Giacomo Facco: Master of Kings

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Giacomo Facco: Master of Kings

The title Giacomo Facco: Master of Kings is translated literally from Uberto Zanolli’s Giacomo Facco: Maestro de Reyes, the first major biography on this musician and composer.

Giacomo Facco was born on 1676 in the Most Serene Republic of Venice, in the small village of Marsango. The first documentary records of his work are in a series of cantatas, dated 1702, kept in Naples. It is there he may have started working for Antonio Spínola. The Spínola family was part of the high Spanish nobility and Antonio, during the War of the Spanish Succession, was appointed Viceroy of Sicily, where he lived until 1713. Facco also moved there with the marquis’ court, and had a period of intense activity, during which he premiered several operas and oratorios, as well as some cantatas.

Spínola and Facco however would not stay in Sicily for long. With the signing of the Treaty of Utrecht, Spain handed over the Viceroyalty of Sicily to de Duke of Savoy. Therefore, Spínola and all his entourage headed for Spain to rebuild their lives, starting a new chapter in the history of Europe. Facco also headed for Spain and was hired by the court in Madrid as master to the Infante Luis, Prince of Asturias, and as a violinist in the Chapel Royal. During his first years there, his reputation as a composer led him to write what many consider the first Italian opera with a libretto in Spanish, Amor es todo Invención, premiered in the Coliseo del Buen Retiro in 1721. Facco stayed in Madrid working for the court of the royal family until his last days, on 1753.

The music selected on the album Giacomo Facco: Master of Kings is a journey through his cantatas and his cello music, exemplifying two stages of the composer’s life; works from the years he worked in Italy and works from the time he spent in Spain.

After the success achieved with their first recording with COBRA records, Guillermo Turina, Eugenia Boix and Tomoko Matsuoka are back with this album of Giacomo Facco’s works. The world premier recording of a monographic chamber music repertory by an Italian composer who is probably one of the most important and influent composers of the Spanish Baroque era.

Tracklist

1.
Cantata - Clori pur troppo bella - I.Recitativo
00:35
2.
Cantata - Clori pur troppo bella - II. Aria
02:56
3.
Cantata - Clori pur troppo bella - III. Recitativo
00:41
4.
Cantata - Clori pur troppo bella - IV. Aria 2
02:57
5.
Cantata - Clori pur troppo bella - V. Recitativo
00:25
6.
Cantata - Clori pur troppo bella - VI. Aria, Largo
05:46
7.
Sinfonia di Violoncello a solo in c minor - Largo
02:20
8.
Sinfonia di Violoncello a solo in c minor - Presto
01:19
9.
Sinfonia di Violoncello a solo in c minor - Grave
01:15
10.
Sinfonia di Violoncello a solo in c minor - Allegro
02:04
11.
Cantata - Perche vedi chi?o t?amo - I. Recitativo
00:34
12.
Cantata - Perche vedi chi?o t?amo - II. Aria
03:38
13.
Cantata - Perche vedi chi?o t?amo - III. Recitativo
00:52
14.
Cantata - Perche vedi chi?o t?amo - IV. Aria. Allegro a violoncello obbligato
03:38
15.
Sinfonia di Violoncello a solo in D major - Grave
02:00
16.
Sinfonia di Violoncello a solo in D major - Allegro
01:41
17.
Sinfonia di Violoncello a solo in D major - Adagio Assai
02:29
18.
Sinfonia di Violoncello a solo in D major - Presto
01:05
19.
Cantata - Amada Libertad, Enhorabuena - I. Recitativo
00:40
20.
Cantata - Amada Libertad, Enhorabuena - II. Aria. Largo,Vivo,Largo,Largo
03:31
21.
Cantata - Amada Libertad, Enhorabuena - III. Recitativo
00:31
22.
Cantata - Amada Libertad, Enhorabuena - IV. Aria
05:23
23.
Sinfonia di Viloncello a Solo in g minor - Largo
03:39
24.
Sinfonia di Viloncello a Solo in g minor - Allegro
01:46
25.
Sinfonia di Viloncello a Solo in g minor - Grave
01:12
26.
Sinfonia di Viloncello a Solo in g minor - Presto
01:15
27.
Cantata - Cuando en el Oriente - I. Recitativo
00:55
28.
Cantata - Cuando en el Oriente - II. Aria. Largo
08:17
29.
Cantata - Cuando en el Oriente - III. Recitativo
00:35
30.
Cantata - Cuando en el Oriente - IV. Aria
07:39

