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See Terms & Conditions for p&p rates. | |  | Vivaldi - Violin Concertos Volume 5 (Per Pisendel)
This is the 49th title in the Vivaldi Edition and the 5th volume, out of approximately 12, of the series dedicated to the violin concertos whose manuscripts are held in the National Library of Turin. All the concertos selected here are linked to German violinist Johann Georg Pisendel, member of the Dresden orchestra, who spent time in Venice in 1716-17, with the Electoral Prince of Saxony Friedrich August. Vivaldi and Pisendel became very close friends and the Red Priest composed several works for Pisendel. Moreover, Pisendel copied and performed afterwards in Germany several concertos by Vivaldi This series of 7 concertos is an overview of the complete art of Vivaldi as a composer and violinist: large in scale of music, invention, expression, energy, power of evocation, considerable virtuosity. Dmitry Sinkowsky is a fast-rising baroque violinist and conductor. He is currently the conductor of leading Italian baroque orchestra Il Complesso Barocco on Joyce di Donato’s worldwide ‘Drama Queen’ tour which hits London on 6th February 2013. He performs Vivaldi’s violin concerto RV 242, also featured on this new recording. | 
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| |  | The Rise of the North Italian Violin Concerto 1690–1740Volume Two: Antonio Vivaldi – Virtuoso Impresario
Vivaldi: | Concerto for violin, strings & continuo in Bb, RV370 Arias for soprano, strings & continuo from La costanza trionfante degl’amori e de gl’odii, RV706 Mhairi Lawson (soprano) Concerto for violin, 2 violoncellos, strings & continuo in C, RV561 Concerto for strings in E minor, RV 134 Concerto senza cantin for violin, strings & continuo in D minor, RV243 Arias for soprano, strings & continuo from La fida ninfa, RV714 Mhairi Lawson (soprano) Concerto for violin, strings & continuo in Eb, RV254 |
Antonio Vivaldi was famously both a virtuoso performer and an impresario. The same can be said of Adrian Chandler, whose passionate advocacy has associated him with the Red Priest’s music like no other. Following last autumn’s release of The Rise of the North Italian Violin Concerto 1690–1740, Volume One: The Dawn of the Virtuoso (AV 2106), which earned Chandler and his ensemble La Serenissima an Editor’s Choice from Gramophone magazine, Avie offers the second in a three-volume series exploring the development of the violin and growing demand for virtuoso repertoire during the Italian baroque era, of which Vivaldi was undisputedly the zenith. Mirroring the highly successful format of Volume One, Chandler intersperses dazzling concerti with contemporaneous vocal works, illuminating these genres’ effects on each other in Vivaldi’s oeuvre. If Chandler’s thorough research is a multi-faceted crystal, his performances are the rainbow-hued shaft of light brightly shining through. Recorded 4 – 7 March 2007 at The Warehouse, Studio 1, London “Adrian Chandler… is given sensitive support by his string and continuo players among which the audible presence of a theorbo is welcome. Soprano Mhairi Lawson highlights the affective contrasts of the arias with tonal warmth and requisite virtuosity. In summary, an excellent disc.” BBC Music Magazine, August 2007 ***** “'Antonio Vivaldi: Virtuoso Impresario' examines links between Vivaldi's concertos and operas.
Thus, the Concerto RV370 has origins partly in the opera Ottone in villa, RV134 was probably once the sinfonia to an oratorio, and RV254 shows signs of having started out life as an entr'acte. It should be said that the links are sometimes tenuous, but who could complain when the snippets of minutely detailed information which Adrian Chandler clearly commands encourage mixed programming so refreshingly different from the Vivaldian norm? It may not always bring us the Red Priest at his most inspired but it certainly shows a few sides to him that we do not always see – enough to confound daft comments about his lack of variety. For this is music brimming with ideas, from the unusual accompanimental texture of the slow movement of RV561, to the E-string-less experiment of RV243 (and the strange, off-beam harmonies of its slow movement), to RV134's excellent fugue.
All are played with La Serenissima's customary bright energy and enthusiasm, to which qualities are here added considerable subtlety of detail: listen to the way Chandler picks his way intelligently through the changing textural landscape of the first movement of RV243. Indeed, his playing throughout shows a smooth but vital tone, a fundamental likeability of sound and manner which is matched by soprano Mhairi Lawson in her five contrasted arias, all relative rarities dispatched with no-nonsense skill and aplomb. Here is further proof from this young British group that the Italian orchestras need not think to have Vivaldi to themselves just yet.” Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 “…this is music brimming with ideas… All are played with La Serenissima's customary bright energy and enthusiasm, to which qualities are here added considerable subtlety of detail: listen to the way Chandler picks his way intelligently through the changing textural landscape of the first movement of RV243. Indeed, his playing throughout shows a smooth but vital tone, a fundamental likeability of sound and manner which is matched by soprano Mhairi Lawson in her five contrasted arias...” Gramophone Magazine, October 2007 | | | Usually despatched in 4 - 5 working days. |
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| |  | Vivaldi - Violin Concertos & String Symphonies Volume 1
Vivaldi: | Concerto for Violin "Il Grosso Mogul" in D major RV 208 Concerto, Op. 3 No. 6 'Con Violino Solo obligato', RV 356 Concerto in C major, RV 186 Violin Concerto in E major, RV271 'L'Amoroso' Concerto in C Major, RV 171 Concerto, Op. 3 No. 9 'Con Violino Solo obligati', RV 230 Concerto, Op. 3 No. 3 'Con Violino Solo obligato', RV 310 Concerto for violin, strings & continuo in Eb, RV254 Violin Concerto in C minor, RV199 'Il Sospetto' Violin Concerto, Op. 4 No. 8 in D minor, RV 249 Violin Concerto RV 232 in D major Concerto, Op. 3 No. 12 'Con Violino Solo obligato', RV 265 Concerto for strings No. 5, RV 114 Concerto for strings in E minor, RV 134 Concerto for strings No. 2, RV 133 Concerto for strings No. 10, RV 121 Concerto for strings No. 4, RV 136 Concerto for strings No. 8, RV 127 Concerto for strings No. 3, RV 119 Concerto for strings No. 9, RV 164 Concerto for strings No. 11, RV 150 Concerto for strings No. 12, RV 159 Concerto for strings No. 7, RV 160 Violin Concerto in E flat major, RV 260 Concerto in D minor, RV 237 Violin concerto in D major RV 582 Violin Concerto in D major, RV 213 Violin Concerto in D major, RV 228 Concerto in A major, RV 340 Concerto in G minor, RV 328 Concerto in D major, RV 205 Concerto RV 319 for violin, 2 oboes & bassoon Concerto in C major, RV 172 Concerto for violin, strings & continuo in Bb, RV370 Concerto In G Minor RV 302 |
Vivaldi’s creative genius was not on a level with that of Bach, Mozart or Strauss, but it was considerable all the same. The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians calls him "the most original and influential Italian composer of his generation" and continues: "He laid the foundations for the mature Baroque concerto. His contributions to musical style, violin technique and the practice of orchestration were substantial, and he was a pioneer of orchestral program music." | | | Usually despatched in 4 - 5 working days. |
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