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Pietro Nardini
Person · male · Grand Duchy of Tuscany · Livorno · born 1722 · died 1793 · recording since 2013
Italian composer and violinist
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Also known as ピエトロ・ナルディーニ
Timeline
6 events▣ Album 3◦ Birth 1† Death 1★ Debut release 1
1720s
1790s
2010s
· Debut release
Debut release: The Pupils of Tartini
First documented Album in the MusicBrainz discography.
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2020s
Biography
English biography607 words · 3 sectionssource: wikipedia-en · licence CC BY-SA 4.0 · revision 1374836569
Biography
Pietro Nardini (12 April 1722 – 7 May 1793) was an Italian composer and violinist, a transitional musician who worked in both the Baroque and Classical era traditions.
Life
Nardini was born in Livorno and at the age of 12, he became a pupil of Giuseppe Tartini in Padua. In 1740, he moved to Lucca. He was invited to the court of Maria Theresa in Vienna more than once. In 1762, he moved to Stuttgart, where he joined the court of Charles Eugene, Duke of Württemberg and performed at his summer residence Ludwigsburg Palace. He was appointed conductor, succeeding Niccolò Jommelli.
In 1765, he traveled to the courts of Charles I, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel and Prince Francis Xavier of Saxony. In 1770, he moved back to Italy to assist the suffering Tartini. The next year, he became Kapellmeister, succeeding Carlo Antonio Campioni in Florence. The rest of his life, he stayed at the court of Leopold II, Grand Duke of Tuscany, but performed in Naples, Pisa and Rome.
As a friend of Leopold Mozart, he witnessed the arrival of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart on his first visit to Italy and his attempts to find a sustainable position in 1770–1771. He also met the Bohemian composer Václav Pichl, Kapellmeister to Ferdinand Karl, Archduke of Austria-Este, governor of Lombardy. In 1778, he was invited by Catherine the Great.
Nardini is mentioned in English writer Hester Lynch Piozzi's Observations and Reflections Made in the Course of a Journey Through France, Italy, and Germany (1789) as playing a solo at a concert Mrs Piozzi and her husband, Gabriele Piozzi, gave in Florence in July 1785.
Though Nardini was not a prolific composer, his works are known for their sentimental but melodious tunes and usefulness in technical studies. Among the best known are the Sonata in D major and the Concerto in E minor.
He was a teacher to many students: Bartolomeo Campagnoli, Filippo Manfredi, Thomas Linley the younger, Giovanni Francesco Giuliani and perhaps Giuseppe Cambini and Gaetano Brunetti. Nardini died in Florence on 7 May 1793, aged 71.
Recordings
Overtures and Flute Concertos, Auser Musici, Carlo Ipata, director, Agorà Musica AG 157.1 (2002)
Nardini's Concerto per Violino in mi minore (Violin Concerto in E minor), was recorded by Pinchas Zukerman, violin, and members of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, on CBS Masterworks, in the 1970s, now available in "Vivaldi, Nardini & Viotti: Italian Violin Concertos", ETERNA 2009.
A Concerto for Violin in F major, Op. 1, No. 3 was performed on a Stradivarius violin by Andrea Cappelletti with the European Community Chamber Orchestra in 1992. The recording was released in 1998 on Koch Schwann Musica Mundi 3-8711-2 under the title, Tribute to Stradivarius: Virtuoso Violin Concertos.
A Violin Concerto in E minor performed by Mischa Elman and the Chamber Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera, Vladimir Golschmann conducting, was digitally remastered and appeared in 1993 on Vanguard Classics OVC 8033 as part of The Mischa Elman Collection.
Four violin concertos (in C major, G major, D major, and A major) were recorded in 2001, featuring Mauro Rossi as performer and conductor, on Dynamic CDS392.
His Six String Quartets are performed by Quartetto Eleusi on Brilliant Classics.
The ensemble Ardi Cor Mio performed four violin sonatas from manuscripts in various European museums and recorded them in 2007 on Tactus TC 721401.
Henryk Szeryng plays Nardini, Vieuxtemps, Ravel & Schumann. Violin Concerto in E minor. SWR Sinfonieorchester, Hans Rosbaud.
Ensemble Alraune recorded the duets for two violas on NovAntiqua Records.
The Austrian Eduard Melkus recorded the Violin Concerto in E-flat major with the Capella Academica, Vienna, conducted by August Wenzinger on Archiv Produktion 198370 in February 1966.
Discography & profile
Normalised profile
Percentiles are computed over every artist in the database, so a tier-3 artist can still sit in the 95th percentile on a single axis.
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 26 | 87.5th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 3 | 77.1th |
| Studio albums | 3 | 80.9th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 6 | 80.8th |
| Recording span (years) | -220 | 3th |
| Genres | 2 | 74th |
Percentiles are computed at render time; missing values mean the artist has no data on that axis.
