Composer: Antonio Vivaldi
Performer: Alessandro Tampieri
Orchestra: Accademia Bizantina
Conductor: Ottavio Dantone
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Naïve
Release: 2019
Size: 1.23 GB
Recovery: +3%
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Violin Concerto in B Minor, RV 389
01. I. Allegro poco
02. II. Largo
03. III. Allegro
Violin Concerto in E-Flat Major, RV 257
04. I. Andante molto e quasi allegro
05. II. Adagio
06. III. Presto
Violin Concerto in B-Flat Major, RV 371
07. I. Allegro ma poco
08. II. Larghetto
09. III. Allegro
Vivaldi Concerto in E Minor, RV 273
10. I. Allegro non molto
11. II. Largo
12. III. Allegro
Violin Concerto in B-Flat Major, RV 367
13. I. Allegro ma poco
14. II. Andante ma poco
15. III. Allegro
Violin Concerto in B Minor, RV 390
16. I. Andante molto-Allegro non molto
17. Larghetto
18. III. Allegro
This sixty-second volume of the epic Vivaldi Edition is also the seventh volume of the flamboyant Red Priest’s violin concertos. Here we see the ageing com-poser more full of life than ever, adapting to the de-mands of the galant style in vogue since 1725, while losing nothing of his verve and imagination.
These are the sole surviving concertos of the fifteen that, during his fateful last year in Viennese exile, Vivaldi sold for a pitifully small sum to Count Vinciguerra Tommaso Collalto, a Venetian nobleman then residing in his castle at Brtnice, Moravia (the ‘castello’ of this volume’s title).
With solo writing of extreme refinement, these works fully exploit the whole range of violinistic expression and phrasing, displaying a wealth of ornamentation and a lavishly inventive sense of lyrical cantabile virtuosity.
This enchanting recording is the eighth that Accademia Bizantina and their director Ottavio Dantone have made in the Vivaldi Edition so far. The soloist here, violinist Alessandro Tampieri, is already well- known to the Ravenna-based ensemble: he joined it at the age of only fifteen and has been their leader since 2011. He plays the violin, viola and viola d’amore with equal virtuosity, winning many critical plaudits in 2018 for his Vivaldi Edition recording with the same ensemble of the Concerti per viola d’amore.