Additional information

Cables

Acoustic Revive

Format

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Digital Converters

dCS 904

Editing Software

Pyramix

Microphones

Bruel & Kjaer 4003, Neumann modified by Rens Heijnis

Notes

The recording was originally digitized using the dCS 904, which operated at DSD64. 
The original session tracks were edited and rebalanced (which meant going through the mixer) in the only available format for that purpose; the Pyramix 352.8KHz/24bit PCM (DXD). Prior to the advent of direct digital delivery, the next step in the production process from 352.8KHz/24bit PCM would be the DSD64 edited master for SACD production. What we have done now is also make a direct conversion to DSD128 and DSD256 from that original DXD edited master, without going through any interim processing steps.
Those DXD to DSD conversions are not up-samplings, as they would be going from one PCM sampling rate to another, for they are different encoding systems. PCM is a digital value sample based system, and DSD is a digital bit density modulated system. Conversion from any PCM sample rate to any DSD bit rate system is a remodulation, not an up-sampling.
We feel there is an audio advantage to this process in using the original files so we give you the choice and you can decide.

Producer

Tom Peeters

Recording Engineer

Tom Peeters

Recording location

Church Westvest90, Schiedam, The Nederlands. On June 7, 8, 9, 2017

Recording Software

Pyramix

Recording Type & Bit Rate

DSD64

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Press reviews

Revista Melomano 6.25 out of 5

“Master of Kings transporteert ons naar een barok universum, met authentieke muzikale parels, kortom een ​​echt geschenk voor liefhebbers van barokmuziek”

RITMO magazine 5 out of 5

Varias cosas nos han gustado de este nuevo disco del sello holandés Cobra, recién presentado en marzo en diversos auditorios españoles: el cuidado diseño y la calidad técnica de la grabación, las muy documentadas notas del libreto, la elección de un repertorio inédito y, por supuesto, la interpretación…
…En definitiva, es Guillermo Turina el alma de la grabación, haciendo de enlace entre dos intérpretes técnicamente perfectas…
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We like many things of this CD from Dutch label COBRA, recently released in some Spanish auditories: the cared design and the technical quality of the recording, the very documented notes of the booklet, the election of the repertory and, of course, the interpretation…
…Definetely, it is Guillermo Turina the soul of the recording, being the bridge between two technicly perfect interpreters…

Stretto

‘A very interesting and enriching (re)discovery of very nice music, very well played on an interesting label. Highly recommended.’

Scherzo

The work of Guillermo Turina, Eugenia Boix and Tomoko Matsuoka, rediscovering Italian musicians who worked in Spain during the first decades of the 18th century, is priceless.
It is really exquisite music, magnificently performed. Listening to Boix’s voice is always a joy.

Earlymusicreview 5 out of 5

While the cantatas he published while working in Italy are a little pedestrian, the later Spanish-period works sound more convincing. However, none of the cantatas sound as interesting as Facco’s innovative and engaging sinfonias for cello and harpsichord. This is due on the present CD to Guillermo Turino’s exciting technique on the Baroque cello, which brings these latter works to life….

Opus Klassiek

‘Master of Kings’ biedt vier cantates (volgens het bekende recitatief- en ariamodel) en drie sinfonia’s (vierdelig, afwisselend langzaam en snel) voor cello solo (met het klavecimbel als begeleidingsinstrument). Aldus is een smaakvolle variatie ontstaan die bovendien een representatief beeld biedt van de Italiaans-Spaanse barokmuziek uit de achttiende eeuw. Met uitzondering van de cantate ‘Cuando En El Oriente’ zijn ze hier voor de eerste maal vastgelegd. Tom Peeters heeft er weer een opnamejuweeltje van gemaakt, waarbij de Schiedamse Westvestkerk zich wederom bewezen als een uitstekende opnamelocatie.

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