Giovanni Battista Brevi

Giovanni Battista Brevi (Bergamo, ca. 1650; Milan, after 1725) was an Italian Baroque composer.

His later collections of cantatas comprised three out of the four publications of Fortuniano Rosati, Modena, the fourth being by count Pirro Albergati.

Works

• Op. 3 Bizzarrie armoniche, ovvero Sonate da camera a tre stromenti col basso continuo 1693
• Op. 5 Cantate morali 1695
• Op. 6 La catena d'oro 1696
• Op. 7 Cantate ed'ariette 1697
• Op. 8 Deliri d'amor divino, o cantate a voce sola e continuo (Venice, 1708)

Performing Editions

Cantatas

• Deliciae terrenae: soprano and Basso continuo
• O spiritus angelici: alto and Basso continuo
• Catenae terrenae: bass and b.c.

Recordings

• "Catenae terrenae" on Motetti ed arie Max van Egmond, Ricercar Consort. Ricercar. 1988.
• "O Spiritus Angelici" on Agitata Delphine Galou, Accademia Bizantina, Ottavio Dantone, Alpha. 2017