Concerto Italiano, Rinaldo Alessandrini – Vivaldi: Concerti per archi II (2013) [Official Digital Download 24bit/48kHz]

Concerto Italiano, Rinaldo Alessandrini – Vivaldi: Concerti per archi II (2013)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 51:14 minutes | 569 MB | Genre: Classical
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The concertos for strings are a very special genre in Vivaldi’s output. Contrary to the concertos for solo instruments, those offer a real balance and amazing range of colours between all the intruments concerned. Following a very successful first volume, released in 2004, Rinaldo Alessandrini and Concerto Italiano offer a new milestone recording in Vivaldi’s instrumental music, full of colours and refinement.

Part of a large Vivaldi edition issued by Italian historical-instrument specialist Rinaldo Alessandrini and his Concerto Italiano, this is the second album devoted to Vivaldi’s Concerti per archi, or concertos for strings. Alessandrini uses just one instrument per part here, and although his usual orchestra at the Ospedale della Pietà girls’ residence was clearly larger, it’s hard to argue with his choice for these pieces, especially inasmuch as it’s not clear exactly how they were used (the booklet also argues that they were related to the 17th-century sonata a quattro, further suggesting a small-ensemble approach). These are almost miniatures, three-movement works with each movement just a bit over one minute long (or two minutes in a few cases), and the smaller ensemble scale fits them. So does Alessandrini’s characteristically vigorous, punchy approach, scaled down from his quasi-operatic readings of larger instrumental works but losing nothing in highly percussive attacks and stirring, rapid tempos. Not everyone buys this turbo-Vivaldi approach, but it works especially well here. Each of these little movements seems to be exploring a particular possibility of Vivaldi’s language, and while 33 of them in a row may seem like a lot, anyone hooked on Vivaldi won’t find the album tedious in the least. Together with strong engineering from Naïve and some typically wild graphics that could have come out of Vogue magazine — or might even have been too far out there for Vogue — this is another fine entry in Alessandrini’s series.

Tracklist:
01. Concerto Italiano, Rinaldo Alessandrini – Concerto in G Major, RV 150: I.Allegro (01:06)
02. Concerto Italiano, Rinaldo Alessandrini – Concerto in G Major, RV 150: II.Allegro (01:20)
03. Concerto Italiano, Rinaldo Alessandrini – Concerto in G Major, RV 150: III.Allegro (01:34)
04. Concerto Italiano, Rinaldo Alessandrini – Concerto in E Minor, RV 134: I.[Allegro] (02:25)
05. Concerto Italiano, Rinaldo Alessandrini – Concerto in E Minor, RV 134: II.Andante (01:24)
06. Concerto Italiano, Rinaldo Alessandrini – Concerto in E Minor, RV 134: III.Allegro (01:34)
07. Concerto Italiano, Rinaldo Alessandrini – Concerto in G Major, RV 151 “Alla rustica”: I.Presto (01:04)
08. Concerto Italiano, Rinaldo Alessandrini – Concerto in G Major, RV 151 “Alla rustica”: II.Adagio (00:41)
09. Concerto Italiano, Rinaldo Alessandrini – Concerto in G Major, RV 151 “Alla rustica”: III.Allegro (01:39)
10. Concerto Italiano, Rinaldo Alessandrini – Concerto in C Minor, RV 119: I.Allegro (02:11)
11. Concerto Italiano, Rinaldo Alessandrini – Concerto in C Minor, RV 119: II.Largo (01:27)
12. Concerto Italiano, Rinaldo Alessandrini – Concerto in C Minor, RV 119: III.Allegro (01:38)
13. Concerto Italiano, Rinaldo Alessandrini – Concerto in C Major, RV 110: I.Allegro (01:37)
14. Concerto Italiano, Rinaldo Alessandrini – Concerto in C Major, RV 110: II.Largo (00:49)
15. Concerto Italiano, Rinaldo Alessandrini – Concerto in C Major, RV 110: III.Allegro (01:21)
16. Concerto Italiano, Rinaldo Alessandrini – Concerto in A Major, RV 160: I.Allegro (01:49)
17. Concerto Italiano, Rinaldo Alessandrini – Concerto in A Major, RV 160: II.Andante (01:11)
18. Concerto Italiano, Rinaldo Alessandrini – Concerto in A Major, RV 160: III.Allegro (01:42)
19. Concerto Italiano, Rinaldo Alessandrini – Concerto in D Minor, RV 128: I.Allegro non molto (02:47)
20. Concerto Italiano, Rinaldo Alessandrini – Concerto in D Minor, RV 128: II.Largo (00:44)
21. Concerto Italiano, Rinaldo Alessandrini – Concerto in D Minor, RV 128: III.Allegro (01:40)
22. Concerto Italiano, Rinaldo Alessandrini – Concerto in B Flat Major, RV 164: I.Allegro (01:48)
23. Concerto Italiano, Rinaldo Alessandrini – Concerto in B Flat Major, RV 164: II.Adagio (00:52)
24. Concerto Italiano, Rinaldo Alessandrini – Concerto in B Flat Major, RV 164: III.Allegro (01:33)
25. Concerto Italiano, Rinaldo Alessandrini – Concerto in D Minor, RV 127: I.Allegro (01:33)
26. Concerto Italiano, Rinaldo Alessandrini – Concerto in D Minor, RV 127: II.Largo (01:13)
27. Concerto Italiano, Rinaldo Alessandrini – Concerto in D Minor, RV 127: III.Allegro (01:10)
28. Concerto Italiano, Rinaldo Alessandrini – Concerto in B Flat Major, RV 166: I.Allegro (01:42)
29. Concerto Italiano, Rinaldo Alessandrini – Concerto in B Flat Major, RV 166: II.Adagio (02:01)
30. Concerto Italiano, Rinaldo Alessandrini – Concerto in B Flat Major, RV 166: III.[Allegro] (02:02)
31. Concerto Italiano, Rinaldo Alessandrini – Concerto in G Minor, RV 157: I.Allegro (01:51)
32. Concerto Italiano, Rinaldo Alessandrini – Concerto in G Minor, RV 157: II.Largo (01:19)
33. Concerto Italiano, Rinaldo Alessandrini – Concerto in G Minor, RV 157: III.Allegro (02:10)

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