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Jeanne Lamon, Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra - Italian Concerti Grossi (1991)

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Jeanne Lamon, Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra - Italian Concerti Grossi (1991)

Jeanne Lamon, Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra - Italian Concerti Grossi: Locatelli, Vivaldi, Scarlatti, Geminiani, Torelli (1991)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 275 Mb | Total time: 58:43 | Scans included
Classical | Label: CBC Records | # SMCD5099 | Recorded: 1991

Tafelmusik, Canada's orchestra on period instruments, was founded in 1979. Since the arrival of its Music Director and concertmaster Jeanne Lamon in 1981, Tafelmusik has achieved international recognition for its concerts and recordings. The ensemble has eighteen core members and is expanded as the need arises. All members of the orchestra are specialists in historical performance practice and perform on original instruments or modern replicas faithful in design and construction to the originals.

Eva Zaïcik, Vincent Dumestre, Le Poème Harmonique - Vivaldi, Razzi: Nisi Dominus (2021)

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Eva Zaïcik, Vincent Dumestre, Le Poème Harmonique - Vivaldi, Razzi: Nisi Dominus (2021)

Eva Zaïcik, Vincent Dumestre, Le Poème Harmonique - Vivaldi, Razzi: Nisi Dominus (2021)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 285 Mb | Total time: 58:31 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Alpha Classics | # ALPHA 724 | Recorded: 2020

In the seventeenth century, the Ospedale della Pietà in Venice took in young orphan girls who received advanced musical instruction. The concerts given there attracted visitors from all over the world, curious to hear these divine voices which remained invisible, since the girls performed hidden behind the grilles of the chapel gallery. Vivaldi became Maestro de’Concerti of the Pietà in 1714, and it was his pupils who performed his famous Nisi Dominus.

Herbert von Karajan, Berliner Philharmoniker - The Christmas Album Vol.2 (2017)

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Herbert von Karajan, Berliner Philharmoniker - The Christmas Album Vol.2 (2017)

Herbert von Karajan, Berliner Philharmoniker - The Christmas Album Vol.2 (2017)
XLD | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 373 Mb | Total time: 78:11 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Deutsche Grammophon | #482 8276 | Recorded: 1970, 1972, 1984

This sequel of the highly successful CHRISTMAS ALBUM VOL. 1. Features legendary classic interpretations of baroque music: for the first time one single CD combines all four Christmas concertos from Corelli, Locatelli, Manfredini and Torelli with Vivaldi's Winter, the Bach Air and Pachelbel's Canon. Nothing is more redolent of a Berlin-style Christmas than the timeless sound of Herbert von Karajan with the Berlin Philharmonic, making this the ideal gift to brighten the winter season.

I Solisti Italiani - Christmas Concertos: Torelli, Vivaldi, Handel, Manfredini, Tartini, Locatelli, Corelli (1993)

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I Solisti Italiani - Christmas Concertos: Torelli, Vivaldi, Handel, Manfredini, Tartini, Locatelli, Corelli (1993)

I Solisti Italiani - Christmas Concertos (1993) Reissue 2005
Giuseppe Torelli - Antonio Vivaldi - Georg Friedrich Händel - Francesco Manfredini
Giuseppe Tartini - Pietro Antonio Locatelli - Arcangelo Corelli

EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 295 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 125 Mb | Scans included
Classical, Baroque | Label: Denon | # COCO-70776 | Time: 00:52:34

The Italian ensemble I Virtuosi di Roma's long tradition of performing classics of the Italian Baroque pioneered in many ways the contemporary revival of early music. When its founder, Renato Fazzano, passed away the group disbanded, but a regrouping of sorts took place in the early 80s with eight members of the original group. The new ensemble, which calls itself I Solisti Italiani, has continued the Fazzano legacy, emphasizing line and grace in presenting particularly the works of Vivaldi.

Musica Solare - Attilio Ariosti: The Flowering and Fading of Love (2005)

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Musica Solare - Attilio Ariosti: The Flowering and Fading of Love (2005)

Musica Solare - Attilio Ariosti: The Flowering and Fading of Love (2005)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 385 Mb | Total time: 78:50 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Naxos | # 8.557573 | Recorded: 2003

Attilio Ariosti was a particularly versatile Italian composer, musician and poet, known throughout Europe. As an operatic composer his name was joined in London by those of Handel and Bononcini, and his 'Carillano' of 1723 and 'Vespasiano' of 1724 were much acclaimed. The cycle of Six Cantatas 'The Flowering and Fading of Love', only recently discovered and here receiving its first recording, forms a sonnet sequence about the journey of love, ranging from 'La Rosa' (the Rose) to 'Il Naufragio' (The Shipwreck) and the final 'La Gelosia' (Jealousy).

