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Beyond Vivaldi – Lute Concertos

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Composer
Joachim Bernard Hagen, Jakob Friedrich Kleinknecht, Karl Ignaz Augustin Kohaut, Johann Ludwig Krebs
Artist
Evangelina Mascardi, Estrovagante, Riccardo Doni
Format
CD
Label
Arcana
Released
Apr 24, 2026
Catalog #
A593
UPC
3760195735930

About

Composed during Antonio Vivaldi's stay in Prague in 1729-30, the Concerto for Lute RV 93 is the most celebrated example of a repertoire almost totally neglected today, but once extremely popular in the German-speaking world, particularly in the Habsburg lands of Austria and Bohemia. After offering us a reference edition of the complete works of Johann Sebastian Bach (2022) and a representative anthology of the output of Silvius Leopold Weiss (2024), Evangelina Mascardi concludes her 18th-century trilogy by illuminating a fundamental, yet hitherto largely sidelined, chapter in the history of the lute. Alongside the Vivaldi concerto, which guitarists have embraced since the early 1960s, making it one of his most acclaimed works, we find four genuine and practically unknown gems, such as those composed by Joachim Bernard Hagen and Karl Ignaz Augustin Kohaut, now given their first recording. Accompanied by the Estrovagante Orchestra, directed by Riccardo Doni, Mascardi ventures into the rococo idiom, the stylistic context for the final virtuosic showpieces of an instrument boasting a rich history, but destined-in the space of just a few years-to be definitively eclipsed.

Tracklist 15 tracks

  1. 1 I. Allegro 04:26
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Allegro
    Duration
    04:26
    Composer
    Johann Ludwig Krebs
    Performer
    Evangelina Mascardi
    Ensemble
    Estrovagante Ensemble
    Conductor
    Riccardo Doni
  2. 2 II. Larghetto 05:57
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Larghetto
    Duration
    05:57
    Composer
    Johann Ludwig Krebs
    Performer
    Evangelina Mascardi
    Ensemble
    Estrovagante Ensemble
    Conductor
    Riccardo Doni
  3. 3 III. Allegro assai 03:28
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Allegro assai
    Duration
    03:28
    Composer
    Johann Ludwig Krebs
    Performer
    Evangelina Mascardi
    Ensemble
    Estrovagante Ensemble
    Conductor
    Riccardo Doni
  4. 4 I. Allegro non tanto 04:31
    Track
    4
    Title
    I. Allegro non tanto
    Duration
    04:31
    Composer
    Bernhard Joachim Hagen
    Performer
    Evangelina Mascardi
    Ensemble
    Estrovagante Ensemble
    Conductor
    Riccardo Doni
  5. 5 II. Poco andante 03:03
    Track
    5
    Title
    II. Poco andante
    Duration
    03:03
    Composer
    Bernhard Joachim Hagen
    Performer
    Evangelina Mascardi
    Ensemble
    Estrovagante Ensemble
    Conductor
    Riccardo Doni
  6. 6 III. Allegro 02:30
    Track
    6
    Title
    III. Allegro
    Duration
    02:30
    Composer
    Bernhard Joachim Hagen
    Performer
    Evangelina Mascardi
    Ensemble
    Estrovagante Ensemble
    Conductor
    Riccardo Doni
  7. 7 I. Allegro 03:33
    Track
    7
    Title
    I. Allegro
    Duration
    03:33
    Composer
    Antonio Vivaldi
    Performer
    Evangelina Mascardi
    Ensemble
    Estrovagante Ensemble
    Conductor
    Riccardo Doni
  8. 8 II. Largo 04:59
    Track
    8
    Title
    II. Largo
    Duration
    04:59
    Composer
    Antonio Vivaldi
    Performer
    Evangelina Mascardi
    Ensemble
    Estrovagante Ensemble
    Conductor
    Riccardo Doni
  9. 9 III. Allegro 02:09
    Track
    9
    Title
    III. Allegro
    Duration
    02:09
    Composer
    Antonio Vivaldi
    Performer
    Evangelina Mascardi
    Ensemble
    Estrovagante Ensemble
    Conductor
    Riccardo Doni
  10. 10 I. Allegro con brio 06:40
    Track
    10
    Title
    I. Allegro con brio
    Duration
    06:40
    Composer
    Jakob Friedrich Kleinknecht
    Performer
    Evangelina Mascardi
    Ensemble
    Estrovagante Ensemble
    Conductor
    Riccardo Doni
  11. 11 II. Andante di molto 04:52
    Track
    11
    Title
    II. Andante di molto
    Duration
    04:52
    Composer
    Jakob Friedrich Kleinknecht
    Performer
    Evangelina Mascardi
    Ensemble
    Estrovagante Ensemble
    Conductor
    Riccardo Doni
  12. 12 III. Tantino allegro e grazioso 05:25
    Track
    12
    Title
    III. Tantino allegro e grazioso
    Duration
    05:25
    Composer
    Jakob Friedrich Kleinknecht
    Performer
    Evangelina Mascardi
    Ensemble
    Estrovagante Ensemble
    Conductor
    Riccardo Doni
  13. 13 I. Allegro ma non molto 10:09
    Track
    13
    Title
    I. Allegro ma non molto
    Duration
    10:09
    Composer
    Karl Kohaut
    Performer
    Evangelina Mascardi
    Ensemble
    Estrovagante Ensemble
    Conductor
    Riccardo Doni
  14. 14 II. Larghetto 05:21
    Track
    14
    Title
    II. Larghetto
    Duration
    05:21
    Composer
    Karl Kohaut
    Performer
    Evangelina Mascardi
    Ensemble
    Estrovagante Ensemble
    Conductor
    Riccardo Doni
  15. 15 III. Allegro 05:24
    Track
    15
    Title
    III. Allegro
    Duration
    05:24
    Composer
    Karl Kohaut
    Performer
    Evangelina Mascardi
    Ensemble
    Estrovagante Ensemble
    Conductor
    Riccardo Doni