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Life

From 1684 to 1688, Torri served as the organist and choirmaster of the Margrave of Bayreuth, and later entered into the service of the Elector of Bavaria Maximilian II Emanuel. In 1692 he followed the prince with some gentlemen of the court orchestra to the Spanish Netherlands and later settled with them in

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where Torri married the daughter of the ballet master François Rodier. Over the following years he lived in

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; where his compositions were performed. In 1715 he returned to

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, where he occasionally composed cantatas; and an opera annually. In 1726 Maximilian died, and his son

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succeeded him to the throne of Bavaria. For this occasion, Torri composed a musical tribute to the new ruler: the allegorical cantata ''Bavaria''. This work alluded to an early Bavarian claim to the throne of the

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in 1732, he was finally officially appointed as choirmaster at the court of Bavaria. Charles Albert was elected emperor in 1726 as Charles VII Albert and Torri became a musician at the imperial court.

Compositions

His most famous works for voices and orchestra include his Magnificat (for some time erroneously attributed to

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), and''Le Triomphe de la paix'', a cantata celebrating the

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Dramatic works

Sacred music

Magnificat

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parts) and

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Masses

* Missa pro Defunctis:

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(died in 1726). The composition is for SSATB singers and an orchestra consisting of oboes, strings and continuo (organ).. *

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Oratorios

Torri wrote more oratorios than any composer before

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(see also several dramatic oratorios mentioned above among Torri's dramatic works):. * ''Abelle'' (Brussels 1692–1701; Munich 1734). * ''San Gaetano'' (Brussels 4 April 1705). * ''La vanità del mondo'' (Brussels 5, 12 and 19 March 1706), libretto by Carlo Francesco Melchiori. * ''Giacobbe'', also known as ''Rebecca'' (Brussels,

or Namur 1705–1714). * ''Genesio'' (Brussels, Mons or Namur 1705–1714). * ''Elia'' (Munich, Spring 1730), libretto by . * ''Abramo'' (Munich, Spring 1731), libretto by Domenico Lalli. * ''Gionata'' (Munich ), libretto by Apostolo Zeno.

Other

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Chamber music

''Trastulli''

