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Caldara: | Sinfonia No. 6 'Sam Elena al Calvario' Sinfonia No. 12 'La Passione di Gesu Signor nostro' | Vivaldi: | Concerto for strings No. 5, RV 114 Concerto for cello, bassoon, strings & continuo RV409 Christian Beuse (bassoon) Cello Concerto in F major, RV 412 Cello Concerto in G minor, RV416 Cello Concerto in A minor, RV 419 Cello Concerto in B minor, RV424 Concerto, Op. 3 No. 11 'Con due Violini e Violoncello obligato', RV 565 Sinfonia in C major, RV 709 |
Alongside the famous Quattro Stagioni, La Notte, and so on, Vivaldi wrote no fewer than 27 concertos for the cello – an instrument which at the time was generally limited to playing basso continuo. With the genuine virtuosi he had available to him at the Ospedale della Pietà, the Red Priest played a key role in the emancipation of the cello, which so readily inspired him to invent varied figuration. The musicians of the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin have chosen to add highly expressive pieces by Caldara to punctuate the sumptuous feast of sound offered by maestro Queyras. “The adage goes that Vivaldi did not so much compose hundreds of concertos as write the same concerto hundreds of times. However, this disc featuring the estimable cellist Jean-Guihen Queyras illustrates the fallacy of that argument. ...Queyras is equal to all Vivaldi’s challenges and intricacies, adopting a buoyant “period” style that is fully matched by the incisive, pungent playing of the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin.” The Telegraph, 29th September 2011 ***** “[in RV409] Queyras’s soft-grained tone is strikingly partnered by the almost bleakly plaintive bassoon playing of Christian Beuse. The players of the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin delight in the sharp cut and thrust that Vivaldi so often offers in theses works.” The Irish Times, 7th October 2011 **** “Queyras’s handling of Vivaldi’s dazzling streams in the faster movements is brilliant and precise, despite extreme tempos, and he is eloquently expressive in the beautifully phrased slower music. In two effervescent and sophisticated concertos for two violins and cello (RV 415 and RV 565), his partners, Georg Kallweit and Elfa Run Kristinsdottir, are equally good.” Sunday Times, 9th October 2011 “The timbre and sonority of Queyras's instrument imparts a rich, antique flavour, while his deft bowing – as on the finale to the "Concerto in G minor" – perfectly embodies the Vivaldian qualities of delight and vivacity. The album is full of memorable moments” The Independent, 21st October 2011 **** “Queyras's Adagio, with the lightest of accompaniments - solo lute - is especially eloquent...Queyras's scheme, alternating the cello with varied sinfonias and concertos for the string band, is particularly successful, with a series of extremely lively (though on occasion excessively fierce) performances by the Akademie fur Alte Musik, Georg Kallweit contributing a beautiful violin solo in the well-known Concerto RV565.” Gramophone Magazine, December 2011 | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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“Cohen is an expressive player with a feeling for articulate phrasing who responds readily to the poetry of slow movements… The King's Consort under Robert King's direction from the harpsichord offers stylish and alert support throughout.” BBC Music Magazine, August 2006 **** | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Il Progetto Vivaldi 2
Sol Gabetta is the young female superstar of the cello. The Argentine-French cellist, who speaks six languages fluently, has captured the hearts of audiences in many countries with her playing and her charisma. Sol has received prestigious awards: she won three Echo Klassik prizes in Germany, received Argentina’s Gardel Prize as “artist of the year“ in three consecutive years and in 2010 won the prestigious Gramophone Award as “young artist of the year”. For her fifth recording for Sony Music and the first on the Sony Classical label, Sol Gabetta has teamed up with her own ensemble, the Cappella Gabetta, a small ensemble that plays baroque music on period instruments, which was founded by Sol Gabetta and her brother Andres Gabetta (lead violin). Sol and Andres have chosen this group of musicians so that they can make music among friends and explore works of the Baroque and Early Classical genres. On the new album, entitled Il Progetto Vivaldi 2, Sol Gabetta and Cappella Gabetta perform beautiful Italian cello concertos. Three deservedly popular concertos composed by Antonio Vivaldi are coupled with a rarely recorded sonata by Vivaldi and a charming cello concerto by Leonardo Leo, a Neapolitan composer. The CD also includes a world premiere recording, a cello concerto by Giovanni Benedetto Platti, an Italian composer who worked in Germany between 1730 and 1763. The cello concerto by Platti was recently discovered near Würzburg in the archive of a castle of Duke of Schönborn. The Vivaldi concertos which Sol Gabetta has chosen for this recording were also discovered in this archive. “Argentinian Sol Gabetta brings tremendous verve to five of Vivaldi’s effervescent concertos for cello in this scintillating ‘Progetto Vivaldi’ partnership…she digs into each phrase with infectious enthusiasm…” The Guardian. “Gabetta has a ravishing tone, especially in Vivaldi's soulful slow movements. The vigorous cello pyrotechnics of the finale of the G minor, RV 416 are