Cello Concerti

On this CD:

1. Concerto militaire, for cello & orchestra in G major
Composed by Jacques Offenbach
Performed by Romanian Broadcasting Orchestra & Chorus with Catalin Ilea
Conducted by Emil Simon

2. Passione Amorose for 2 double-basses & piano
Composed by Giovanni Bottesini
Performed by Romanian Broadcasting Orchestra & Chorus with Catalin Ilea , Ovidiu Badila
Conducted by Emil Simon

3. Concerto for cello & orchestra, No 1
Composed by Anatol Vieru
Performed by Philharmonic Orchestra with Catalin Ilea
Conducted by Werner Stiefel

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Albinoni: Oboe Concerti, Op. 9
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • Sheer enjoyment and all in good taste
  • If you like Vivaldi, get this!
 Albinoni: Oboe Concerti, Op. 9

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ASIN: B0000013XG
Release Date: 1994-02-15

Tracks:

  1. Concerto In C Major, Op. 9 No. 5: Allegro
  2. Concerto In C Major, Op. 9 No. 5: Adagio (non troppo)
  3. Concerto In C Major, Op. 9 No. 5: Allegro
  4. Concerto In F Major, Op. 9 No. 3: Allegro
  5. Concerto In F Major, Op. 9 No. 3: Adagio (non troppo)
  6. Concerto In F Major, Op. 9 No. 3: Allegro
  7. Concerto In D Minor, Op. 9 No. 2: Allegro e non presto
  8. Concerto In D Minor, Op. 9 No. 2: Adagio
  9. Concerto In D Minor, Op. 9 No. 2: 3. Allegro
  10. Concerto In B Flat Major, Op. 9 No. 11: 1: Allegro
  11. Concerto In B Flat Major, Op. 9 No. 11: Adagio
  12. Concerto In B Flat Major, Op. 9 No. 11: Allegro
  13. Concerto In G Minor, Op. 9 No. 8: Allegro
  14. Concerto In G Minor, Op.9, No.8: Adagio
  15. Concerto In G Minor, Op. 9 No. 8: Allegro
  16. Concerto In C Major, Op. 9 No. 9: Allegro
  17. Concerto In C Major, Op. 9 No. 9: Adagio (non troppo)
  18. Concerto In C Major, Op. 9 No. 9: Allegro

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars Sheer enjoyment and all in good taste.......2004-08-08

Tomaso Albinoni was a contemporary of Vivaldi in Venice, and his Concerti a cinque opus 9, published in 1722, provide ample evidence of his felicity in composition. His wife was a well-known opera singer, and his oboe concertos sound like wonderfully cantabile instrumental da capo arias: first there is an energetic fast movement, then a lyrical slow movement, followed by another fast movement that once again takes up themes from the first movement. The music is contrapuntal, harmonious, balanced and, to put it blankly, full of sheer enjoyment.

Deliberating on this review, I had to decide whether to give this CD four or five stars. In the end, I opted for four. Before I explain why, I should like to say why five was an option. Although Anthony Camden, Julia Girdwood and the London Virtuosi under the leadership of John Georgiadis play on modern instruments, they have obviously learned a good deal from developments in the area of historical performance practice. Their disposition for these concertos is just about what Albinoni would have had in mind: four each of first and second violins, three violas, two cellos, a double bass and a harpsichord, this last played with tremendous gusto by Paul Nicholson. In fact, the performance of the London Virtuosi is one of the best features of this CD, and the Naxos engineers have made sure that one can really hear the good stuff that is going on behind the soloists. (I found that listening via good headphones was even more convincing than in front of loudspeakers.) The soloists themselves, Anthony Camden alone in four concerts and together with Julia Girdwood in two others, give a marvellous performance, combining high technical skills with sheer good taste. In all except one concerto, the tempi are relatively fast, which does these energetic concertos good. This is most enjoyable music, exquisitely performed.

So why only four stars? I think three reasons can be adduced. One is in the nature of a personal preference: After all the commotion of the Early Music movement, I just do not see why early 18th century music should be performed on modern instruments. The slightly metallic sound of the Howarth oboes used here, lovely as it is, does not for my mind quite match up to the woody warmth of period instruments. One could make similar strictures on the other instruments employed here. In particular, the use of a double bass instead of a violone tends to overdo the bass line a little.

A second reason is that four of the concertos on this CD have been recorded by Han de Vries and the ensemble Alma Musica Amsterdam under the leadership of Bob van Asperen on EMI, re-released on Virgin Veritas Albinoni · Telemann - Concertos and Sonatas for oboe / Han de Vries · Alma Musica Amsterdam · Bob van Asperen. The Dutch team uses historical instruments, replacing the double bass with a violone, and the result is, for my ears, slightly more convincing, despite the fact that the analogue recorded sound is not quite so good as that of the Naxos CD. In particular, I happen to love the sound of Han de Vries' historic oboe, mechanical noises and all, and I wanted to award the Virgin CD one star more for that reason.

The third reason for giving only four stars is John Georgiadis' choice of tempo for Opus 9, No. 2, the most famous concerto on this disc. Perhaps led astray by Albinoni's "Allegro e non presto", Georgiadis puts the brake on a little and takes over a minute and a half longer for the concerto than van Asperen (and the whole piece is only about 11 minutes long). Particularly the gorgeous second movement suffers from this: Camden/Georgiadis turn adagio almost into largo; in comparison, de Vries/van Asperen sound much more convincing.

Despite these criticisms, this CD is excellent value for money and offers sheer delights of entertainment. You could do worse than follow my footsteps and purchase both Camden on Naxos and de Vries on Virgin.

5 out of 5 stars If you like Vivaldi, get this!.......2003-03-27

Listen to these works without looking at the name of the composer, and you may think "Vivaldi." But if you were to look at the name, it's "Albinoni." Many of us who heard of that name would think of his famous "Adagio" (arr. Giazotto). These Oboe Concertos by Albinoni are well performed. Besides the performance, the sound is very good. It's worth more than the cheap price. I don't know what else to say but "Go get it!"
Vivaldi: Concerti per mandolini
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • Finally, Fast Enough!!!!
  • Study in Color
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 Vivaldi: Concerti per mandolini
Antonio Vivaldi , Fabio Biondi , and Europa Galante
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ASIN: B00005UV9F
Release Date: 2003-01-07

Tracks:

  1. I. Allegro
  2. II. Andante
  3. III. Allegro
  4. I. Allegro Molto
  5. II. Andante Molto
  6. III. Allegro
  7. I. [Allegro]
  8. II. Larghetto
  9. III. Allegro
  10. I. Allegro
  11. II. Largo
  12. III. Allegro
  13. I. Allegro
  14. II. [Lento]
  15. III. Allegro
  16. I. [Allegro]
  17. II. Largo
  18. III. [Allegro]
  19. I. Allegro
  20. II. Largo A Piacimento
  21. III. Allegro

