Composer: Johann David Heinichen, Antonio Lotti, Johann Georg Pisendel, Francesco Maria Veracini, Antonio Vivaldi, Jan Dismas Zelenka
Performer: Zefiro
Conductor: Alfredo Bernardini
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Arcana
Catalogue: A534
Release: 2022
Size: 1.28 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Veracini: Overture No. 6 in B flat major
01. I: Allegro
02. II. Largo
03. III. Allegro
04. IV. Menuet
Pisendel: Violin Concerto in D major
05. I. Vivace – Largo – Vivace
06. II. Andante
07. III. Allegro
Lotti: Ascanio: Sinfonia
08. I. [Ouverture]
09. II. [Sarabande]
10. III. [Passepied]
Heinichen: Concerto in E minor for two oboes, Seibel 222
11. I. Vivace
12. II. Adagio
13. III. Allegro
Zelenka: Overture à 7 concertanti in F major
14. I. Ouverture (Grave – Allegro – Grave)
15. II. Aria
16. III. Menuetto I & II
17. IV. Aria (Siciliana)
18. V. Folie
Vivaldi: Concerto ‘per l’orchestra di Dresda’ RV577
19. I. [Allegro]
20. II. Largo
21. III. Allegro
Like many education-hungry sons of the European nobility, the 18-year-old Prince Frederick August II embarked on his Grand Tour, which took him from Saxony to Venice in 1716, where he spent almost a year. The large entourage that accompanied the young prince on this trip included such great musicians as the violinist Johann Georg Pisendel, the oboist Johann Christian Richter and the composer Jan Dismas Zelenka. In Venice, an intense exchange with local stars such as Vivaldi developed, in an atmosphere of friendship and competition. On his return to Dresden, August took with him, in addition to Lotti and Veracini, Heinichen, whom he had met in Venice and who became his Kapellmeister. After acclaimed recordings of orchestral works by Handel and Bach, Zefiro now discovers this fascinating repertoire of music by Italians who composed in the French style and Germans who wrote Venetian concertos to impress the prince.