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. The other volumes contain such arias without recitative. The are, at least in part, extracted from larger vocal works: * The first volume contains 14 Recitative and Aria pairs: # ''Con insoliti fregi'' (aria: "Non si scorge più dipinto"; S, vdg) # ''Dalle spine da i Numi'' (aria: "Le rose odorose"; S, b, fl) # ''Non v'è nube importuna'' (aria: "Di Vulcan nelle prigioni"; B, b, 2fl/2 vl) # ''Volano d'ogni intorno'' (aria: "I molli zeffiretti con le fronde"; S, b, ob) # ''Passan di ramo in ramo'' (aria: "Dal petto canoro"; S, b, fl/ob). # ''Con dolci melodie'' (aria: "Ciò che vegeta"; S, b, vdg/ob) # ''Le ninfe più vezzose'' (aria: "Con placido incanto"; B, b, fl, fld) # ''Le Castalide suore'' (aria: "Qui soggiorna un vago nume"; S, b, vdg) # ''Bella diva'' (aria: "Per te sola sorge l'alba"; S, b, vdg/fl) # ''Seguono i tuoi vestigi'' (aria: "Quante pompe ha la bellezza"; B, b, fl) # ''Del Latio antico e delle Greche scole'' (aria: "Ben traluce nell'aspetto"; S, b, vdg/ob) # ''Or va con tanta luce'' (aria: "Due seni più felici"; S, b, vdg/ob) # ''L'opre nostre e i pensieri'' (aria: "Voi sarete con"; S, b, fl) # ''Vi piova il ciel benigno'' (aria: "L'aureo stame vital"; S, b, fl) * The second volume contains 17 arias, ten of which are excerpted from the ''Briseide'' dramma per musica: # From ''Briseide'' act 3 scene 8: "Godi giubila alma mia" (S, ob/vl, b) # From ''Briseide'' act 1 scene 9: "Vieni o cara amata sposa al mio cor" (S, b, fl, ob) # From ''Briseide'' act 1 scene 4: "Agitati miei pensieri" (S, b, ob) # From ''Briseide'' act 2 scene 5: "Onde chiare imparate a non amare" (S, b, fl/vl, ob/vl) # From ''Briseide'' act 2 scene 2: "Dolce auretta che sì grata" (S, b, fld). # From ''Briseide'' act 2 scene 10: "Un core o pianti o sassi" (S, b, fld). # "Luci serene se per voi moro" (S, b, fld) # "Di pastorella oh quanto è bella" (S, b, fl). # "Spero sì dagli aspri marmi" (S, b, fl) # "Fra gli orrori di notte più ombrosa" (S, b, fl). # "Se dar voglio al mio crudo tormento" (S, vl, b) # "Vivo in pene e di consiglio non ho speme" (S, b, vdg) # From ''Briseide'' act 1 scene 7: "Rendetemi al mio ben fati inclementi" (S, b, 2fl) # "Cresce il foco a poco" (S, b, vdg) # From ''Briseide'' act 3 scene 8: "Nel mio fiero penar" (S, b, vdg) # From ''Briseide'': "Quando venne nel mio core" (S, b, fl) # From ''Briseide'' act 1 scene 11: "Hai finito a tanti guai" (S, b, vdg) * The third volume contains an aria for alto (No. 6), while all other ''Trastulli'' are either for soprano or bass: # "Son di foco e son di ghiaccio" (S, vl, b) # "Il sospiro è una parola" (S, vl, b) # "All'or che vezzosa sul prato" (S, b, ob) # "Chi non gode di sua lode" (B, vl, b) # "Sei menzognera sei lusinghiera" (S, vl, b) # "Con tal voce il ciel richiama" ( A, b, ob) # "Quanto dura omai ti rendi" (B, b, 2vdg) # "Il rispetto che mi rende" (S, b, ob) # "Già langue il seno e già vien meno" (B, b, 2vdg) # "Il pastorello s'en giace afflitto" (S, b, ob) # "Lascivoli il mio desio" (B, b, 2vdg; music similar to IV/6) # "Sorghin pur tempeste irate" (S, vl, b). # "Orror profondo la terra ingombra" (S, 2vl, b) # "Si vendicate o dei" (S, vl, b) # "Sonno amico de' mortali" (S, 2vl, b) * The fourth volume contains one aria in French (No. 10), and one without text (No. 12) – all other ''Trastulli'' have an Italian text: # "Traffitto ho il seno da un guardo ameno" (B, b, 2vdg) # "Aurette flebili che qui spirate" (S, b, 2vdg). # "Se un guardo girate pupille vezzose" (B, b, 2vdg) # "V'amo sì care luci adorate" (S, b, 2vdg). # "Ombre amene della notte deh calmate" (A, b, 2vdg) # "Deh volate o miei pensieri" (B, b, 2vdg; music similar to III/11) # "Deh volgi sereno quel guardo che ameno" (S, b, 2vdg) # From ''S Landelino'': "Per dar sfogo al mio crudo" (B, b, 2vdg). # "Sei pur cruda a miei tormenti" (B, b, 2vdg) # "Triste remous funeste inquiétude" (B, b, 2vdg) # "Vuo cercando il mio ristoro" (B, b, 2vdg) # Aria without text (B, b, 2vdg) # "Come ahi lasso ti perdei" (T, b, 2vdg) # "Al languido seno" (S, b, 2vdg)

Sonatas

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and continuo. * Sonata in C major for two violins, viola, cello and continuo, in four movements:. *# Allegro () *# Presto () *# Adagio () *# Presto () * Sonata in

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for two violins, viola, cello and organ, in three movements:. *# Allegro () *# Adagio () *# Presto ()

Discography

* ''Musik am Hofe des Kurfürsten Max Emanuel von Bayern'' is a 1970s LP recording (Musica Bavarica MB 904) of the