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The seven Concerti per Mandolini are diverse enough to disprove the frequently heard accusation that all Vivaldi concertos sound alike. Though they are cast in the same three-movement structure, each has its own character, from playful, ingratiating charm to ardor, high drama, and lamentatious intensity. The fast movements are stately and brilliant with scintillating running passages; the slow ones are songful, pleading, and melancholy. Though at times Vivaldi succumbs to his predilection for sequences, these pieces have an incredible variety of tonality, mood, and color, employing a large number of instruments in many arresting combinations; the final one requires 17 instruments. In addition to the solo mandolins, there are standard and unusual strings and winds, including such rarities as chalumeaux, theorbo, viole all'inglese, and violini in tromba marina. The performances, at lowered pitch, are splendid throughout: brilliant in the fast, virtuosic movements, perfect in intonation and balance, pure in sound, invariably expressive, often passionate. The players use vibrato sparingly and add elegant ornamentation and cadenzas. Biondi, director and concertmaster, has a wonderfully sweet tone and leads without dominating the group. One cavil: the musicians get louder on all ascending passages and softer on all descending ones, and they make a long pause before every final note. This approach may be stylistically "authentic," but it becomes an annoying mannerism through overuse and exaggeration. --Edith Eisler

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Finally, Fast Enough!!!!.......2007-02-17

The Concerto for Diverse Instruments (called Two Mandolins on this CD) a piece that I had an old LP of with Bernstein & the NY Philharmonic, but until now, no one has really played it with the speed and spirit that old LP recording had. I really do recommend this CD and also will be buying more of Fabio Biondi's materials as time goes on. While he's no Bernstein, his work on this particular piece surpasses that of the great master!

4 out of 5 stars Study in Color.......2006-03-25

Admittedly I bought this CD because it was the only recording of RV 558 that I could find in Hong kong. This is one of the most bizarre concerti grosso that has ever been composed; it is scored for 2 violini in trombe marina, 2 recorders, 2 mandolins, 2 chalemeaux, 2 theorbos and cello, in addition to strings and continuo (performed here on harpsichord). Clearly Vivaldi wanted to make a splash with this piece and he threw in everything in the back closet; the alternation of tone colors is really amazing.

A word about these instruments, working backwards. The theorbo is an obsolete but astonishingly lovely member of the lute family; it's something like a cross between a harp (with 8 unfretted bass strings that can sound only a single note) and a twelve string guitar (with 6 pairs of fretted strings) but pitched low--the upper two strings are not considerably higher than the two strings below them, which makes for ease of fingering but limits the upper range. The chalemeaux are precursors of the clarinet and are aurally difficult to distinguish from their progeny. Mandolins are plucked/strummed stringed instruments with 4 pairs of strings tuned like a violin, and these instruments were most likely played by violinists. The violins in trombe marina are somewhat controversial; Europa Galante come down firmly on the side of the score that these are essentially regular violins fixed with an asymmetric bridge which causes a sort of buzzing or rattling sound rather similar to the buzziness of the harpsichord, oddly enough, and which was thought to imitate the sound of the obsolete and incredibly bizarre tromba marina. But other scholars have argued that the parts were meant for performance on actual trombe marina. The "Sea Trumpet" was in fact a stringed instrument thought to sound like a trumpet but be more agile (trumpets in those times did not have valves and so had a very limited pitch choice--they were essentially bugles.). It has only a single melodic string, rather long, but up to 50 strings that resonate with sympathetic vibration with the melodic string. To make things even more curious, only harmonics were played on the instrument, throwing the intonation of certain pitches completely out of the norm. The tromba marina gets its name in part because it was said to be heard best at a distance, as over a body of water. I can testify that this is true--it's really a hideous sound that you wouldn't want to hear close up, something like a viola being scratched against a chalkboard. It's hard for me to believe that Vivaldi really composed this piece not just for one tromba marina, but for two; beyond the horror of the noise lies the fact that the parts probably aren't even close to possible on the tromba marina, but lie perfectly well on the violin.

At any rate, the piece is about color in a way that probably no one other than Bach conceived of for a very long time. And herein lies my complaint (a minor one); the performance is lovely, but I sometimes find the harpsichord overwhelming. It's especially difficult to hear the theorbos--they're so low; and to distinguish the violins in trombe marina sometimes--they match the harpsichord sound too much. Granted, in the Concerto RV 555, the two harpsichords are solo instruments and should be treated as such. But how RV 558 would flourish with less harpsichord--it would be such a treat.

At any rate, these are all delightful pieces, really some of Vivaldi at his best if you're tired of the Four Seasons, and certainly worthwhile performances.

5 out of 5 stars Vivaldi and Europa Galante Make a Joyful Noise.......2004-04-27

As all reviewers on this page seem to agree, the first order of business is to jettison the old saw that Vivaldi wrote the same concerto 500 times. Certainly he can be faulted, as he always will, for falling back on too-obvious formulae (those oft-cited repeated sequences of his), but as for sounding alike: Just try the jovial, gallant first movement of RV 425 for solo mandolin and follow it with the somber, near-tragic opening of RV 319 for violin, oboes, and bassoon. Next, give RV 558 a spin; how different the grand, heroic sweep of this first movement!

Now that we've disposed of the chestnut about the sameness of the concerti, we can talk about the performances of Biondi and Europa Galante. I find them enthrallingly virtuosic in the Bach-like noodlings required of the two violins and two cellos in RV 564, a truly captivating work reminiscent, for me, of the Third Brandenburg. On the other hand, Biondi captures perfectly the sober mood of RV 319, where sentiment overrules virtuosity.

The two concertos for mandolins (RV 532 and RV 425) are some of Vivaldi's most genial, and they emerge with the right sense of dash and wit, while the two concerti RV 558 and RV 555 for "molti strumenti" make a grand noise, especially those raspy, rattling violini in tromba marina! On the other hand, the recorders, chalumeaux, theorbos, and cellos add a tenderness and grace in their solos that balance out the acerbity of these strange instruments. RV 555 increases the stereophonic effects with two harpsichords and with three violins against two viole all'inglese and the aforementioned cellos. In all, it's a remarkable sound world Vivaldi created in these two works, like nothing else in the concerto literature, and the virtuosi of Europa Galante make the music sound every bit as important as it should.

The recording, made in a church, is both close-up and highly reverberant, which takes a little getting used to, but once the ear adjusts, it reveals the dividends paid by the close miking. The solos all emerge with crystal clarity and timbral purity, while the ensemble playing is detailed and analytical without being clinical, thanks to that reverb. Though the recording tends to highlight the high end of things, it is probably true to the big, bright sound picture Vivaldi "saw" when he conducted his all-girl orchestra at the Ospedale della Pieta.

