Composer: Evaristo Felice dall’Abaco, Giuseppe Antonio Brescianello, Giuseppe Sammartini, Antonio Vivaldi, Lorenzo Gaetano Zavateri
Performer: La Serenissima
Conductor: Adrian Chandler
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Signum Classics
Catalogue: SIGCD705
Release: 2022
Size: 1.62 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Zavateri: Introducione in G for strings & b.c., Op. 1 No. 1
01. I. Largo e spicco – Allegro assai – Largo e spicco – Allegro assai – Largo e spicco – Adagio
02. II. Allegro
Sammartini: Concerto for recorder, strings and b.c in F major
03. I. Allegro
04. II. Largo
05. III. Allegro assai
Abaco: Concerto No. 12 for Strings & Continuo in D Major, Op. 6
06. I. Allegro
07. II. Grave
08. III. Allegro mà non troppo
Vivaldi: Concerto in A, RV 353
09. I. Allegro
10. II. Andante
11. III. Allegro
Vivaldi: Flute Concerto, Op. 10 No. 1 in F major, RV 433 ‘La tempesta di mare’
12. I. Allegro
13. II. Largo
14. III. Allegro molto
Vivaldi: Concerto for violin RV 281
15. I. Allegro
16. II. Largo
17. III. Allegro
Brescianello: Overture-Suite for strings & b.c.
18. I. Ouverture – Fuga
19. II. Aria – Allegro
20. III. Aria – Presto
21. IV. Rondeau
22. V. Bourée
23. VI. Aria – Adagio
24. VI. Ciaccona
Looking at the variety of Italian baroque instrumental music on offer to today’s listener, one could be forgiven for thinking that Vivaldi had faced little competition during his lifetime. In fact, nothing could be further from the truth. Whilst the volume of music that flowed from Vivaldi’s pen was unusually plentiful, many other composers were needed to fulfil the needs of the regional courts and churches throughout Italy.
Expert early-music ensemble La Serenissima perform here some works by Lorenzo Gaetano Zavateri, Giuseppe Sammartini, Evaristo Felice Dall’Abaco and Giuseppe Antonio Brescianello alongside works by Vivaldi on this new album of Italian Baroque masterpieces.