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See Terms & Conditions for p&p rates. | |  | Vivaldi - Violin Concertos Volume 4 (L’imperatore)
This is the 46th title in the Vivaldi Edition and the 4th 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 were composed for, dedicated to or performed in front of Charles VI (1685-1740), sovereign of the Habsburg Empire, renowned as patron and passionate lover of music. This series of 7 concertos is an overview of the complete art of Vivaldi as a composer and violinist: large-scale music, invention, expression, energy, power of evocation, played with considerable virtuosity. Riccardo Minasi, 33, is one of the leading Italian baroque violinists and also has a career as a conductor Il Pomo d'Oro is a new baroque orchestra that gathers excellent musicians from several high-level baroque orchestras including Il Complesso Barocco. “Minasi is certainly an impressive virtuoso and his playing is rhythmically exciting and expressively affecting in equal measure. His account of the Largo of the G minor Concerto, RV327 is beautifully sustained and tenderly spoken. Yet too often, elsewhere, I feel cheated of the music's 'gentillesse' and its lyricism. Notwithstanding such misgivings, though, this is impressive playing by all concerned.” International Record Review, June 2012 “His virtuosity cannot be doubted and his tone courses like a young stream but a restless imagination looks beyond straightforward niceness and elegance for something deeper, more sharply moulded, in places even darker...This is not really Vivaldi as easy listening...But for anyone wanting a touch of Dionysian poetry, it is a disc worth returning to.” Gramophone Magazine, September 2012 “Riccardo Minasi is a player with lively feeling for theatrical gesture and a technique that comfortably accommodates Vivaldi's virtuosity. He breathes life into these wonderfully expressive concertos with a musical rapport that perhaps responds more readily to bravura passages than to lyrical ones...committed Vivaldians should be delighted.” BBC Music Magazine, September 2012 | | | (also available to download from $10.50) | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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L’Arte dell’Arco, Giovanni Guglielmo Volume 31 of the Musical Delights series concentrates on a selection of Antonio Vivaldi’s concertos performed on period instruments by L’Arte dell’Arco. | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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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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