An exciting CD indeed.

5 out of 5 stars Who says baroque stuff can't be electrifying?.......2004-01-13

This is one of the most encouraging and exciting discs in 2002! After a few hours of Vivaldi listening, one often gets the impression that he spinned out new concerti by applying the same formula - they all sound vaguely the same, after all. Vivaldi fatigue I call it. That's all the more why we need a disc like this: Biondi and his superb Europa Galante show that Vivaldi concerti can be full of surprises and excitement, and extremely colourful writings. These are readings of high drama and strong emotions, it's hard to imagine anybody not moved by the sheer energy level and dedication. Concerto RV 576 gets a superb airing especially.

5 out of 5 stars - Biondi is still surprising- Grâce à Pisendel.......2003-02-14

At first, I had to be convinced. I have to admit it was long. Now it's done. Well done.
Fabio Biondi is at his best in the "Concerto en sol mineur" (dédié à Pisendel(RV 319)". In "Concerto en ut majeur" (RV 558), Jean-Christophe Spinosi (do you know him and his ensemble "Matheus" (Naive)) was able to gave more surrealistic moments. But the Europa Galante version is very interesting.

I give Biondi credits to let the other members of his "formidable" Europa Galante free to play like it was some "concertos grossos". A very good CD full of vitality. Virgin Veritas does it better than it was the case in the concertos grossos of Scarlatti (father and son.)Better sound. Biondi is a great virtuose. I am waiting for his next challenge. Vivaldi again ?
Casanova
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • Sheer Beauty for the Ears
  • Authenticity can sound great as well!
  • a little world of baroque sound
  • Wonderful relaxing music.
  • -
 Casanova

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ASIN: B000BYR9YK
Release Date: 2005-12-20

Tracks:

  1. An Untold Story: Assaggio No.1 In G Minor - Johann Helmich Roman
  2. The Legend Of Casanova: Tambourins I/II From Daro - Jean-Philippe Rameau
  3. I Yield To Love: Cello Concerto No.3 In D Minor - Leonardo Leo
  4. Eternal Damnation: Overture From Les Fetes De Polymnie/Overture From Platee/Overture From Zoroastre - Jean-Philippe Rameau
  5. The Doge's Decree: Concerto In C Major - Antonio Vivaldi
  6. A Venetian Virgin - Alexandre Desplat
  7. San Cremori At Dawn: Concerto In C Major For Harpsicord And Strings - Giovanni Paisiello
  8. A Lover's Duel: Overture From La Madrilena - Vicente Martin Y Soler
  9. A Terrible Mistake: Concerto A 5, Op.9, No.4 - Tomaso Albinoni
  10. A Secret Lover?: Sinfonia From The Opera Farnace - Antonio Vivaldi
  11. Marriage Is A Safe Haven: Concerto A 5, Op.9 No.4 - Tomaso Albinoni
  12. Trailing Guardi: Sonata For Violin And Bassocontinuo, Op.5 No.11 In E Minor - Arcangelo Corelli
  13. The Noble Pig: Concerto Per Quartetto No.8 - Francesco Durante
  14. Paprizzio's Arrival: Concerto A 5, Op.9 No.2 In D Minor - Tomaso Albinoni
  15. Inquisitor Pucci - Alexandre Desplat
  16. : Concerto A 5, Op.9 No.4 - Tomaso Albinoni
  17. A Big Idea: Harpsicord Concerto In B Flat Major - Francesco Durante
  18. A Nom De Plume/Carnivale!: Concerto A 5, Op.9 No.6 In G Major/Bouree From Les Plaisirs Champetres - Tomaso Albinoni
  19. The Plume's Nom Is Casanova! - Sonny Kompanek
  20. Dancing At The Doge's Ball: Riguadon From Water Music Suite, No.3 In G Major/Bouree From Music For Royal Fireworks/Loure From Tafelmusik1 - George Frideric Handel
  21. One Step Closer To Heaven: Concerto A 5, Op.9 No.4 In A Major - Tomaso Albinoni
  22. Casanova's Confession: Sonata Op.5 No.7 In D Minor - Arcangelo Corelli
  23. The Hanging: Violin Concerto 'Il Cimento Dell'Armonia E Dell'INvenzione' Op.8 No.11 In D Major - Antonio Vivaldi
  24. A Great Escape: Overture From Zais/Overture From Nais/Overture From Achante Et Cephise Ou La Sympathie - Jean-Philippe Rameau
  25. My Place Is With Casanova: Overture From Le Temple De La Gloire/Overture From Zais/Sonata For Violin And Bassocontinuo, Op.5 No.7 In D Minor - Arcangelo Corelli
  26. All's Well...:Concerto A 5, Op.9 No.4 In A Major - Tomaso Albinoni

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The action in this tale about the 18th century adventurer and (at least in popular lore) seducer is set in Cassanova's native Venice in the mid-1700s, so it makes sense that the soundtrack would be loaded with Baroque pieces. The Venice-based Tomaso Albinoni is featured prominentaly, along with heavyweights such as Antonio Vivaldi, Jean-Baptiste Rameau, and George Frideric Handel, and lesser-known composers such as Arcangelo Corelli, Francesco Durante, and Alexandre Desplat. Er, actually Desplat is a contemporary French film composer who also released his score for the couldn't-be-more-different Syriana shortly after Casanova came out. Of the two pieces he penned here, "A Venetian Virgin" is in pure Baroque style, while "Inquisitor Pucci" betrays a more modern film-music vibe. Meanwhile, orchestrator Sonny Kompanek rearranged a couple of the tracks and authored the tense "The Plume's Nom Is Casanova," which doesn't sound embarrassing sandwiched between pieces by Albinoni and Handel. Overall, it would have been nice to get longer excerpts from the pieces--many feel chopped into too-small fragments--but the music's innate grace and elegance can't be beat for a period film. Or for any film, really: Vivaldi's Concerto in C Major ("The Doge's Decree") will be familiar to buffs, who will remember it featuring prominently in the Dustin Hoffman-¬Meryl Streep showdown Kramer vs. Kramer back in 1979. --Elisabeth Vincentelli

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Sheer Beauty for the Ears.......2006-07-25

For those that purchased this CD, I need not get into how masterfully infectious the movie was. After the first viewing, I found it charming, but after the second, I was hooked by the witty, clever story holding fun twists all along the way. So while I could go on and on about the movie and all of its wonderful aspects, the score was simply priceless. Apt in every scene, and all done with incredible baroque music that I had never had the opportunity of hearing before the film.

The disc walks you through the movie with no changes that I could tell from the original score. The only omission I found was that the song dubbed "Casanova's Theme" is played in much greater length in the closing credits, and that didn't seem to make it to the CD. Not a terrible loss.