Discography (3 release groups · 3 studio albums)
Albums · 3
2013 · studio album
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Tracklist · 15 tracks · 1:03:55
1Sonata for Violin and Basso Continuo in D major: I. Largo andante3:232Sonata for Violin and Basso Continuo in D major: II. Allegro4:093Sonata for Violin and Basso Continuo in D major: III. Allegro4:154Sonata no. 8 for Violin and Basso Continuo in C minor: I. Allegro3:515Sonata no. 8 for Violin and Basso Continuo in C minor: II. Grave4:586Sonata no. 8 for Violin and Basso Continuo in C minor: III. Allegro assai2:027Sonata for Violin and Basso Continuo in C major: I. Allegro moderato6:188Sonata for Violin and Basso Continuo in C major: II. Grave4:189Sonata for Violin and Basso Continuo in C major: III. Amoroso - Variazione3:3710Sonata for Violin and Harpsichord in D major: I. Allegro5:5711Sonata for Violin and Harpsichord in D major: II. Menuetto - Brillante trio2:5812Sonata for Violin and Harpsichord in D major: III. Allegretto comodo4:0713Sonata for Violin and Basso Continuo in D major: I. Largo - Andantino4:5014Sonata for Violin and Basso Continuo in D major: II. Allegro3:1615Sonata for Violin and Basso Continuo in D major: III. Minuetto con variazioni5:562020 · studio album
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Tracklist · 19 tracks · 58:22
1Duo in G major, K 423 for violin e viola, 1. Allegro7:132Duo in G major, K 423 for violin e viola, 2. Adagio3:153Duo in G major, K 423 for violin e viola, 3. Rondo Allegro5:214Duo in B-flat major, K 424 for violin e viola, 1. Adagio, Allegro7:595Duo in B-flat major, K 424 for violin e viola, 2. Andante Cantabile3:086Duo in B-flat major, K 424 for violin e viola, 3. Tema con variazioni8:297Sonata I in E-flat major for Two Violas: 1. Andante2:048Sonata I in E-flat major for Two Violas: 2. Minuetto0:559Sonata II in A major for Two Violas: 1. Andante1:5310Sonata II in A major for Two Violas: 2. Minuetto2:3911Sonata III in F major for Two Violas: 1. Allegro2:1512Sonata III in F major for Two Violas: 2. Minuetto1:0313Sonata IV in E-flat major for Two Violas: 1. Andante1:2914Sonata IV in E-flat major for Two Violas: 2. Minuetto1:4315Sonata V in B-flat major for Two Violas: 1. Andante3:0116Sonata V in B-flat major for Two Violas: 2. Minuetto1:0817Sonata VI in E-flat major for Two Violas: 1. Andante1:2118Sonata VI in E-flat major for Two Violas: 2. Allegro1:5019Sonata VI in E-flat major for Two Violas: 3. Grazioso1:362023 · studio album
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Tracklist · 52 tracks · 3:28:14
1Violin Sonata No. 1 in G Major: I. Andante4:342Violin Sonata No. 1 in G Major: II. Allegro5:403Violin Sonata No. 1 in G Major: III. Allegro3:164Violin Sonata No. 2 in C Major: I. Adagio ma non troppo3:265Violin Sonata No. 2 in C Major: II. Allegro5:216Violin Sonata No. 2 in C Major: III. Allegro3:077Violin Sonata No. 3 in D Major: I. Andante2:478Violin Sonata No. 3 in D Major: II. Allegro5:599Violin Sonata No. 3 in D Major: III. Allegro moderato3:4010Violin Sonata No. 4 in F Major: I. Andante2:2211Violin Sonata No. 4 in F Major: II. Allegro5:5312Violin Sonata No. 4 in F Major: III. Allegro4:2313Violin Sonata No. 5 in B-Flat Major: I. Allegro10:0214Violin Sonata No. 5 in B-Flat Major: II. Andante3:4015Violin Sonata No. 5 in B-Flat Major: III. Allegro2:5516Violin Sonata No. 6 in E Minor: I. Allegro8:4817Violin Sonata No. 6 in E Minor: II. Andante4:2318Violin Sonata No. 6 in E Minor: III. Allegro3:5919Violin Sonata in A Major: I. Allegro7:0820Violin Sonata in A Major: II. Andante2:5321Violin Sonata in A Major: III. Allegro2:1922Minuet No. 1 in D Major1:2923Minuet No. 2 in A Major1:5524Minuet No. 3 in D Major1:1725Minuet No. 4 in D Major0:5426Minuet No. 5 in G Major2:2127Minuet No. 6 in D Major2:0128Minuet No. 7 in C Major1:5829Minuet No. 8 in F Major2:5430Minuet No. 9 in D Major1:3931Minuet No. 10 in D Major0:5932Minuet No. 11 in D Major1:2833Minuet No. 12 in G Major1:3134Minuet No. 13 in G Major2:1035Minuet No. 14 in G Major1:5536Duet No. 1 in D Major: I. Andante4:1637Duet No. 1 in D Major: II. Allegro2:3538Duet No. 5 in G Major: I. Allegro3:2439Duet No. 5 in G Major: II. Largo3:4740Duet No. 5 in G Major: III. Allegro2:1641Duet No. 2 in E-Flat Major: I. Andante8:0742Duet No. 2 in E-Flat Major: II. Allegro3:1843Duet No. 3 in D Major: I. Vivace (Coturnix - la Caille, Luscina - le Rossignol)4:5044Duet No. 3 in D Major: II. Adagio (La grenouille - La Rana)5:0145Duet No. 3 in D Major: III. Presto (Gallina - La Poule)3:2446Duet No. 4 in F Major: I. Largetto10:0547Duet No. 4 in F Major: II. Spirituoso7:4848Duet No. 4 in F Major: III. La caccia3:2549Duet No. 6 in B-Flat Major: I. Allegretto6:4850Duet No. 6 in B-Flat Major: II. Largo assai12:4351Duet No. 6 in B-Flat Major: III. Allegro3:0452Duet for 2 Violins 'Romance'2:17
Stats & PK
Percentile within all 23,672 published artists.Put Pietro Nardini head-to-head →
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 26 | 87.5th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 3 | 77.1th |
| Studio albums | 3 | 80.9th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 6 | 80.8th |
| Recording span (years) | -220 | 3th |
| Genres | 2 | 74th |
Awards & honours
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Wikidata: Q727374 · MusicBrainz: 3c729187-c1ea-4599-96dc-9f7a5f840898
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