubs Hill (1772)
HD image: https://flic.kr/p/2spUzMi

Further info: https://www.amazon.es/dp/B081JRNPWP
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Luigi Borghi [Porchi, Porghi]
(Bologna, c.1745 - London, c.1806)

Italian composer and violinist. A student of Gaetano Pugnani, he moved to London in 1769 at the behest of William Hamilton. A prominent orchestral violinist, he was leader of the second violins at the Handel Commemoration of 1784 and at the Professional Concert from 1785 until 1792. He composed ballet music for the Italian opera, was assistant manager of O’Reilly’s opera company at the Pantheon in 1791 and, shortly afterwards, married the prima donna Anna Casentini (fl. 1787-1796). The bulk of his music was published during his lifetime and includes six violin concertos, six symphonies-overtures, two ballets, 12 violin sonatas (titled “solos”), nine duos for two violins, 12 duets, 64 cadenzas, and a sonata for viola d’amore. His music is representative of the 'Empfindsamkeit style', with good contrast and lyrical motivic lines. He was not related to Giovanni Battista Borghi (1738-1796).