5 out of 5 stars Authenticity can sound great as well!.......2006-07-11

As an avid baroque music listener and performer, I can attest to the delightfully pleasing performances on the soundtrack as well as the painstakingly accurate performance practices utilized in the recording of this soundtrack.

The producers of this film fortunately went to the trouble of hiring some of the top period performance musician-specialists in the country (perhaps in the entire world) to record the soundtrack to Casanova. I know, because several of them were faculty members of the Oberlin Conservatory Baroque Performance Institute who went AWOL to Hollywood in June 2005 for the recording sessions. We all forgave them, and were actually quite excited that period music performance was having its day on the silver screen.

Do not miss this exquisite potpourri of wonderful baroque composers' works performed as closely as humanly possible to the way that they heard their works during their lifetimes! The film may not have been intended to be historically accurate (part of the fun), but the music certainly ended up that way. Not only that, but it sounds heavenly (unlike Casanova's antics) and up-to-date, not musty and old as if it were sealed in a museum case.

5 out of 5 stars a little world of baroque sound.......2006-02-26

Lots of interesting baroque music unknown to me and
put together in dramatic sequences that add zest and
class to the listening experience. Also wonderful to
play in auto while driving thru boring country or in
slow moving traffic!
This CD will get a lot of play from me.
5 Stars!

5 out of 5 stars Wonderful relaxing music........2006-02-25

Saw the movie and had to have the soundtrack. Great music to relax by. When you need to get away from the cares of the day the classics can't be beat. The producers of this movie certainly chose wonderful music to accompany it.

3 out of 5 stars -.......2006-02-18

Good music but each is too short.
The original version of each may be better.
Albinoni: The Complete Concertos Op. 9; Adagio For Organ And Strings
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  • outstanding oboe concerti
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 Albinoni: The Complete Concertos Op. 9; Adagio For Organ And Strings

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ASIN: B0000041NC
Release Date: 1997-08-12

Tracks:

  1. No.1 In B-flat For Violin, Strings, And Continuo - 1. Allegro
  2. Concerti a cinque, Op.9: No.1 In B-flat For Violin, Strings, And Continuo - 2. Adagio
  3. Concerti a cinque, Op.9: No.1 In B-flat For Violin, Strings, And Continuo - 3. Allegro
  4. Concerti a cinque, Op.9: No.2 In D Minor For Oboe, Strings, And Continuo - 1. Allegro e non presto
  5. Concerti a cinque, Op.9: No.2 In D Minor For Oboe, Strings, And Continuo - 2. Adagio
  6. Concerti a cinque, Op.9: No.2 In D Minor For Oboe, Strings, And Continuo - 3. Allegro
  7. Concerti a cinque, Op.9: No.3 In F For 2 Oboes, Strings, And Continuo - 1. Allegro
  8. Concerti a cinque, Op.9: No.3 In F For 2 Oboes, Strings, And Continuo - 2. Adagio
  9. Concerti a cinque, Op.9: No.3 In F For 2 Oboes, Strings, And Continuo - 3. Allegro
  10. Concerti a cinque, Op.9: No.4 In A For Violin, Strings, And Continuo - 1. Allegro
  11. Concerti a cinque, Op.9: No.4 In A For Violin, Strings, And Continuo - 2. Adagio
  12. Concerti a cinque, Op.9: No.4 In A For Violin, Strings, And Continuo - 3. Allegro
  13. Concerti a cinque, Op.9: No. 5 in C For Oboe, Strings, And Continuo - 1. Allegro
  14. Concerti a cinque, Op.9: No. 5 in C For Oboe, Strings, And Continuo - 2, Adagio
  15. Concerti a cinque, Op.9: No. 5 in C For Oboe, Strings, And Continuo - 3. Allegro
  16. Concerti a cinque, Op.9: No.6 In G For 2 Oboes, Strings, And Continuo - 1. Allegro
  17. Concerti a cinque, Op.9: No.6 In G For 2 Oboes, Strings, And Continuo - 2. Adagio
  18. Concerti a cinque, Op.9: No.6 In G For 2 Oboes, Strings, And Continuo - 3. Allegro

Tracks:

  1. Concerti a cinque, Op.9: No.7 In D For Violin, Stings, And Continuo - 1. Allegro
  2. Concerti a cinque, Op.9: No.7 In D For Violin, Stings, And Continuo - 2. Andante e sempre piano
  3. Concerti a cinque, Op.9: No.7 In D For Violin, Stings, And Continuo - 3. Allegro
  4. Concerti a cinque, Op.9: No. 8 In G Minor For Oboe, Strings, And Continuo - 1. Allegro
  5. Concerti a cinque, Op.9: No. 8 In G Minor For Oboe, Strings, And Continuo - 2. Adagio
  6. Concerti a cinque, Op.9: No. 8 In G Minor For Oboe, Strings, And Continuo - 3. Allegro
  7. Concerti a cinque, Op.9: No.9 In C For Violin, 2 Oboes, String And Continuo - 1. Allegro
  8. Concerti a cinque, Op.9: No.9 In C For Violin, 2 Oboes, String And Continuo - 2. Adagio
  9. Concerti a cinque, Op.9: No.9 In C For Violin, 2 Oboes, String And Continuo - 3, Allegro
  10. Concerti a cinque, Op.9: No.10 In F For Violin, Strings, And Continuo - 1. Allegro
  11. Concerti a cinque, Op.9: No.10 In F For Violin, Strings, And Continuo - 2. Adagio
  12. Concerti a cinque, Op.9: No.10 In F For Violin, Strings, And Continuo - 3. Allegro
  13. Concerti a cinque, Op.9: No.11 In B-flat For Oboe, Strings, And Continuo - 1. Allegro
  14. Concerti a cinque, Op.9: No.11 In B-flat For Oboe, Strings, And Continuo - 2. Adagio
  15. Concerti a cinque, Op.9: No.11 In B-flat For Oboe, Strings, And Continuo - 3. Allegro
  16. Concerti a cinque, Op.9: No. 12 In D For Violin, 2 Oboes, Strings And Continuo - 1. Allegro
  17. Concerti a cinque, Op.9: No. 12 In D For Violin, 2 Oboes, Strings And Continuo - 2. Adagio
  18. Concerti a cinque, Op.9: No. 12 In D For Violin, 2 Oboes, Strings And Continuo - 3. Allegro
  19. Concerti a cinque, Op.9: Adagio In G Minor For Strings And Organ

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars pristine.......2007-03-04


I Musici is rivaled perhaps only by the Academy of St Martin in the Fields when it comes to predictably crystalline performances of the Baroque masters. When I Musici, Felix Ayo, Heinz Holliger, and Maurice Bourge turn to Albinoni's concerto repertoire, the outcome is never in doubt.

