Composer: Franz Benda, Johann Gottlieb Graun, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Joseph Boulogne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges, Maddalena Laura Lombardini Sirmen
Performer: Zefira Valova
Orchestra: Il Pomo d’Oro
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Aparté
Catalogue: AP291
Release: 2022
Size: 1.34 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Benda: Violin Concerto in A major, L. 2.13
01. I. Allegro
02. II. Adagio poco andante
03. III. Presto
Graun: Violin Concerto in C Minor, GraunWV Av:XII:18
04. I. Allegretto
05. II. Adagio
06. III. Allegro
Saint-Georges: Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 4 (G029)
07. I. Allegro maestoso
08. II. Adagio
09. III. Rondeau
Sirmen: Violin Concerto in B flat major, Op. 3 No. 1
10. I. Allegro
11. II. Andante
12. III. Rondo
Mozart: Rondo for Violin and Orchestra in C, K373
13. Allegretto grazioso
il pomo d’oro and Zefira Valova focus here on the little-known violin concertos of the second half of the eighteenth century. Bringing together the works of Franz Benda and his elder Johann Gottlieb Graun (in a world premiere recording), pillars of the orchestra at the court of Frederick II of Prussia, as well as those of the Venetian virtuoso Maddalena Lombardini Sirmen and the iconoclastic Georges Bologne de Saint-Georges (also in a world premiere recording), this recording offers a bright panorama of the evolution of the genre, culminating in Mozart’s achievements in the last quarter of the century, of which il pomo d’oro and Zefira Valova offer us a glimpse with the famous Rondo in C major, K. 373.