Davide Monti – Evaristo Felice Dall’Abaco: Concerti a più istrumenti, Op. 6 Nos. 3, 5 & 10 & Antonio Vivaldi: The Four Seasons, Violin Concerto in F Minor, Op. 8 No. 4, RV 297 (2022) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Davide Monti – Evaristo Felice Dall’Abaco: Concerti a più istrumenti, Op. 6 Nos. 3, 5 & 10 & Antonio Vivaldi: The Four Seasons, Violin Concerto in F Minor, Op. 8 No. 4, RV 297 (2022)
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Davide Monti is a violinist who combines his infectious energy with an exceptional talent of being a completely natural performer. A much sought-after director, soloist, concertmaster and chamber musician, his playing has been described as “phenomenal”, a “top solo violinist” with “incredible freshness” where “all appears extraordinarily spontaneous and organic”. His prize-winning recordings include his version of Vivaldi’s Four Seasons which has been reviewed as “definitely one of the best versions of the decade”.

After the degrees from the Conservatories of Parma and Verona, Davide’s playing has evolved and developed thanks to his ongoing research on historical practices, and many collaborations with great musicians of our time, each noteworthy for their own individual approach to music: from Ton Koopman to Michael Radulescu and Gabriel Garrido, from Alberto Rasi, Stefano Veggetti and Susie Napper to Enrico Gatti, Enrico Parizzi and Stanley Richie (his violin teachers), from Emma Kirkby to Roberta Invernizzi and Gemma Bertagnolli, from Sergio Vartolo to Lars Ulrik Mortensen and John O’Donnell.

Davide is known all over the world for his passion and charisma, and for creating a special sound. He has been leader/soloist with The European Baroque Orchestra (EUBO), Il Tempio Armonico (recording the complete orchestral works of F.E. Dall’Abaco), Accademia Arcadia Australia, Ensemble Elyma, Athestis e Accademia de li Musici, Verdi Baroque Orchestra, il Complesso Barocco, Cordia, and English Touring Opera. He was guest director and soloist with Tafelmusik Toronto in 2014 and Camerata Brisbane in 2018. Due of the depth of research and syntony achieved, he is also noted for his work with small chamber groups including Accademia Strumentale Italiana, Ensemble il Falcone, and Arparla with his wife the harpist Maria Christina Cleary.

Davide focuses on the art of improvising, where the experience of extemporaneous communication parallels other art-forms such as jazz, theatre, traditional music, dance, fencing. And horse-riding. He considers the score to be a canvas in which each performance and interpretation is different and vital.

Davide has taught on many occasions, giving master-classes in Conservatories and Universities in Italy, France, Ireland, Norway, Czech Republic, Austria, Germany, Japan, Singapore, Australia, Canada, and Uganda, always emphasising the role of improvisation in historical informed practices. He has also taught historical improvisation at the Conservatory of Vicenza, and baroque violin in Brescia Concervatory. In 2015 he founded the International School of Improvisation – Helicona project, that teaches musical improvisation within a multidisciplinary perspective, leading to a complex and fascinating system of strategies.

Tracklist:
1-1. Davide Monti – I. Allegro (02:53)
1-2. Davide Monti – II. Largo (01:25)
1-3. Davide Monti – III. Allegro (02:02)
1-4. Davide Monti – I. Allegro e vivace asai (03:26)
1-5. Davide Monti – II. Aria adagio cantabile (02:25)
1-6. Davide Monti – III. Allegro (01:50)
1-7. Davide Monti – I. Allegro (03:11)
1-8. Davide Monti – II. Largo sempre piano (01:51)
1-9. Davide Monti – III. Allegro e spiritoso (02:20)
1-10. Davide Monti – I. Allegro (03:17)
1-11. Davide Monti – II. Largo e pianissimo sempre (02:31)
1-12. Davide Monti – III. Danza pastorale. Allegro (03:56)
1-13. Davide Monti – I. Allegro non molto (05:35)
1-14. Davide Monti – II. Adagio (02:11)
1-15. Davide Monti – III. Presto (02:50)
1-16. Davide Monti – I. Allegro (05:11)
1-17. Davide Monti – II. Adagio molto (02:26)
1-18. Davide Monti – III. Allegro (03:27)
1-19. Davide Monti – I. Allegro non molto (03:04)
1-20. Davide Monti – II. Largo (01:59)
1-21. Davide Monti – III. Allegro (03:12)

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