Let me clarify that these comments do not in any way suggest that this Philips two-disk set is 'standard' in any pedantic way. Emphatically, it is not.

Rather, the artists team with Philips' Duo Series to render access to a masterful rendering of one of Early Baroque's unsung great ones affordable to the masses, of which this reviewer is a card-carrying member.

One can only say 'Bravo!'.

4 out of 5 stars outstanding oboe concerti.......2007-01-25

This is a re-issue of recordings made in the mid 1960s, so they are 40 years old; however the sound, while not as good as one can expect from a current CD, is quite good. Albiboni's Opus 9 is a set of 12 concertos, 4 for violin, four for oboe and four for two oboes with orchestra. They are in 5 parts, and rather simple when compared with Bach, for example. They are not written for virtuoso soloists, rather for oboe with orchestra. In my opinion the violin concertos, while pleasant enough, do not compare with those of his contempories, such as vivaldi and Bach. However the oboe concertos are outstanding, and while I could nominate the odd baroque 0boe concerto that is as good or better, the set of six stand alone.
The 12 concertos are played by I Musici, a long established modern instrument group that specialises in music of this period, the violin solo is by Felix Ayo, their first violin, and the oboes are played my the great Heinz Hollinger and Maurice Bourgue. So I can find little to criticise with the performance, I Musici and Hollinger were/are world class. Deciding on a rating was not easy, but taking the recording of Opus 9 as a whole I gave it 4 and feel a little mean, the 6 oboe concertos alone would get 5.

5 out of 5 stars best Albinoni ever.......2007-01-10

Tomaso Albinoni is best known for his Adagio, that is actually an arrangement by Giazzoto. His real masterpieces are the Concertos Opus 9(recorded here by I Musici). The sound of this recording is very good considering its age (mid 1950s and 1960s). The Concerto Op. 9/2 is the most beautiful oboe concerto ever composed. Heinz Holliger is explendid as soloist. If you like baroque music played in a old-fashioned way (rather romantic), it's for you. If you like baroque music played accordind "authentic baroque techniques it's not for you.

5 out of 5 stars I Musici di Roma, Stradivarius, and Italian Baroque Is Divine Perfection.......2005-10-09

I wish to start my review by warning Amazon shoppers about two previous and seemingly 'knowledgeable' reviews commenting on I Musici's qualifications for playing Baroque and not playing on traditional instruments as a discouragement in buying their performances as they are somewhat slanderous. Their comments actually make me laugh and question their range of listening experience in traditional Baroque techniques and instruments or knowledge of anything dealing with classical music at all since I Musici has not only been the most acclaimed Baroque ensemble in Italy and the entire world for over 50 years praised by legends such as Toscanini for being 'The best chamber orchestra in the world', the main reason its musicians and strings outmatch every other traditional Baroque group in the world is precisely because they masterfully perform on the most prized of all period string instruments in existence! String instruments that most professional violinists, cellists, etc., can only dream of ever playing in their lifetimes! A string instrument that only the most competent of players can master to bring out its fluid range and sound! I Musici performs all of their pieces almost exclusively on Stradivarius string instruments! Although other traditional ensembles do use traditional period instruments, few if any of them play on Stradivari, and if they do it will probably be just the lead violin as Stradivari are simply too rare to be played in unison by most professional groups. A Stradivarius is an instrument in and of itself and other traditional string instruments don't even come close to sounding like one. A Stradivarius is nothing less than divine in its sound as one can hear with I Musici as they play plenty of them. And so although I can understand the aesthetics of such listeners/reviewers for other performers, please, don't tell others that I Musici isn't playing authentic instruments when you can't even recognize a Stradivarius playing in your ear! You are simply embarassing yourselves. Or, for that matter, don't say that they can't competently play 'traditional' Italian Baroque when they're the best group from Italy, comprised of experts in the Italian Baroque and Romantic traditions, virtuously playing on many Stradivari, and have been acclaimed as one of the best Italian Baroque groups in the world by reknown classical experts and laypersons alike for over five decades! As for this recording and others in general, some reviewers have also complained that I Musici's somewhat more romantic interpretations of Baroque don't work with Albinoni's music such as his Adagio and so are not 'traditional' enough in comparison to other performances. Traditional interpretation of Albinoni's 'Adagio' would be absurd since Albinoni's original 'Adagio' is a horribly deficient piece of which there are no real performances that I can think of as a result. What is ironic then is that this model of Albinoni's 'traditionalism' such reviewers are referring to can only be Remo Giazotto's popular 19th Century Romantic revision of the 'Adagio' being presently used as the standard of every single Baroque or Romantic period performance available on the market today.

I have heard various renditions of Albinoni's Concertos, Op. 9 and, besides a few other performances by Baroque groups, I have not heard many that even compare to I Musici in performing Albinoni or Italian Baroque generally. Don't be deceived into buying other performances even if they are by great conductors and symphonies such as Karajan and the Berlin Philharmonic or Solti and the Chicago/London Symphonies. And Karajan's orchestral rendition is indeed a very moving one but orchestral ensembles are generally too large for chamber pieces and most of the instruments used are modern which changes many important aspects of the piece. They are also recorded in too large of spaces so the performances sound like Beethoven's 9th instead of a chamber piece. There are other groups and recordings that are more faithful to Baroque techniques and traditional interpretations such as those directed by Hogwood but they have various problems as well. Individual violinists such as Manze mentioned by the previous reviewer tend to be overly rigid and lifeless in their interpretations as they are more founded in musicological disciplines on ancient instruments and techniques as opposed to professional performance. This can be problematic especially with interpreting Italian Baroque which is always more freely expressive in mood than German Baroque. This results in clumsy and lifeless performances where each musician painfully over-accentuates the proper techniques throughout the entire piece so that it comes out sounding as a tedious cacophony instead of a symphony. Like Jack says in the 'Witches of Eastwick' to Susan Sarandon playing her cello, "You kill the passion!" by such emphasis. Hogwood's musical background is also founded more in the German Baroque tradition of Bach and Handel and not Italian Baroque and so turns the piece into more of a mechanical movementby Bach from his direction on the harpsichord which is always the meter in all Italian concerti. I Musici is comprised of some of the finest classical musicians alive today who emphasize more on a passionate Italian Romantic interpretation in their performances instead of a rigid Baroque one and the results are most delightful to the ears. That perhaps is the only flaw in its interpretation of the often over-methodical Italian Baroque style for the concerti grossi. Although I Musici usually tends to again use a more fluid Italian Romantic style rather than a strict Baroque one, their shortcomings in that field are hardly a defect in their performances or this recording: on the contrary, they enhance them! These slight shortcomings are more than compensated for by I Musici performing with some of the best classical musicians exclusively on original Stradivarius string instruments. Such groups also tend to use traditional stringing and playing techniques that limit the range of the instrument which is not always what the composer desired such as Mozart and Beethoven who were forced to accept the limited range and tonality of the piano forte in performing their compositions but who actually composed them with a yet non-existant Steinway in mind. I Musici in a sense compliments such limitations with some Romantic techniques in the style of Paganini but following the Baroque concerti grossi tradition with period instruments and in remaining within the size of a small Baroque chamber orchestra. Also, the musical cohesion and caliber of the performers in I Musici is such that they do not use an overt conductor even at the harpsichord: they therefore have no need of one such as Hogwood to lead them and the performances have less hesitations as a result. Lastly, I Musici di Roma is also known for having some of the best sound engineering and mixing for its recordings than any other chamber group and this also applies to the earliest recordings. The recording quality for their performances is so rich and clear for each instrument being played that you actually feel as if you are at a live performance each time you hear them.

