Composer: Antonio Vivaldi
Performer: La Serenissima, Katy Bircher, Gail Hennessy, Peter Whelen
Conductor: Adrian Chandler
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Avie
Catalogue: AV2218
Release: 2011
Size: 391 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: cover
Paris Concerto 2 for Strings & Continuo in E, RV 133
01. I. Allegro
02. II. Largo
03. III. Allegro
Concerto for violin, oboe, strings, & continuo in F, RV543
04. I. Allegro
05. II. Allegro alla Francese
06. III. Allegro
07. IV. Minuet
Concerto for Flute, Strings & Continuo in A, RV 440
08. I. Allegro non molto
09. II. Larghetto
10. III. Allegro
Concerto for Bassoon, Strings & Continuo in C, RV 473
11. I. Allegro
12. II. Largo
13. III. Minuet
Concerto Il Gran Mogul for flute, strings & continuo in D minor, RV431a
14. I. Allegro non molto
15. II. Larghetto
16. III. Allegro
Paris Concerto 11 for Strings & Continuo in G, RV 150
17. I. Allegro
18. II. Largo
19. III. Allegro
Concerto Intitolato La Notte for Flute, 2 Violins, Bassoon & Continuo in G, RV 104
20. I. Largo
21. II. Presto: Fantasmi- Largo- Andante
22. III. Presto
23. IV. Largo: Il Sonno
24. V. Allegro
Paris Concerto 8 for Strings & Continuo in D, RV 127
25. I. Allegro
26. II. Largo
27. III. Allegro
Concerto for violin, strings & continuo in B flat, RV365
28. I. Allegro poco
29. II. Largo
30. III. Allegro
Adrian Chandler and La Serenissima, winners of 2010’s Gramophone Award in the Baroque Instrumental category for Vivaldi: The French Connection (AV2178), present the sequel, The French Connection 2, which features the world-premiere recording of Il Gran mogul, the lost Vivaldi Flute Concerto recently rediscovered in the National Archives of Scotland.
Unearthing of the score – which has been authenticated by the world’s leading Vivaldi scholars – made international, mainstream news and this first recording, by today’s leading exponents of the music of Vivaldi, is eagerly anticipated. The album contains nine concertos in all, including another premiere of a recently discovered Violin Concerto.
The French Connection enjoyed success on both sides of the pond, with a Top 3 Billboard Classical Chart position and nationwide airplay in the US as well as the UK.