London Baroque - The Trio Sonata in 18th-Century Italy (2012)

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London Baroque - The Trio Sonata in 18th-Century Italy (2012)

London Baroque - The Trio Sonata in 18th-Century Italy (2012)
Albinoni, Bonporti, Vivaldi, Bononcini, Porpora, Sammartini, Locatelli, Gallo, Tartini

EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 464 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 185 Mb | Scans included
Genre: Classical | Label: BIS | # BIS-CD-2015 | Time: 01:17:14

London Baroque offers another installment in its ongoing European Trio Sonata series, this time devoted to 18th-century Italy; as with the ensemble’s previous efforts the program features generally excellent performances of lesser-known repertoire. Ten years ago I reviewed a similar 18th-century Italian program by this same group titled “Stravaganze Napoletane”, also on BIS, and was generally impressed with the performances–except for one piece: Domenico Gallo’s Sonata No. 1 in G major.

Jaroslav Krček, Capella Istropolitana - Pietro Antonio Locatelli: Concerti Grossi Op.1, Nos. 7-12 (1996)

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Jaroslav Krček, Capella Istropolitana - Pietro Antonio Locatelli: Concerti Grossi Op.1, Nos. 7-12 (1996)

Jaroslav Krček, Capella Istropolitana - Pietro Antonio Locatelli: Concerti Grossi Op.1, Nos. 7-12 (1996)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 341 Mb | Total time: 63:56 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Naxos | # 8.553446 | Recorded: 1994-95

Locatelli’s set of Opus 1 Concerti grossi, although indebted to Corelli (with the Eighth of the set ending with a Christmas Pastorale), similarly has a style and personality all its own. The invention is vigorous, the expressive range appealing. The Capella Istropolitana play with crisp attack, plenty of sparkle and resilient rhythms, while slow movements reveal a keen identity with the lessons of period performance, even though modern instruments are used. The Naxos recording is admirable.

Capella Istropolitana - Concertissimo: Corelli, Geminiani, Locatelli, Manfredini, Vivaldi [5 CDs] (2001)

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Capella Istropolitana - Concertissimo: Corelli, Geminiani, Locatelli, Manfredini, Vivaldi [5 CDs] (2001)

Jaroslav Kreček, Jozef Kopelman, Capella Istropolitana - Concertissimo: Corelli, Geminiani, Locatelli, Manfredini, Vivaldi (2001)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 1,72 Gb | Total time: 65:44+77:52+50:27+78:26+63:56 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Naxos | # 8.505166 | Recorded: 1989-1999

The chamber orchestra Cappella Istropolitana was founded in 1983, taking its name from the Roman Istropolis, the city on the Danube that is the modern Bratislava, a name that had been perpetuated in the renowned Renaissance Universitas Istropolitana. The orchestra has appeared throughout the world and has won distinction in the recording, broadcasting and television studios, working often under distinguished conductors in a comprehensive repertoire; it has more than ninety CDs to its credit. In 1991 the City Council appointed the orchestra Chamber Orchestra of the City of Bratislava.

Locatelli Trio, Rachel Isserlis - Pietro Antonio Locatelli: 10 Sonatas, Op.8 (1996) 2CDs, Reissue 2006

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Locatelli Trio, Rachel Isserlis - Pietro Antonio Locatelli: 10 Sonatas, Op.8 (1996) 2CDs, Reissue 2006

Pietro Antonio Locatelli: 10 Sonatas, Op.8 (1996) 2CDs, Reissue 2006
Locatelli Trio (Elizabeth Wallfisch, Richard Tunnicliffe, Paul Nicholson), Rachel Isserlis (violin)

EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 635 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 280 Mb | Artwork included
Genre: Classical, Baroque | Label: Hyperion | # CDD22057 | Time: 01:55:46

If you're looking for a recording of Locatelli's complete Opus 8 Violin Sonatas, look no further. These 1994 recordings by the aptly named Locatelli Trio are not only superbly played and beautifully recorded, they have the singular virtue of being the only available recordings of the works. That's alright: with violinist Elizabeth Wallfisch at the helm, they are uniformly first-rate performances. Wallfisch is herself a superior period instrument player who balances the virtuoso demands of the music with its undeniable melodic charm and harmonic invention, and she leads cellist Richard Tunnicliffe and harpsichordist Paul Nicholson in performances that amaze as well as delight the listener. Furthermore, when the trio becomes a quartet with the addition of violinist Rachel Isserlis for the final four sonatas for two violins and continuo, the best gets even better through the brilliant interplay of two skilled soloists. For lovers of virtuoso violin music of the Italian High Baroque, this is as good as it gets. Hyperion's sound is crisp but warm, detailed but deep.

