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Per Monsieur Pisendel - Vivaldi, Et Al / La Serenissima

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Details

Composer
ALBINONI PISENDEL VIVALDI
Artist
La Serenissima
Format
CD
Label
Avie Records
Released
Feb 01, 2003
Catalog #
AV0018
UPC
822252001822

About

While Johann Georg Pisendel is primarily remembered today as the 18th century virtuoso that inspired Bach to compose his renowned Sonatas and Partitas for solo violin, this extraordinary program "Per Monsieur Pisendel" reveals the violinist/composer's influence to be much more widespread and diverse. Each of the six violin sonatas offered was either dedicated to or composed by Pisendel himself, amply attesting to his apparent charisma and exemplary skill. La Serenissima's members--violinist Adrian Chandler, cellist Gareth Deats, and harpsichordist Robert Howarth--rise to the occasion, delivering stirring, alert, and focused performances that ably serve Pisendel and his contemporaries Vivaldi and Albinoni.


Vivaldi's famous RV 6 opens the program, and like Romanesca (Harmonia Mundi) and the Biondi/Alessandrini/Naddeo/Pandolfo/Lislevand ensemble (Arcana), Chandler and colleagues brazenly draw out every dramatic nuance and diabolical twist implicit in the score. Especially enjoyable is their deft treatment of the third movement (Grave), heightened by numerous decorative flourishes throughout. The program in fact features a refreshingly wide variety and inventive use of ornamentation that, unlike so many other recitals of similar repertoire, perpetually keeps things interesting. Chandler's spellbinding rendering of Pisendel's Allegro from his Sonata in D is absolutely spectacular! Likewise, Chandler's performance of the second-movement Allegro of Vivaldi's Suonata a Solo facto per Monsieur Pisendel del Vivaldi in C, RV 2 equally impresses in its cocksure bite and vigor.


Complementing La Serenissima's excellent performances is Avie's clear and immediate sound. Chandler's excellent notes are informative and entertaining. This debut recording couldn't be more auspicious. Highly recommended.
--John Greene, ClassicsToday.com

Tracklist 24 tracks

  1. 1 I. Preludio: Andante 04:26
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Preludio: Andante
    Duration
    04:26
    Composer
    Antonio Vivaldi
  2. 2 II. Corrente: Allegro 03:38
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Corrente: Allegro
    Duration
    03:38
    Composer
    Antonio Vivaldi
  3. 3 III. Grave 03:40
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Grave
    Duration
    03:40
    Composer
    Antonio Vivaldi
  4. 4 IV. Allemanda: Adagio 02:35
    Track
    4
    Title
    IV. Allemanda: Adagio
    Duration
    02:35
    Composer
    Antonio Vivaldi
  5. 5 I. Adagio 02:29
    Track
    5
    Title
    I. Adagio
    Duration
    02:29
    Composer
    Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni
  6. 6 II. Allegro 03:11
    Track
    6
    Title
    II. Allegro
    Duration
    03:11
    Composer
    Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni
  7. 7 III. Adagio 02:22
    Track
    7
    Title
    III. Adagio
    Duration
    02:22
    Composer
    Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni
  8. 8 IV. Allegro 03:10
    Track
    8
    Title
    IV. Allegro
    Duration
    03:10
    Composer
    Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni
  9. 9 I. Allegro - Adagio - Allegro 03:50
    Track
    9
    Title
    I. Allegro - Adagio - Allegro
    Duration
    03:50
    Composer
    Johann Georg Pisendel
  10. 10 II. Larghetto 03:48
    Track
    10
    Title
    II. Larghetto
    Duration
    03:48
    Composer
    Johann Georg Pisendel
  11. 11 III. Allegro 04:40
    Track
    11
    Title
    III. Allegro
    Duration
    04:40
    Composer
    Johann Georg Pisendel
  12. 12 I. Allemande: Larghetto 05:52
    Track
    12
    Title
    I. Allemande: Larghetto
    Duration
    05:52
    Composer
    Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni
    Ensemble
    La Serenissima
  13. 13 II. Corrente: Allegro 03:07
    Track
    13
    Title
    II. Corrente: Allegro
    Duration
    03:07
    Composer
    Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni
    Ensemble
    La Serenissima
  14. 14 III. Gavotta: Allegro 01:38
    Track
    14
    Title
    III. Gavotta: Allegro
    Duration
    01:38
    Composer
    Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni
    Ensemble
    La Serenissima
  15. 15 IV. Sarabanda: Allegretto 01:02
    Track
    15
    Title
    IV. Sarabanda: Allegretto
    Duration
    01:02
    Composer
    Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni
    Ensemble
    La Serenissima
  16. 16 I. Largo 02:14
    Track
    16
    Title
    I. Largo
    Duration
    02:14
    Composer
    Johann Georg Pisendel
  17. 17 II. Moderato 05:20
    Track
    17
    Title
    II. Moderato
    Duration
    05:20
    Composer
    Johann Georg Pisendel
  18. 18 III. Arioso 01:52
    Track
    18
    Title
    III. Arioso
    Duration
    01:52
    Composer
    Johann Georg Pisendel
  19. 19 IV. Scherzando 02:50
    Track
    19
    Title
    IV. Scherzando
    Duration
    02:50
    Composer
    Johann Georg Pisendel
  20. 20 I. [Andante] 02:33
    Track
    20
    Title
    I. [Andante]
    Duration
    02:33
    Composer
    Antonio Vivaldi
  21. 21 II. Allegro 03:58
    Track
    21
    Title
    II. Allegro
    Duration
    03:58
    Composer
    Antonio Vivaldi
  22. 22 III. [Largo] 04:25
    Track
    22
    Title
    III. [Largo]
    Duration
    04:25
    Composer
    Antonio Vivaldi
  23. 23 IV. Allegro 03:13
    Track
    23
    Title
    IV. Allegro
    Duration
    03:13
    Composer
    Antonio Vivaldi
  24. 24 Saraband in C Major 03:02
    Track
    24
    Title
    Saraband in C Major
    Duration
    03:02
    Composer
    Johann Georg Pisendel, Antonio Vivaldi