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Chouchane Siranossian, Venice Baroque Orchestra & Andrea Marcon – Duello d’archi a Venezia (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 01:16:29 minutes | 2,84 GB | Genre: Classical
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“For this recording we have created an imaginary ‘battle of the bows’ between Vivaldi, Veracini, Tartini and Locatelli, the ‘four musketeers’ of the violin in Venice during the first half of the 18th century”, said Chouchane Siranossian and Andrea Marcon. “Corelli died in 1713 and passed the torch on to his heirs… Venice then became the setting for merciless rivalries. The violin became an instrument of confrontation, an ideal weapon for demonstrating virtuosity and technical prowess. The player’s ultimate goal was to astonish the listener and to demonstrate his own bravura, to the point that certain narcissistic tendencies of the player were often exaggerated.” Chouchane Siranossian, whose virtuosity was described as “diabolical” by the Sunday Times and who “hit the nail on the head” according to Classica on her Tartini recording (Alpha596, Choc), is the ideal interpreter of these high-risk concertos, with the fresh and knowledgeable support of Andrea Marcon and his Venetian ensemble.
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Chouchane Siranossian, Venice Baroque Orchestra & Andrea Marcon – Tartini: Violin Concertos (2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:19:20 minutes | 1,48 GB | Genre: Classical
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French violinist Chouchane Siranossian tackles a programme of extremely virtuosic concertos that few Baroque violinists dare to face. Thanks to her technical gifts and to partners ideally suited to this repertory – the Venice Baroque Orchestra and its conductor Andrea Marcon, a specialist in the Italian Baroque style – she takes up the challenge with brio.
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Giuliano Carmignola, Venice Baroque Orchestra, Andrea Marcon – Vivaldi, Locatelli, Tartini: Concerto Veneziano (2005)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:05:57 minutes | 1,26 GB | Genre: Classical
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This disc is really something special. Collectors are so spoiled for choice in the baroque repertoire at present, particularly on period instruments, but even in a glutted market this disc stands out for imaginative repertoire selection and outstanding interpretation. Its particularly gratifying, in these days of complete editions of everything, to see a discerning artist like Giuliano Carmignola choose four remarkably diverse works by three different composers, and simply play the living daylights out of them. The result roundly disproves the notion that Italian baroque violin concertos all sound the same, a point made even more forcefully by imaginative continuo work (on harpsichord, lute, and organ) by the Venice Baroque Orchestra that helps to emphasize each pieces individual character. The two Vivaldi concertos, for example, couldnt be more different. RV 583, subtitled in due cori, is a dialogue between the soloist and the two opposing orchestral groups, sometimes elegant, often virtuosic, and Carmignolas account of the beautiful central chaconne is haunting. The E minor concerto RV 278, on the other hand, is dramatic, passionate, and intense almost to the point of lunacy in its outer movements. The entry of the solo is a moment of high drama that Carmignola clearly relishes, and the entire work often sounds more like one of the more emotive and spasmodic creations of C.P.E. Bach than it does the coolly patterned tune-making of The Red Priest. The orchestra attacks this later work with an unbridled ferocity that never turns crude, and both concertos enjoy the distinction of ranking among Vivaldis largest, lasting nearly 15 minutes apiece.
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