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website. ** ''Introduzione a balli''. ** ''Peripezze della Fortuna''. ** ''Merope''. * ''Echoes of Love: Eighteenth-Century Italian Cantatas'' is a 1993 CD containing Torri's ''V'amo si, care luci'', a three-movement cantata, consisting of a recitative preceded and followed by an aria (soprano Lia Serafini and Ensemble Barocco Sans Souci; Dynamic CDS106):Italian Cantatas (Baroque) - CALDARA / SARRI, D. / LOTTI, A. / ALDROVANDINI, G.V.A. / MANCINI, F. / TORRI, P. (Echoes of Love)
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's Op. 5. The Accademia Claudio Monteverdi is the accompanying orchestra, and Hans Ludwig Hirsch is the conductor on this recording. * Torri's Missa pro Defunctis is included in ''Pro defunctis: Liturgy for the death of the baroque area'', performed by Paul Dombrecht conducting Il Fondamento, Passacaille 933 (recorded 2000, released 2001). * ''La Baviera'' performed by Christoph Hammer conducting the Neue , Ars Produktion 38 001 (recorded 2002, released 2003). Other compositions by Torri contained on this SACD recording: ** ''La publica felicità'' (extracts) ** ''Egloga pastorale'' (extracts) * ''Le Triomphe de la Paix'' performed by Christoph Hammer conducting the Neue Hofkapelle München,

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CD 424 (2004 live recording, released 2005). Other compositions by Torri contained on this SACD recording: ** Magnificat à 15 et più; ** Motet . * ''Le martyre des Maccabées'', Musique en Wallonie (2007 live recording, released 2009). * Some recordings of "Son rosignolo" from ''L'innocenza difesa dai Numi'', a.k.a. ''Ismène'', were released in the 2010s: ** 2011: performed by Collegium Flauto e Voce (Carus 83.344) ** 2014 (recorded 2013): sung by Friederike Holzhausen, accompanied by Susanne Ehrhardt (recorder) and Sabine Erdmann (Verlag Klaus-Jurgen Kamprad VKJK 1413) ** 2015: by

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, among which "Se amori ascolterò" from Torri's ''Griselda'', sung by Agata Bienkowska accompanied by Barockwerk Hamburg and Ira Hochman (Tactus TC 670003). * Another aria from ''Griselda'', "Vorresti col tuo pianto", is included in Xavier Sabata's ''Catharsis'' album (Armonia Atenea,

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; recorded 2015, released 2017; Aparté Music AP 143). *

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's 2017 ''Pace e guerra: Arias for Bernacchi'' album (recorded 2016; with Rubén Dubrovsky and the Bach Consort Wien; Deutsche Harmonia Mundi 88985410502) contains a few arias which Torri composed for the

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, Musique en Wallonie MEW 1890 (recorded 1988, released 2018). * "Amorosa rondinella" from ''Nicomede'', sung by Nuria Rial, accompanied by Kammerorchester Basel (conductor: Stefano Barneschi) is included in ''Baroque Twitter'', an album recorded in 2017 and released in 2018 (Deutsche Harmonia Mundi 88985497582) * Recitative ("La sua disperazione") and Aria ("Se a ammollire il crudo amante") from ''Amadis di Grecia'', sung by soprano Mary Bevan accompanied by Bridget Cunningham conducting London Early Opera, is included in ''Handel’s Queens'' ( Signum SIGCD579, 2019). * Erato's ''La vanità del mondo'', recorded in June 2020 by

Philippe Jaroussky Philippe Jaroussky (born 13 February 1978) is a French countertenor. He began his musical career with the violin, winning an award at the Versailles conservatory, and then took up the piano before turning to singing. Unusually for a countertenor ...

and Ensemble Artaserse, was released in November 2020. The album contains these arias by Torri:La Vanità del Mondo: Philippe Jaroussky
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Warner Classics Warner Classics is the classical music arm of Warner Music Group. The label began issuing new recordings under the Warner Classics banner in 1991. The company also includes the Erato Records, Teldec Records and NVC Arts labels. Based in France, W ...

website. ** Isacco's "Perché più franco" from ''Abramo'' ** Piacere's "Esiliatevi pene funeste" from ''La vanità del mondo''

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Torri, Pietro
Grove {{DEFAULTSORT:Torri, Pietro 1650s births 1737 deaths 18th-century Italian composers 18th-century Italian male musicians Italian Baroque composers Italian male classical composers