Composer: Antonio Vivaldi
Performer: Holland Baroque Society,
Conductor: Rachel Podger
Number of Discs: 2
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Channel
Catalogue: CCSSA33412
Release: 2012
Size: 3.68 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
CD 01
Violin Concerto No. 1 in C Major, RV 181a
01. I. Allegro
02. II. Largo
03. III. Allegro molto
Violin Concerto No. 2 in A Major, RV 345
04. I. Allegro
05. II. Largo
06. III. Allegro molto
Violin Concerto No. 3 in G Minor, RV 334
07. I. Allegro non molto
08. II. Largo
09. III. Allegro
Violin Concerto No. 4 in E Major, RV 263a
10. I. Allegro
11. II. Largo
12. III. Danza pastorale
Violin Concerto No. 5 in A Minor, RV 358
13. I. Adagio
14. II. Presto e forte
15. III. Allegro
Violin Concerto No. 6 in A Major, RV 348
16. I. Allegro
17. II. Largo
18. III. Allegro non molto
CD 02
Violin Concerto No. 7 in B-Flat Major, RV 359
01. I. Allegro
02. II. Largo
03. III. Allegro molto
Violin Concerto No. 8 in D Minor, RV 238
04. I. Allegro
05. II. Largo
06. III. Allegro
Violin Concerto No. 9 in B-Flat Major, RV 530
07. I. Allegro
08. II. Largo e spiccato
09. III. Allegro
Violin Concerto No. 10 in G Major, RV 300
10. I. Allegro molto
11. II. Largo cantibile
12. III. Allegro
Violin Concerto No. 11 in C Minor, RV 198a
13. I. Allegro
14. II. Adagio
15. III. Allegro molto
Violin Concerto No. 12 in B Minor, RV 391
16. I. Allegro non molto
17. II. Largo
18. III. Allegro
After recording Vivaldi’s set of Violin Concertos ‘La Stravaganza’, Opus 4, in 2003, Rachel Podger has been immersed in music by Mozart and Bach on disc. But it has now felt right to come back to the Venetian Maestro, whose sense of drama she adores: “This time I chose his opus 9, the set of 12 Violin concertos entitled ‘La Cetra’. There are plenty of jewels in this set, just as in ‘La Stravaganza’, with even higher technical demands made on the soloist including many, often exotic experimental effects.”
“What I like most of all is her evident relish of the virtuoso demands that the music makes: she rises splendidly to them, making the most of Vivaldi’s extravagant writing” Gramophone: Awards 2003 (Vivaldi, ‘La Stravaganza’)
“Podger has one of the sweetest tones of any period-instrument violinist.” BBC Music Magazine (Bach Violin Concertos)