Composer: Carlo Arrigoni, Abate Ranieri Capponi, Johann Adolph Hasse, Antonio Vivaldi
Performer: Anna Torge, Mayumi Hirasaki, Il Cantino
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: CPO
Catalogue: 555050-2
Release: 2018
Size: 306 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Vivaldi: Concerto for Oboe & Violin in B-Flat Major, RV 548 (Arr. for Mandolin, Violin & Chamber Ensemble)
01. I. Allegro
02. II. Largo
03. III. Allegro
Vivaldi: Trio Sonata for Violin, Lute and Basso Continuo in G minor, RV 85
04. I. Andante molto
05. II. Larghetto
06. III. Allegro
Arrigoni: Trio in E minor
07. I.
08. II. (Canzona)
09. III. (Courante. Adagio)
10. IV.
Arrigoni: Mandolin Concerto in C Major
11. I.
12. II. (Mandolino solo con violoncello)
13. III. (Tutti unisoni)
Capponi: Sonata No. 8 in E Minor
14. I. Largo
15. II. Allegro assai
16. III. Affettuoso
17. IV. Allegro assai
Vivaldi: Trio Sonata in C Major, RV 82 (Arr. for Mandolin, Violin, Cello & Lute)
18. I. Allegro con molto
19. II. Larghetto
20. III. Allegro
Hasse: Mandolin Concerto in G Major, Op. 3 No. 11
21. I. Allegro
22. II. Largo. Allegro
23. III. Allegro
The Italian composers of the Baroque, led by Antonio Vivaldi, often honoured the small instruments of the lute family in their rich compositional oeuvres. At the time these instruments with a fourth-third tuning were known by various names, for example, as the leuto, leutino, mandola, or mandolla. Today the small lute is uniformly termed the ‘Baroque mandolin’ and more rarely the ‘soprano lute’. The number of composers who wrote attractive works for the mandolin documents the fact that it was then a much-played instrument that musical audiences liked to hear. Accordingly, this new recording brings together concertos, trios, and sonatas by Carlo Arrigoni, Johann Adolf Hasse, Ranieri Capponi, and – of course – Vivaldi. What is particularly surprising here is the homogeneous sound of the dialogue between the Baroque mandolin and the Baroque violin – since they are two very different instruments in the field of tonal production. The tonal beauty of both solo parts, with one duo partner supporting the other with accompanying broken chords, produces a captivating effect in the second movement of Vivaldi’s Concerto RV 548. Anna Torge is one of the leading virtuosos of the Baroque mandolin.