negotiated with bravado to spare, and the febrile edginess of the A minor's end encourages sly banter.” BBC Music Magazine, February 2012 **** “The cello-playing Count von Schonborn provides the connecting theme for Sol Gabetta's disc; his library contains some significant Vivaldi manuscripts, including the sole source of the sonata recorded here...With its finely worked contrapuntal tuttis and picturesque, melancholy Adagio, [Platti's] Concerto, in this vigorous, poised performance, proves to be a real find.” Gramophone Magazine, December 2011 “Gabetta again plays with unerring precision, but also with a sure-footed interpretative authority...As before, it is the fertility of imagination undergirding every one of Gabetta's performances which marks this colelction out as being something exceptional...Highly recommended.” International Record Review, January 2012 | | | Usually despatched in 8 - 10 working days. |
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| |  | Vivaldi: Cello Concertos Vol. 4
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| |  | Vivaldi: Cello Concertos & Sonatas
Vivaldi: | Cello Concerto in D minor, RV405 Cello Concerto in C minor, RV401 Cello Concerto in B flat major, RV423 Cello Concerto in C major, RV 399 Concerto for cello, bassoon, strings & continuo RV409 Cello Concerto in D Major, RV403 Cello Concerto in B minor, RV424 Cello Concerto in A minor, RV422 Cello Concerto in C minor, RV402 Cello Concerto in F major, RV 412 Cello Concerto for piccolo cello, strings & continuo in G major RV 414 Concerto for cello, strings & continuo in D minor RV 406 Cello Concerto in F Major, RV411 Cello Concerto in D major, RV 404 Cello Concerto in A minor, RV420 Cello Concerto in D minor, RV407 Cello Concerto in G minor, RV417 Concerto for Violin, Cello & Orchestra in F major, RV 544 'Il Proteo o sia il mondo al rovescio' Cello Concerto in A minor, RV418 Cello Concerto in E flat major, RV 408 Cello Concerto in G minor, RV416 Cello Concerto in A minor, RV 419 Cello Concerto in G major, RV413 Concerto for Violin & Cello in B flat minor, RV 547 Cello Sonata in E minor, RV40 Cello Sonata in B flat major, RV45 Cello Sonata in B flat major, RV46 Cello Sonata in A minor, RV43 Cello Sonata in B flat major, RV47 Cello Sonata in F major, RV41 |
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Vivaldi: | Trio Sonatas (12) for Two Violins & Continuo, Op. 1 Violin Sonatas (12), Op. 2 L'estro armonico - 12 concerti, Op. 3 La stravaganza - 12 concerti, Op. 4 6 Sonates pour 1 ou 2 violins, Op. 5 6 Concertos pour violin, Op. 6 12 Concertos pour hautbois ou violin, Op. 7 Il cimento dell'armonia e dell'inventione - 12 concerti, Op. 8 La cetra - 12 concerti, Op. 9 Flute Concertos (6), Op. 10 6 Concertos, Op. 11 6 Concertos pour violin, Op. 12 Cello Concerto in C minor, RV402 Concerto for cello, strings & continuo in D minor RV 406 Cello Concerto for piccolo cello, strings & continuo in G major RV 414 Cello Sonatas Nos. 1-9, RV39-47 Cello Concerto in C minor, RV401 Concerto in G major RV 312R Cello Concerto in G major, RV413 Cello Concerto in G minor, RV416 Cello Concerto in A minor, RV418 Cello Concerto in B minor, RV424 Oboe Concerto in C major, RV447 Oboe Concerto in F major, RV457 Oboe Concerto in A minor, RV461 Oboe Concerto in A minor, RV463 Concerto in D minor for Two Oboes, RV 535 Concerto in C major for two oboes, two clarinets and strings RV559 Bassoon Concerto, RV 474 in C major Bassoon Concerto, RV 489 in F major Bassoon Concerto, RV 498 in A minor Bassoon Concerto, RV 571 Concerto for Multiple Instruments, 'per l'orchestra di Dresda' in G minor RV576 Concerto 'per l'orchestra di Dresda' RV577 Concerto for 2 Trumpets, Strings & Continuo in C major, RV 537 Concerto for Strings in D minor RV 129 'Madrigalesco' Concerto in G minor for Two Cellos, RV531 Concerto for 2 Flutes, Strings and Continuo in C, R533 Concerto RV151 in G major for strings & basso continuo 'Alla rustica' Concerto RV 564 for 2 violins & 2 cellos Trio Sonata, Op. 1 No. 12 for Two Violins & Continuo in D minor, RV 63 'La Follia' Flautino Concerto in C major, RV443 Concerto for 2 Mandolins, Strings and Continuo in G, R.532 Cantata RV678 'All'ombra di sospetto' Concerto for Lute and 2 Violins in D major, RV 93 Cantata RV680 'Lungi dal vago' Concerto in A minor, RV 108 Cantata RV682 'Vengo a voi luci adorate' Flute Concerto, Op. 10 No. 2 in G minor, RV 439 'La notte' Gloria in D major, RV589 Nulla in mundo pax sincera, motet for soprano, strings & continuo, RV 630 Cantata RV651 'Amor hai vinto' Stabat Mater, RV621 Nisi Dominus (Psalm 126), RV608 Concerto for Strings and Continuo in F major, RV141 Clarae stellae, scintillate, RV625 Concerto for strings in C major RV109 Vestro Principi divino - Mottetto per contralto, archi e continuo RV 633 in F major Salve Regina, RV 616 |
A new addition to the very successful series of super-budget boxes. A 28-CD set of Concertos, Sonatas and major vocal works by one of the most popular Baroque composers of all time. Vivaldi's complete Concertos and Sonatas opus 1-12 plus other concertos and cantatas. Performances drawn mainly from Decca's L'Oiseau-Lyre catalogue featuring the important ensemble/ conductor partnerships of Christopher Hogwood & the Academy of Ancient Music and Philip Pickett & the New London Consort as well as Andreas Scholl with the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra in Nisi Dominus and Salve Regina | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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