Vivaldi / Modo Antiquo / Sardelli: Paris Concertos - COMPACT DISCS

Vivaldi / Modo Antiquo / Sardelli: Paris Concertos - COMPACT DISCSTitle: Paris Concertos Artist: Vivaldi Modo Antiquo Sardelli Label: Tactus Records Product Type: COMPACT DISCS UPC: 8007194107135 Genre: Classical Release Date: 2019 11 01 Number of Discs: 1 The German patrician von Uffenbach, during a visit to Venice for the carnival of 1715, at long last managed to meet with Vivaldi and order from him "10 concerti grossi". Three days later, the composer reappeared with all of the requested music, assuring his patron

Title: Paris Concertos
Artist: Vivaldi / Modo Antiquo / Sardelli
Label: Tactus Records
Product Type: COMPACT DISCS
UPC: 8007194107135
Genre: Classical
Release Date: 2019-11-01
Number of Discs: 1

The German patrician von Uffenbach, during a visit to Venice for the carnival of 1715, at long last managed to meet with Vivaldi and order from him "10 concerti grossi". Three days later, the composer reappeared with all of the requested music, assuring his patron that it had been expressly composed for him. Vivaldi was unquestionably a very quick composer, but he was also a barefaced and extremely capable promoter of his own talents. The collection of twelve concertos for strings, now preserved in Paris, also has all the earmarks of having been a rapidly and cleverly assembled series of previously composed works, with very little new music added. This same modus operandi would mark the genesis of op. 10 and many other collections by Vivaldi. But Vivaldi is an excellent composer, and like a great actor, he succeeds in taking on the appearance of a character by merely donning a hat or imitating a gesture. Thus he manages to outline with a few brushstrokes all of the force of a French entree in the opening of Concerto n. 5, or to fall suddenly into the most moving melancholy when his unusual Ciaccona modulates into the minor key. Even the last movement of Concerto n. 2, despite appearances, is a rare example of a menuet en rondeau camouflaged as an Italian allegro. The beginning of Concerto n. 1, although belonging to the older works, must have been chosen by Vivaldi to open the collection because it resembles a chaconne in binary meter. These, then, are the distinctive elements, obvious and yet quite effective, which render the idea of a well recognizable taste or style-the same style which informed the "Domine Fili" from the Gloria RV 589, the aria "Tornar voglio" from Arsilda, and the final chorus of Il Giustino. Federico Maria Sardelli conducts the famous baroque ensemble Modo Antiquo, in this amazing historical recording.

Tracks:
1.1 Concerto I in Sol minore RV 157~Allegro
1.2 Concerto I in Sol minore RV 157~Largo
1.3 Concerto I in Sol minore RV 157~Allegro
1.4 Concerto II in Mi minore RV 133~Allegro
1.5 Concerto II in Mi minore RV 133~Largo
1.6 Concerto II in Mi minore RV 133~Allegro
1.7 Concerto III in Do minore RV 119~Allegro
1.8 Concerto III in Do minore RV 119~Largo
1.9 Concerto III in Do minore RV 119~Allegro
1.10 Concerto IV in Fa Maggiore RV 136~Allegro
1.11 Concerto IV in Fa Maggiore RV 136~Andante
1.12 Concerto IV in Fa Maggiore RV 136~Minuetto - Allegro
1.13 Concerto V in D Maggiore RV 114~Allegro-Adagio
1.14 Concerto V in D Maggiore RV 114~Ciaccona
1.15 Concerto VI in Sol minore RV 154~Allegro
1.16 Concerto VI in Sol minore RV 154~Adagio
1.17 Concerto VI in Sol minore RV 154~Allegro
1.18 Concerto VII in La Maggiore RV 160~Allegro
1.19 Concerto VII in La Maggiore RV 160~Andante
1.20 Concerto VII in La Maggiore RV 160~Allegro
1.21 Concerto VIII in Re minore RV 127~Allegro
1.22 Concerto VIII in Re minore RV 127~Largo
1.23 Concerto VIII in Re minore RV 127~Allegro
1.24 Concerto IX in Sib Maggiore RV 164~Allegro
1.25 Concerto IX in Sib Maggiore RV 164~Adagio
1.26 Concerto IX in Sib Maggiore RV 164~Allegro
1.27 Concerto X in Re Maggiore RV 121~Allegro molto
1.28 Concerto X in Re Maggiore RV 121~Adagio
1.29 Concerto X in Re Maggiore RV 121~Allegro
1.30 Concerto XI in Sol Maggiore RV 150~Allegro
1.31 Concerto XI in Sol Maggiore RV 150~Largo
1.32 Concerto XI in Sol Maggiore RV 150~Allegro
1.33 Concerto XII in La Maggiore RV 159~Allegro
1.34 Concerto XII in La Maggiore RV 159~Adagio
1.35 Concerto XII in La Maggiore RV 159~Allegro

Audio Sample:
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