Ottavio Dantone, Alessandro Tampieri, Accademia Bizantina – Vivaldi: Concerti per archi III e concerti per viola d’amore (2018) [FLAC 24bit/88,2kHz]

Ottavio Dantone, Alessandro Tampieri, Accademia Bizantina – Vivaldi: Concerti per archi III e concerti per viola d’amore (2018)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/88,2 kHz | Time – 01:54:18 minutes | 2,02 GB | Genre: Classical
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Concertos for viola d’amore represent a fairly atypical part of Vivaldi’s work, and he was probably the first composer to write pieces for this work in the solo concerto format. The viola d’amore was certainly well-liked for its soft, suggestive sound, which evoked the moods and climes of the orient thanks, in particular to its sympathetic strings which vibrate with those strings the player bows. But it was little-used because of its complex tuning and objective difficulties involved in playing it. In fact, the instrument would be tuned in different ways to fit the tonality of the piece being played – the famous scordatura, so finicky for the musicians – and it is believed that Vivaldi wrote these specifically for one of the musicians at Venice’s Pietá: the famous Anna-Maria. Another characteristic of these concertos for viola d’amore, the rapid movements are also much longer and fuller than in most of Vivaldi’s writing, for example in the seven string concertos which figure at the start of the album, or in the miniatures which were intended as showcases for the talent of the greatest possible number of soloists in the public concerts at the Pietá. A little curiosity is offered up here in the shape of the original concerto La ConcaRV163, whose themes mimic the sound of the “conca”, a kind of large marine conch used as an instrument since prehistoric times. The recording includes a conch being sounded at the start of the first movement by way of explanation.

Tracklist:
Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)
CD1
01. Concerto for Strings in B-Flat Major, RV 167: I. Allegro
02. Concerto for Strings in B-Flat Major, RV 167: II. Andante
03. Concerto for Strings in B-Flat Major, RV 167: III. Allegro
04. Concerto for Strings in C Minor, RV 118: I. Allegro
05. Concerto for Strings in C Minor, RV 118: II. Largo
06. Concerto for Strings in C Minor, RV 118: III. Allegro
07. Concerto for Strings in A Minor, RV 161: I. Allegro
08. Concerto for Strings in A Minor, RV 161: II. Largo
09. Concerto for Strings in A Minor, RV 161: III. Allegro
10. Concerto for Strings in F Major, RV 138: I. Allegro
11. Concerto for Strings in F Major, RV 138: II. Adagio
12. Concerto for Strings in F Major, RV 138: III. Allegro
13. Concerto for Strings in G Major, RV 145: I. Allegro molto
14. Concerto for Strings in G Major, RV 145: II. Andante e sempre piano
15. Concerto for Strings in G Major, RV 145: III. Presto
16. Concerto for Strings in A Major, RV 109: I. Allegro
17. Concerto for Strings in A Major, RV 109: II. Adagio
18. Concerto for Strings in A Major, RV 109: III. Allegro molto
19. Concerto for Strings in G Minor, RV 152: I. Allegro molto
20. Concerto for Strings in G Minor, RV 152: II. Andante molto
21. Concerto for Strings in G Minor, RV 152: III. Allegro molto
22. Concerto for Strings in D Major, RV 126: I. Allegro
23. Concerto for Strings in D Major, RV 126: II. Andante
24. Concerto for Strings in D Major, RV 126: III. Allegro
25. Concerto for Strings in G Minor, RV 155: I. Adagio
26. Concerto for Strings in G Minor, RV 155: II. Allegro
27. Concerto for Strings in G Minor, RV 155: III. Largo
28. Concerto for Strings in G Minor, RV 155: IV. Allegro
29. Concerto for Strings in B-Flat Major, RV 165: I. Allegro
30. Concerto for Strings in B-Flat Major, RV 165: II. Adante
31. Concerto for Strings in B-Flat Major, RV 165: III. Presto
32. Concerto for Strings in C Major, RV 117: I. Allegro alla Francese
33. Concerto for Strings in C Major, RV 117: II. Largo
34. Concerto for Strings in C Major, RV 117: III. Allegro
35. Concerto for Strings in F Major, RV 142: I. Allegro molto
36. Concerto for Strings in F Major, RV 142: II. —
37. Concerto for Strings in F Major, RV 142: III. Allegro molto
38. Concerto Conca for Strings in B-Flat Major, RV 163: I. Allegro molto
39. Concerto Conca for Strings in B-Flat Major, RV 163: II. Andante
40. Concerto Conca for Strings in B-Flat Major, RV 163: III. Allegro
CD2
01. Concerto for Viola d’amore in D Minor, RV 394: I. Allegro
02. Concerto for Viola d’amore in D Minor, RV 394: II. Largo
03. Concerto for Viola d’amore in D Minor, RV 394: III. Allegro
04. Concerto for Viola d’amore in A Minor, RV 397: I. —
05. Concerto for Viola d’amore in A Minor, RV 397: II. Largo
06. Concerto for Viola d’amore in A Minor, RV 397: III. Allegro
07. Concerto for Viola d’amore in D Minor, RV 393: I. Allegro
08. Concerto for Viola d’amore in D Minor, RV 393: II. Largo
09. Concerto for Viola d’amore in D Minor, RV 393: III. Allegro
10. Concerto for Viola d’amore in A Major, RV 396: I. Allegro (Related to RV 744)
11. Concerto for Viola d’amore in A Major, RV 396: II. Andante-Allegro (Related to RV 744)
12. Concerto for Viola d’amore in D Minor, RV 395: I. Allegro
13. Concerto for Viola d’amore in D Minor, RV 395: II. Andante
14. Concerto for Viola d’amore in D Minor, RV 395: III. Allegro