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Vivaldi Le Quattro Stagioni; Tartini: Devil's Trill Sonata for Violin Solo / Tortorelli
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Vivaldi Le Quattro Stagioni; Tartini: Devil's Trill Sonata for Violin Solo / Tortorelli

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Details

Composer
Tartini, Vivaldi
Artist
Mauro Tortorelli
Format
CD
Label
Brilliant Classics
Released
Nov 19, 2021
Catalog #
BRI96491
UPC
5028421964911

About

A veritable tour de force: the arrangement of Vivaldi’s 4 Seasons and Tartini’s Devil’s Trill Sonata for violin solo! Violinist and arranger Mauro Tortorelli about this unique project: “This recording is not only a challenge in terms of performance (playing both the solo part and the orchestral part at the same time), but also in terms of arrangement. Having to simulate all the orchestral timbres, the various voices in counterpoint, the sound contrasts on only four strings of the violin was not at all easy. Paganini's ingenious technique of double trills and left-handed pizzicati (used for the second movement of L’Inverno and the second movement of L’Estate), Bartok's pizzicato (for the rifle shots in the last movement of L’Autunno) and the formidable bow technique used by Henryk Szeryng, handed down to me by his pupil Georg Monch, have certainly suggested the best instrumental solutions to obtain the clearest possible clarity of execution between the various voices of a complex piece, enabling me to overcome the obstacles that the original scores presented me with. The decision to transcribe for solo violin these two famous works was also inspired by their great melodic power. In fact, every time I studied both pieces to perform them in public in the original formation, I had the feeling that they were already functional without accompaniment. As I am not a "Baroque" violinist, I preferred to perform the pieces with current technique and interpretation, respecting as much as possible the score revised by Gian Francesco Malipiero for Antonio Vivaldi's "Four Seasons" and the manuscript score of Giuseppe Tartini's "Devil's Trill", adding my own Cadenza. “ Mauro Tortorelli already successfully recorded for Brilliant Classics violin sonatas by Saint-Saëns, Scalero, Milhaud, Ševcik/Auer and Castelnuovo-Tedesco.

Tracklist 15 tracks

  1. 1 I. Allegro 04:02
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Allegro
    Duration
    04:02
    Composer
    Antonio Vivaldi
    Performer
    Mauro Tortorelli
  2. 2 II. Largo 02:50
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Largo
    Duration
    02:50
    Composer
    Antonio Vivaldi
    Performer
    Mauro Tortorelli
  3. 3 III. Allegro pastorale 05:04
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Allegro pastorale
    Duration
    05:04
    Composer
    Antonio Vivaldi
    Performer
    Mauro Tortorelli
  4. 4 I. Allegro non molto 05:48
    Track
    4
    Title
    I. Allegro non molto
    Duration
    05:48
    Composer
    Antonio Vivaldi
    Performer
    Mauro Tortorelli
  5. 5 II. Adagio - Presto 02:59
    Track
    5
    Title
    II. Adagio - Presto
    Duration
    02:59
    Composer
    Antonio Vivaldi
    Performer
    Mauro Tortorelli
  6. 6 III. Presto 03:01
    Track
    6
    Title
    III. Presto
    Duration
    03:01
    Composer
    Antonio Vivaldi
    Performer
    Mauro Tortorelli
  7. 7 I. Allegro 06:45
    Track
    7
    Title
    I. Allegro
    Duration
    06:45
    Composer
    Antonio Vivaldi
    Performer
    Mauro Tortorelli
  8. 8 II. Adagio molto 02:20
    Track
    8
    Title
    II. Adagio molto
    Duration
    02:20
    Composer
    Antonio Vivaldi
    Performer
    Mauro Tortorelli
  9. 9 III. Allegro 03:46
    Track
    9
    Title
    III. Allegro
    Duration
    03:46
    Composer
    Antonio Vivaldi
    Performer
    Mauro Tortorelli
  10. 10 I. Allegro non molto 03:57
    Track
    10
    Title
    I. Allegro non molto
    Duration
    03:57
    Composer
    Antonio Vivaldi
    Performer
    Mauro Tortorelli
  11. 11 II. Largo 04:19
    Track
    11
    Title
    II. Largo
    Duration
    04:19
    Composer
    Antonio Vivaldi
    Performer
    Mauro Tortorelli
  12. 12 III. Allegro 03:18
    Track
    12
    Title
    III. Allegro
    Duration
    03:18
    Composer
    Antonio Vivaldi
    Performer
    Mauro Tortorelli
  13. 13 I. Larghetto 03:38
    Track
    13
    Title
    I. Larghetto
    Duration
    03:38
    Composer
    Giuseppe Tartini
    Performer
    Mauro Tortorelli
  14. 14 II. Allegro 03:51
    Track
    14
    Title
    II. Allegro
    Duration
    03:51
    Composer
    Giuseppe Tartini
    Performer
    Mauro Tortorelli
  15. 15 III. Andante - Allegro - Adagio 09:12
    Track
    15
    Title
    III. Andante - Allegro - Adagio
    Duration
    09:12
    Composer
    Giuseppe Tartini
    Performer
    Mauro Tortorelli