Xavier de Maistre: Notte Veneziana

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This is a superb display of harp-playing at its best. At one extreme, the so-called 'Albinoni Adagio'...displays astonishingly warm harp tone, fingers barely caressing strings - indulgently sentimental... — BBC Music Magazine, September 2012, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 12th Mar 2012
Catalogue No: 88697937732
Label: Sony
Length: 61 minutes

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Vivaldi: Concerto for Lute and 2 Violins in D major, RV 93

Work length7:14

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Xavier de Maistre (harp), L'arte del mondo, Werner Ehrhardt (concert master)

I. Allegro

Track length2:34

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II. Largo

Track length2:27

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III. Allegro

Track length2:13

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Marcello, A: Oboe Concerto in D Minor, Arr. for Harp and Strings

Work length8:07

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Xavier de Maistre (harp), L'arte del mondo, Werner Ehrhardt (concert master)

I. Andante e spiccato

Track length3:13

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II. Andante

Track length2:59

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III. Presto

Track length1:55

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Parish-Alvars: La Mandoline - Allegro

Work length6:22

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Vivaldi: Concerto, Op. 3 No. 3 'Con Violino Solo obligato', RV 310

Work length6:33

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Xavier de Maistre (harp), L'arte del mondo, Werner Ehrhardt (concert master)
Werner Ehrhardt

I. Allegro assai

Track length2:16

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II. Largo, cantabile

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III. Allegro

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Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni, Remo Giazotto, Stefan Klieme: Adagio in G Minor (Arr. for Harp and Orchestra)

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Xavier de Maistre (harp), Werner Ehrhardt (concert master)
L'arte del mondo

Pescetti: Sonata in C minor

Work length6:24

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Xavier de Maistre (harp)

I. Allegro vigoroso

Track length1:50

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II. Andante espressivo

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III. Presto

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Vivaldi: Violin Concerto in G Major, Op. 7 No. 8, RV 299 (Arranged for Harp & Orchestra)

Work length6:15

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Xavier de Maistre (harp), Werner Ehrhardt (concert master)
L'arte del mondo

I. Allegro

Track length2:15

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II. Largo

Track length1:52

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III. Allegro

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Vivaldi: The Four Seasons: Winter, RV297

Work length8:23

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Xavier de Maistre (harp), L'arte del mondo, Werner Ehrhardt (concert master)

I. Allegro non molto

Track length3:26

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II. Largo

Track length1:51

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III. Allegro

Track length3:06

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Godefroid: Carnaval de Venise - Maestoso, Grazioso e moderato

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Xavier de Maistre (harp)

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Today’s leading virtuoso of the harp presents famous Baroque concerti by Albinoni, Marcello and Vivaldi in unique new arrangements.

“A selection of wonderful Baroque concerti by Venetian composers, like Marcello, Albinoni and Vivaldi – arranged for my instrument. In his famous “Winter” from The Four Seasons, the glass-like sounds of the harp create an ethereal mood astonishingly reproducing snowflakes and splintering icicles. So all these fantastic pieces which everyone knows suddenly seem fresh and new, and can be rediscovered thanks to the very special sound of the harp.” Xavier de Maistre

Xavier de Maistre is generally fêted as the artist who has managed to liberate the harp from its reputation for wonderful but very soft sounds, and establish it as a solo instrument in the concert hall.

On his new album "Notte Veneziana", the internationally successful harp virtuoso plays well-known concertos by the Venetian composers Vivaldi, Marcello and Albinoni in new arrangements, combining them with original compositions for solo harp such as the sonata by Giovanni Pescetti, Godefroid’s stunning set of variations on the popular tune “Carnaval de Venise”, and “La Mandoline” by 19th-century composer Elias Parish Alvars.

Xavier de Maistre's aim is to make the listener forget completely that most of the Baroque concertos heard here were not originally written for the harp, but for different melody instruments. He finds it fascinating to bring out new timbres in the arrangements, some of which he pens himself. Vivaldi's famous concerto "Winter", in particular, seems to him to be predestined for playing on the harp, and his interpretation does indeed present this often-heard work in a totally new guise.

“Xavier de Maistre is a virtuoso of the highest order, profoundly musical and capable of realizing a remarkable range of nuance.” (Gramophone)

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September 2012

This is a superb display of harp-playing at its best. At one extreme, the so-called 'Albinoni Adagio'...displays astonishingly warm harp tone, fingers barely caressing strings - indulgently sentimental and pure magic.

July 2012

This is a delightful collection. Xavier Maistre plays the harp with infinite finesse and much delicacy of colour. He offers four Vivaldi concertos and makes them sound as if they were actually written for the harp, with slow movements particularly enticing...the appeal of the performance rests as much on delicate simplicity as extrovert bravura.

Xavier de Maistre: Notte Veneziana

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