SACDs - Tartini

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Virtuoso Baroque

Virtuoso Baroque


Bach, J S:

Flute Sonata No. 4 in C major, BWV1033

Corelli:

Violin Sonata Op. 5 No. 12 in D minor (La folia)

Handel:

Sonata in B flat major for recorder and continuo, HWV377 'Fitzwilliam I'

Tartini:

Violin Sonata in G minor 'Devil's Trill'

Telemann:

Sonata TWV 41:d4 in D minor for recorder & b.c.

Vitali, T:

Chaconne in G minor

Vivaldi:

Sonata for Recorder and Basso Continuo in A major, RV59


Michala Petri (recorders) & Lars Hannibal (archlute)

The Petri/Hannibal duo first appeared on stage in the winter of 1991, and performed their first full concert in the summer of 1992 at the Monastery La Cartuja de la Sierra in Andalusia, Spain. Since then, they have appeared in concert halls and festivals around the world, giving nearly 1500 concerts in programs of music from the late renaissance and early baroque, the classical and romantic periods, to contemporary works written especially for them. Together, they have released five CDs including Kreisler Inspirations (2001) which received the prestigious Deutscher Schallplattenpreis. In 2006, the duo formed OUR Recordings, to present the continuing musical adventures of two most imaginative musicians. In celebration of their 20th anniversary, the duo has newly recorded a program of their most popular Baroque repertoire as a very special gift to the audience, their friends and fans around the world!

“her poise remains absolute thanks to lightning fingerwork, precision tonguing, faultless breath control and unfailing evenness of tone and tuning...there are times when the final sparks of human warmth and excitement are missing...Listen to this CD and you will gape in wonder at Petri's technical brilliance, but in the end you may find at a deeper level that the music has left you strangely unmoved.” Gramophone Magazine, January 2012

Super Audio CD

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OUR Recordings - 6220604

(SACD)

$17.75

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Tartini: 3 Violin Concertos

Tartini: 3 Violin Concertos


Tartini:

Concerto in A major, D.96

Violin Concerto in Bb major, D117

Violin Concerto in G D78


These recordings with the unforgettable Salvatore Accardo as soloist, confirm with their aural qualities and lyricism, a motto of Tartini’s: “Per bon sonare, bisogna bon cantare” (To sound good, one must also be able to sing).

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Pentatone RQR - PTC5186137

(SACD)

$17.00

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Palladians - The Devil’s Trill

Palladians - The Devil’s Trill


Tartini:

Violin Sonata in G minor 'Devil's Trill'

Violin Sonata in G minor, Op. 1 No. 10 'Didone abbandonata'

Sonata in A major, Op.1 No.13 ‘Pastorale’

Grave in D minor; Francesco

Sonata in E minor, Op. 1, No. 5: Largo

Veracini:

Sonata in A major, Op. 1, No. 7


A brand new recording by Palladians features programmatic sonatas by Tartini, including the famous Devil’s Trill Sonata (inspired by a dream in which he made a pact with the Devil). Also included is a sonata by Veracini, whose skilful playing was a great influence on the young Tartini.

• Famed throughout Europe as a pre-eminent virtuoso, Tartini was a private, secretive man, only revealing his true character through secret codes in his manuscripts.

• Tartini’s programmatic sonatas ('Didone Abandonata' and ‘The Devil's Trill’ - a deservedly celebrated masterpiece) display his intense pictorial inward gaze that sets him apart from his many Italian colleagues.

• Veracini’s legendary virtuosity (which led Tartini to temporarily withdraw into solitudinous practice) created a storm of success in England and led to the popular toast 'One God, One King, and One Veracini!'

• Palladians is firmly established on the international stage as one of the very best chamber groups performing baroque repertoire. Constant critical acclaim, a reputation for dashing, intelligent musicianship and a warm, spontaneous on-stage manner has led this virtuoso ensemble to give numerous concert and radio performances in the UK

• Palladians are five times winners of the prestigious Diapason d'Or Award, (1993, 1994, 1998, 1999 and 2000) and has twice had albums named Gramophone "Editor's Choice".

“Finely judged engineering, with the added aural dimension of surround-sound, create an enveloping warmth which intensifies the powerful rhetoric and expressiveness of the performance; this is breath-taking stuff.” BBC Music Magazine, October 2008 ****

“A group whose quick-witted inventiveness and almost supernatural internal rapport never fail to delight.” Gramophone Magazine

“Rodolfo Richter is a perfect violinist for this music, a player whose rock-solid technique, shining liquid tone and easy bowing allow him a rhythmic and lyrical freedom that really does seem to make his instrument sing. As one might expect from the Palladians, the continuo-playing is of a high order, imaginative but never clamouring for attention.” Gramophone Magazine, February 2009

“[The Violin Sonata in G Minor 'Devil's Trill'] is a masterly work, and its Opus 1 companion in the same key, Didone abbandonata (Dido Abandoned), are the great baroque violinist/composer’s masterpieces, frequently recorded, but rarely with the gusto and technical address displayed by Rodolfo Richter, the Palladians’ “soloist”, but a primus inter pares of this outstanding baroque group.” Sunday Times, 17th August 2008 *****

“This is in many ways a beautiful disc, with exquisite playing from all four members of the authentic instrument group. But the fiendish series of rising double-stopped trills in each of the three quick sections of the last movement of Tartini’s infamous sonata lack definition. The loose recitativo rhythm doesn’t help. Neither, one suspects, does the baroque pitch. A brighter, thinner tone should surely have helped.” The Times, 23rd August 2008 ***

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Linn - CKD292

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$16.75

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Vivaldi: Bassoon Concerto, RV 484 in E minor, etc.

Tartini:

Flute Concerto in G major

Vivaldi:

Bassoon Concerto, RV 484 in E minor

Bassoon Concerto, RV 498 in A minor

Bassoon Concerto, RV 489 in F major

Bassoon Concerto, RV 502 in B flat major


Klaus Thunemann (bassoon) & Severino Gazzelloni (flute)

I Musici

Remastered Quadro Recording (RQR)

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Pentatone RQR - PTC5186154

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$17.00

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Sarasate: Zigeunerweisen, Op. 20, etc.

Fauré:

Berceuse, Op. 16

Massenet:

Méditation (from Thaïs)

Ravel:

Tzigane

Sarasate:

Zigeunerweisen, Op. 20

Carmen Fantasy, Op. 25

Tartini:

Violin Sonata in G minor 'Devil's Trill'

Wieniawski:

Légende in G minor, Op. 17


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DG - E4775721

(SACD)

$16.75

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