Giovanni Antonini, Il Giardino Armonico - La Casa del Diavolo: Gluck, CPE & WF Bach, Locatelli, Boccherini (2005)

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Giovanni Antonini, Il Giardino Armonico - La Casa del Diavolo: Gluck, CPE & WF Bach, Locatelli, Boccherini (2005)

Giovanni Antonini, Il Giardino Armonico - La Casa del Diavolo: Gluck, CPE & WF Bach, Locatelli, Boccherini (2005)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 360 Mb | Total time: 69:26 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Naïve | # OP30399 | Recorded: 2004

Listening to this disc will certainly blow the cobwebs away. On second thoughts, the experience could more accurately be described as blasting the cobwebs away. Superbly performed interpretations breathe life and a sense of adventure into this music that ranges from late Baroque to the Classical period.

Chouchane Siranossian, Jos van Immerseel - L'Ange et le Diable: Locatelli, Leclair, Forqueray, Tartini (2016)

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Chouchane Siranossian, Jos van Immerseel - L'Ange et le Diable: Locatelli, Leclair, Forqueray, Tartini (2016)

L’Ange & le Diable: Locatelli, Leclair, Forqueray, Tartini (2016)
Chouchane Siranossian (violin), Jos van Immerseel (harpsichord)

EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 368 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 158 Mb | Artwork included
Classical, Baroque | Label: Alpha | # ALPHA255 | Time: 01:08:07

After a year of celebrations of his seventieth birthday, including several recordings of orchestral music, Jos Van Immerseel returns to chamber music and the accompaniment of young talents, two absolute priorities for him. In Chouchane Siranossian he has found a worthy partner, as gifted on the modern violin as she is on the Baroque instrument, a pupil of Tibor Varga, then of Zakhar Bron, as well as a disciple of Reinhard Goebel, whose first recording, on the Oehms label, attracted great attention (winning a ‘Diapason Découverte’). Here it is the Baroque violinist who engages in dialogue with the harpsichord of Jos Van Immerseel in a Franco-Italian programme juxtaposing the music of the ‘Angel’ Leclair and the ‘Devil’ Locatelli, not forgetting Tartini’s famous ‘Devil’s Trill’ Sonata . . . Indeed, all this music is ‘devilishly’ difficult to play, but the Franco-Armenian violinist shows perfect mastery of it, combined with great inventiveness.

Ilya Gringolts, Finnish Baroque Orchestra - Pietro Locatelli: Il Labirinto Armonico (2020)

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Ilya Gringolts, Finnish Baroque Orchestra - Pietro Locatelli: Il Labirinto Armonico (2020)

Ilya Gringolts, Finnish Baroque Orchestra - Pietro Locatelli: Il Labirinto Armonico (2020)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 320 Mb | Total time: 61:49 | Scans included
Classical | Label: BIS | # BIS-2445 SACD | Recorded: 2019

Published in 1733, Pietro Locatelli’s L'Arte del violino for solo violin, strings, and basso continuo took both violin technique and the solo concerto as a genre into a whole new realm. The twelve concertos included in the collection also played a part in forming the image of the violin virtuoso, reaching its full bloom with Paganini towards the end of the century. While the unusually high technical demands of the solo part are obvious to the listener from the start, the great surprise comes at the end of the first and third movements of each of the concertos. Here Locatelli inserts Capriccios for the soloist alone of a difficulty previously unheard of, with a left hand technique making use of extensions, octaves, unprepared tenths, double and triple stopping, arpeggios and double trills.

Elizabeth Wallfisch, The Raglan Baroque Players, Nicholas Kraemer - Pietro Locatelli: Concerti Grossi, Op.1 (1995) Reissue 2014

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Elizabeth Wallfisch, The Raglan Baroque Players, Nicholas Kraemer - Pietro Locatelli: Concerti Grossi, Op.1 (1995) Reissue 2014

Pietro Antonio Locatelli - Concerti Grossi, Op.1 (1995) 2CDs, Reissue 2014
The Raglan Baroque Players; Nicholas Kraemer, conductor; Elizabeth Wallfisch, violin

EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 547 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 261 Mb | Scans included
Genre: Classical | Label: Hyperion | # CDD22066 | Time: 01:53:27

The concerto grosso form was popularized by Corelli, and Locatelli’s Op 1 is a marvellous example of the genre: its solid craftsmanship, imaginative textures and exciting virtuosity bringing it into the top rank. These works are ravishingly performed here by The Raglan Baroque Players, Nicholas Kraemer and soloist Elizabeth Wallfisch.