Baldassare Galuppi
Born: 18th October 1706, Venice, Italy
Died: 3rd January 1785, Venice, Italy
Nationality: Italian
Baldassare Galuppi was a Venetian composer, born on the island of Burano in the Venetian Republic. He belonged to a generation of composers, including Johann Adolph Hasse, Giovanni Battista Sammartini, and C. P. E. Bach, whose works are emblematic of the prevailing galant music that developed in Europe throughout the 18th century. He achieved international success, spending periods of his career in Vienna, London and Saint Petersburg, but his main base remained Venice, where he held a succession of leading appointments.
In his early career Galuppi made a modest success in opera seria, but from the 1740s, together with the playwright and librettist Carlo Goldoni, he became famous throughout Europe for his comic operas in the new dramma giocoso style. To the succeeding generation of composers, he was known as "the father of comic opera".
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Philippe Jaroussky celebrates 25 years in the profession
31st Dec 2025
The French countertenor reflects on the changes he's seen during his first quarter-century in the business, his recent album of Italian secular cantatas, his blossoming parallel career as a conductor, and why he's a firm believer that 'the grass is not always greener in another field'.
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Gelosia from Philippe Jaroussky and Artaserse
24th Oct 2025
The French countertenor does battle with the green-eyed monster in a programme of secular Italian cantatas, featuring two popular examples by Handel and Vivaldi, one relative rarity by Alessandro Scarlatti, and world premiere recordings of works by Porpora and Galuppi.
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Popular Works: Galuppi
- Alla Trombas della Fama in C Major (3)
- Cantada al Ssmo. con violines (2)
- Concerti a Quattro (2)
- Concerto a 4 in C minor (2)
- Concerto a quattro in G minor (6)
- Concerto che serve d'introdutione in G minor (2)
- Concerto for 2 violins, viola & cello No. 1 in G minor (2)
- Concerto for 2 violins, viola & cello No. 4 in C minor (2)
- Concerto for harpsichord and strings in F major (2)
- Concerto terzo in C minor (2)
- Dixit Dominus (4)
- Flute Concerto in D (5)
- Flute Concerto in D major (9)
- Flute Sonata in B flat (2)
- Harpsichord Concertos Nos. 1-8 (2)
- Harpsichord Sonata in C minor (2)
- Keyboard Sonata in B flat major, Illy No. 23 (4)
- Keyboard Sonata in D major, Illy No. 31 (2)
- Keyboard Sonata in D major, Illy No. 46 (2)
- L’Olimpiade (2)
- Messe per San Marco, 1766 (2)
- Piano Sonata in A minor (2)
- Piano Sonata in C major (4)
- Piano Sonata in C minor (2)
- Piano Sonata No. 10 in F major (4)
- Piano Sonata No. 2 in C minor (3)
- Piano Sonata No. 3 in A major (4)
- Piano Sonata No. 7 in G minor (4)
- Piano Sonata No. 9 in E major (4)
- Sonata in A minor, Illy 43 (3)
- Sonata in B flat major 'Sonata a Cimbelo del Sig.r Baldassar Galuppi' (2)
- Sonata in B flat major, Illy 32 (2)
- Sonata in C major (5)
- Sonata in C major, Illy 27 (3)
- Sonata in C minor, Illy 34 (3)
- Sonata in C minor, Illy 38 (2)
- Sonata in D (2)
- Sonata in E major, Illy 41 (3)
- Sonata in F major, Illy 36 (3)
- Sonata in G major (3)
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2021, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2021
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Solo Instrument
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