I Musici di Roma is unequivocally one of the best, if not the best, performing groups for Baroque music and you won't go wrong buying any of their performances no matter whether the composers are from the Italian or German Baroque period. I certainly haven't heard any single group or orchestra even come close to matching their 1982 performance of Vivaldi's Four Seasons with Pina Carmirelli. This particular recording with Garatti and Ayo is probably not with one of the best violinists to have performed Italian Baroque with them such as Carmirelli or Acardo but it is accompanied with some of the best musicians in their class such Hollinger. It is a great buy!

2 out of 5 stars Not very "Baroque" and not my taste.......2001-06-28

This may be good for some people but I really didn't like it:

I thought it was not played in the Baroque style. I personally hate vibrato and this had a lot of it. It made it the slow movements very annoying for me to listen to. I admit I might be a little obsessed but vibrato really ruins a performance for me.

It was played with "heavy fingers" especially on the violins. This was a very "romantic" interpertaion for me.

A much better performance in my opinion is one directed by Hogwood and performed by Manze (Uni/Decca - #458129) which was performed on "authentic" instruments.
Vivaldi: Concerti per Mandolini
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • Great Vivaldi
  • The best of Vivaldi
  • hiro
  • Scimone's Mandolins the best
  • The Vivaldi Mandolin Concerti
 Vivaldi: Concerti per Mandolini

Manufacturer: Erato
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

All Works by VivaldiAll Works by Vivaldi | Vivaldi, Antonio | ( V ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music
ConcertinosConcertinos | Concertos | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music
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ASIN: B000005E5W
Release Date: 1991-08-10

Tracks:

  1. Concerto in G Major for Two Mandolins, Strings and Harpsichord, RV 532: Allegro
  2. Concerto in G Major for Two Mandolins, Strings and Harpsichord, RV 532: Andante
  3. Concerto in G Major for Two Mandolins, Strings and Harpsichord, RV 532: Allegro
  4. Concerto in C Major for Mandolin Strings and Harpsichord, RV 425: Allegro
  5. Concerto in C Major for Mandolin Strings and Harpsichord, RV 425: Largo
  6. Concerto in C Major for Mandolin Strings and Harpsichord, RV 425: (Allegro)
  7. Concerto in C Major for Two Flutes, Two Salmoe, Two Violins: Allegro molto
  8. Concerto in C Major for Two Flutes, Two Salmoe, Two Violins: Andante molto
  9. Concerto in C Major for Two Flutes, Two Salmoe, Two Violins: Allegro
  10. Concerto in D Major for Mandolin, Strings and Harpsichord, RV 93: (Allegro giusto)
  11. Concerto in D Major for Mandolin, Strings and Harpsichord, RV 93: Largo
  12. Concerto in D Major for Mandolin, Strings and Harpsichord, RV 93: Allegro

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars Great Vivaldi.......2005-08-12

One of the best compilations of Vivaldi I have heard. To the best of my knowledge, this disc is not available in my country

5 out of 5 stars The best of Vivaldi.......2003-09-21

This is an outstanding recording. Once you hear it you'll wish you'd learned of it years earlier. "The Four Seasons" will bore you after you'd enjoyed this utterly delightful recording. Vivaldi reached his peak of skill in these mandolin concertos and the performance and technical recording are superb. I ordered 10 copies to give to my best friends, to share the pleasure....

5 out of 5 stars hiro.......2001-02-26

My last girlfriend like this. Anyway,I love this music,Vivaldi's mandolin concerto. Indeed,I know another recording more better, but I like this recording its clearly reemarging Vivaldi's passion.Thanks anyway.

5 out of 5 stars Scimone's Mandolins the best.......2001-01-09

I'll spare you longwinded discussion and cut to the chase.

This is quite simply the most delightful recording of these concertos I have ever encountered in 30+ years of listening to and collecting recorded music.

I am glad to see it is still in Erato's active catalog.

5 out of 5 stars The Vivaldi Mandolin Concerti.......2000-05-03

I first listened to the I Solisti Veneti ensemble playing Vivaldi, conducted by Claudio Scimone, about 15 years ago, and this particular recording has during that time remained one of my favorites of all music.

The violin concerto discordato with the lovely passacaglia is beyond description. The second movement played duo coro with violin and cello is unforgettable.

No Vivaldi collection is complete without this recording.
Heinichen: Dresden Concerti
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • Just an alert
  • Great music well played.
  • Sounds as fresh as ever.
  • Magical discsý
  • HIP and Alive
 Heinichen: Dresden Concerti
Johann David Heinichen , Musica Antiqua Köln , and Reinhard Goebel
Manufacturer: Archiv Produktion
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0000057E8
Release Date: 1993-09-14

Tracks:

  1. Concerto In F Major, Seibel 234: 1. Vivace
  2. Concerto In F Major, Seibel 234: 2. Adagio
  3. Concerto In F Major, Seibel 234: 3. Un poco Allegro
  4. Concerto In F Major, Seibel 234: 4. Allegro
  5. Concerto In F Major, Seibel 235: 1. Vivace
  6. Concerto In F Major, Seibel 235: 2. Andante
  7. Concerto In F Major, Seibel 235: 3. Presto
  8. Concerto In F Major, Seibel 235: 4. Alla breve
  9. Concerto In F Major, Seibel 235: 5. Allegro
  10. Concerto In G Major, Seibel 215: 1. Andante e staccato
  11. Concerto In G Major, Seibel 215: 2. Vivace
  12. Concerto In G Major, Seibel 215: 3. Largo
  13. Concerto In G Major, Seibel 215: 4. Allegro - 2-4
  14. Concerto In G Major, Seibel 214 (Darmstadt 1715): 1. Vivace
  15. Concerto In G Major, Seibel 214 (Darmstadt 1715): 2. Largo
  16. Concerto In G Major, Seibel 214 (Darmstadt 1715): 3. Allegro
  17. Concerto In D Major, Seibel 226: 1. Allegro molto
  18. Concerto In D Major, Seibel 226: 2. Adagio
  19. Concerto In D Major, Seibel 226: 3. Allegro
  20. Concerto In G Major, Seibel 213: 1. Allegro
  21. Concerto In G Major, Seibel 213: 2. Larghetto
  22. Concerto In G Major, Seibel 213: 3. Allegro
  23. Concerto In G Major, Seibel 213: 4. Entree
  24. Concerto In G Major, Seibel 213: 5. Loure. Cantabile
  25. Concerto In G Major, Seibel 213: 6. Tempo di Menuet - Air italienne

Tracks:

  1. Concerto In F Major, Seibel 233: 1. Allegro
  2. Concerto In F Major, Seibel 233: 2. Andante piu tosto un poco Allegro
  3. Concerto In F Major, Seibel 233: 3. Presto
  4. Concerto In C Major, Seibel 211: 1. Allegro
  5. Concerto In C Major, Seibel 211: 2. Pastorell
  6. Concerto In C Major, Seibel 211: 3. Adagio
  7. Concerto In C Major, Seibel 211: 4. Allegro assai
  8. Concerto In F Major, Seibel 231: 1. Vivace
  9. Concerto In F Major, Seibel 231: 2. Arioso
  10. Concerto In F Major, Seibel 231: 3. Allegro
  11. Concerto In F Major, Seibel 232: 1. Allegro
  12. Concerto In F Major, Seibel 232: 2. Andante
  13. Concerto In F Major, Seibel 232: 3. (Allegro)
  14. Concerto In G Major, Seibel 217: 1. Allegro
  15. Concerto In G Major, Seibel 217: 2. Largo e staccato
  16. Concerto In G Major, Seibel 217: 3. Grave
  17. Concerto In G Major, Seibel 217: 4. Allegro
  18. Concerto In G Major, Seibel 214 (Venezia 1715): 1. Vivace
  19. Concerto In G Major, Seibel 214 (Venezia 1715): 2. Andante e staccato
  20. Concerto In G Major, Seibel 214 (Venezia 1715): 3. Vivace
  21. Serenata di Moritzburg In F Major, Seibel 204: Allegro - Adagio - Allegro
  22. Sonata In A Major, Seibel 208: 1. Allegro
  23. Sonata In A Major, Seibel 208: 2. Adagio e staccato
  24. Sonata In A Major, Seibel 208: 3. Allegro
  25. Concert Movement In C Minor, Seibel 240: Vivace

Amazon.com

Heinichen's Dresden Concertos created quite a stir when they were first released a couple of years ago, and for good reason. This is vital, colorful music scored for a large and varied ensemble. Like most composers of his day, Heinichen spent the majority of his compositional talent in the service of vocal music, for either the opera house or church. These pieces represent his only surviving set of concertos, and anyone who enjoys, for example, Bach's Brandenburg Concertos or the orchestral works of Zelenka will certainly want to hear these as well. These performances are simply the last word in style and virtuosity. --David Hurwitz

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Just an alert.......2007-07-08

Before you click "buy" check elsewhere on Amazon. This set has already been re-released at mid-price!

5 out of 5 stars Great music well played........2006-10-24

I hadn't heard of Heinichen until I got a bonus CD (celebrating 25 years of Music Auntiquita Koln) with something. The first track, which really hooked me, was the first concerto on this set, and so I bought it.

Two discs of concertos by somebody is a lot of their music, but I find myself playing both of these through at a single sitting quite often - there is something about the way that Heinichen keeps the musical ideas flowing that I find very satisfying. He also manages to use a lot of different sounds - I can't imagine much more contrast than between the first movement of that first concerto that I heard - tightly clustered strings playing in a very controlled sprightly manner and, a movement on the second disc that is played on something like bagpipes with sliding notes.
MAK of course give an excellent performance as usual.

This was a doubly excellent find: a new composer (to me at least) and a great CD. However, I now have two other discs of Heinichen wind concertos and sonatas on CPO which are also very good, and which I also recommend.

5 out of 5 stars Sounds as fresh as ever. .......2005-06-22

It's a few years since this set won the Gramophone Award, but hearing it again very recently, it still provides a thrilling listening experience.
I'm not normally a lover of prominent brass instruments in early music where the sonorities are often too lean and bright for my taste. Well, there's plenty of brightness here, but it all comes from the sparkle and energy of an orchestra at the very top of its form.
I wouldn't say this is a set to listen to at one sitting. Better to pick and choose two or three concertos at a time. Or better still, go for the excitement of progamming just the allegros and hold on to your seat as the rhythms and stratospheric brass catapult you into the midst of the hunt.
Great stuff.

5 out of 5 stars Magical discsý.......2003-11-10

Heinichen is the Deep Purple of baroque music! Forgotten, but clearly GREAT! This music is easily as enjoyable as Bach, Vivalidi, Handel and Telemann. If you enjoy baroque, this is surely a collection you ought to own. The flawlessness of these recording is breathtaking. It has a kind of richness that I don't find in compact disc recordings. These recordings force you to sit down and just listen. The compositions may not be as complex and "deep" as Bach or Handel, but its very enjoyable and clearly more relaxing. The incredible Dresden Concerti (period instruments) performed flawlessly under Goebel. What an unsurpassable job in bringing Heinichens curiously abandoned works back into the catalog. Two or three hundred years from now Deep Purple will get their due as one of the important artists in rock music history.

PS: If you like baroque wind music, you will fall in love with this collection.
This is a must for the Baroque fan.

5 out of 5 stars HIP and Alive.......2000-12-26

This is a superb recording. The performances are vibrant and the quality of the recording is stunning. There is a warmth and fullness that is often missing in recordings of period instruments. The ensemble sounds HUGE. I particularly like the second movement of the Concerto in F (S. 234). Oboes are used instead of strings as the accompaniment to the flute solo.

A must have for any lover of baroque music.
Concerti per Oboe
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • light and subtle
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 Concerti per Oboe

Manufacturer: Polygram Int'l
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0000040YT
Release Date: 1987-11-23

Tracks:

  1. Concerto in d for ob, strs, and bc: Andante e spiccato
  2. Concerto in d for ob, strs, and bc: Adagio
  3. Concerto in d for ob, strs, and bc: Presto
  4. Concerto in D for ob, strs, and bc: Allegro
  5. Concerto in D for ob, strs, and bc: Adagio
  6. Concerto in D for ob, strs, and bc: Allegro
  7. Concerto a cinque in g, Op.9 No.8 for ob, strs, and bc: Allegro
  8. Concerto a cinque in g, Op.9 No.8 for ob, strs, and bc: Adagio
  9. Concerto a cinque in g, Op.9 No.8 for ob, strs, and bc: Allegro
  10. Concerto in A for ob, strs, and bc: Allegro
  11. Concerto in A for ob, strs, and bc: Affettuoso
  12. Concerto in A for ob, strs, and bc: Allegro
  13. Concerto in C for ob, strs: Introduzione (Larghetto)
  14. Concerto in C for ob, strs: Allegro
  15. Concerto in C for ob, strs: Siciliana
  16. Concerto in C for ob, strs: Allegro giusto

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars light and subtle.......2005-03-25

I love Holliger's playing. Although an advocate of period instruments and Baroque orchestras, and a gambist, harpsichordist, and recorder player myself, Holliger's recordings are wonderful and I recommend this disc and his recording "3 Oboe Concertos" of Bach very highly.

He plays with a good, flexible tone and plenty of nuance. The orchestra sounds great. I only gave the disc 4 instead of 5 starts because not all the rep is exceptional. but there are some good works on here, and I believe an oboe d'amore concerto which is lovely.

4 out of 5 stars Mad about Marcello.......2004-11-12

Bought this one for the "disturbingly modern" sounds of Marcello's Oboe Concerto in D, but the rest of it is a great deal of fun, too. Get this disc to prove to yourself that the oboe is one of the more expressive instruments in the orchestra's repertoire, and that it laughs and cries along with you as it takes you along on its magical journey.

5 out of 5 stars The Instrument That Sings.......2003-01-29

Here is the consummate oboeist, Holliger, playing the richness of late Baroque concerto for oboe.

Holliger aptly serves these compositions with his senitive phrasing and tone. Backed ably by unidentified strings and continuo, the selections from Marcello, Sammartini, Albiononi, Lotti and Cimarosa are marvelous.

This is monumental collection and performance of oboe concertos of this period. Especially fond of Allegro from Albinoni's Concerto in G minor and Affettuoso from Lotti's Cocerto in A.
Geminiani: Concerti Grossi Vol. 1
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • Excellent performance of a baroque masterpiece
 Geminiani: Concerti Grossi Vol. 1

Manufacturer: Naxos
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ASIN: B0000014CS
Release Date: 1997-04-08

Tracks:

  1. Concerto Grosso in C Minor, Op. 2 No. 1: Andante
  2. Concerto Grosso in C Minor, Op. 2 No. 1: Allegro
  3. Concerto Grosso in C Minor, Op. 2 No. 1: Adagio
  4. Concerto Grosso In C Minor, Op. 2, No. 1: Allegro
  5. Concerto Grosso In C Minor, Op. 2, No. 2: Adagio
  6. Concerto Grosso In C Minor, Op. 2, No. 2: Allegro
  7. Concerto Grosso In C Minor, Op. 2, No. 2: Adagio
  8. Concerto Grosso In C Minor, Op. 2, No. 2: Allegro
  9. Concerto Grosso In D Minor, Op. 2, No. 3: Presto
  10. Concerto Grosso in D Minor, Op. 2, No.: Adagio
  11. Concerto Grosso in D Minor, Op. 2, No.: Allegro
  12. Concerto Grosso In D Major, Op. 2, No. 4: Andante
  13. Concerto Grosso In D Major, Op. 2, No. 4: Allegro
  14. Concerto Grosso In D Major, Op. 2, No. 4: Andante
  15. Concerto Grosso In D Major, Op. 2, No. 4: Allegro
  16. Concerto Grosso In D Minor, Op. 2, No. 5: Adagio
  17. Concerto Grosso In D Minor, Op. 2, No. 5: Allegro
  18. Concerto Grosso In D Minor, Op. 2, No. 5: Andante
  19. Concerto Grosso In D Minor, Op. 2, No. 5: Allegro
  20. Concerto Grosso In A Major, Op. 2, No. 6: Andante
  21. Concerto Grosso In A Major, Op. 2, No. 6: Allegro - Grave
  22. Concerto Grosso In A Major, Op. 2, No. 6: Allegro
  23. Concerto Grosso in D Major, Op. 3, No. 1: Adagio
  24. Concerto Grosso in D Major, Op. 3, No. 1: Allegro
  25. Concerto Grosso in D Major, Op. 3, No. 1: Adagio
  26. Concerto Grosso in D Major, Op. 3, No. 1: Allegro
  27. Concerto Grosso in G Minor, Op. 3, No. 2: Largo e staccato
  28. Concerto Grosso in G Minor, Op. 3, No. 2: Allegro
  29. Concerto Grosso in G Minor, Op. 3, No. 2: Adagio
  30. Concerto Grosso in G Minor, Op. 3, No. 2: Allegro
  31. Concerto Grosso in E Minor, Op. 3, No. 3: Adagio e staccato
  32. Concerto Grosso in E Minor, Op. 3, No. 3: Allegro
  33. Concerto Grosso in E Minor, Op. 3, No. 3: Adagio
  34. Concerto Grosso in E Minor, Op. 3, No. 3: Allegro
  35. Concerto Grosso in D Minor, Op. 3, No. 4: Largo e staccato
  36. Concerto Grosso in D Minor, Op. 3, No. 4: Allegro
  37. Concerto Grosso in D Minor, Op. 3, No. 4: Largo
  38. Concerto Grosso in D Minor, Op. 3, No. 4: Vivace

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Excellent performance of a baroque masterpiece.......2004-07-20

The concerto grosso is best listened to as a regular concerto instead of as a chamber piece like a string quartet. All of these concerto are from opus two and three and belong in everyone's colection (not just baroque fans). I am no expert on classical music and this is the only performance that I have heard. The capella I. give a spirited peformance making each ove the over ten peices highly individual. I liked this disc so much I plan to buy the other two Geminiani discs by Naxos. Like I said I have not heard other perfornces but I can't imagine it could be better done. pPlease excuse typos I have a neurolocal disease
Vivaldi: Concerti per violoncello 1
Average customer rating: 3 out of 5 stars
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Christophe Coin
Manufacturer: Naive
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ASIN: B000LE0TE2
Release Date: 2007-05-29

Customer Reviews:

3 out of 5 stars Flat Vivaldi.......2007-06-09

IGA is one of my favorite ensembles of baroque music, and I own several recordings with Mr. Coin. The recorded sound is excellent, and the sound and texture of the orchestra is superb.

3 stars? A few movements are a tad slow for my taste, which with IGA, is unusual. What I took the stars away for, however, is for Mr. Vivaldi... these, as a collection, aren't his strongest musical contributions. There is a reason I've never heard some of these concertos before; they're not his greatest.

The 2 CDs released by Dieltiens on HMundi are superior... excellent performances, and better concertos in terms of the musical material.

You will likely enjoy this, however, if you're a Il Giardino Armonico fan, or a fan of Chrisophe Coin on the cello.
Johann David Heinichen: Dresden Concerti
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