Vivaldi: The French Connection 2

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ANTONIO VIVALDI
Vivaldi: The French Connection 2
Katy Bircher (flute) / La Serenissima / Adrian Chandler

[ Avie Records / CD ]

Release Date: Monday 6 June 2011

"La Serenissima remain buoyant and sweet, eschewing the taut, opaque sound of many of today's Baroque orchestras, and embracing something more relaxed and open, helped by a pleasing bloom." (Gramophone Award Nomination 2012)

"Chandler counts further success with a second volume of concertos whose gallicisms range from patrons to genuine style-imprints, to the provenance of the original manuscript paper...La Serenissima remain buoyant and sweet, eschewing the taut, opaque sound of many of today's Baroque orchestras, and embracing something more relaxed and open, helped by a pleasing bloom." (Gramophone Award Nomination 2012)

Adrian Chandler and La Serenissima, winners of 2010's Gramophone Award in the Baroque Instrumental category for Vivaldi: The French Connection (AV2178), present the sequel, The French Connection 2, which features the world-premiere recording of Il Gran mogul, the lost Vivaldi Flute Concerto recently rediscovered in the National Archives of Scotland.

Unearthing of the score - which has been authenticated by the world's leading Vivaldi scholars - made international, mainstream news and this first recording, by today's leading exponents of the music of Vivaldi, is eagerly anticipated. The album contains nine concertos in all, including another premiere of a recently discovered Violin Concerto.

The French Connection enjoyed success on both sides of the pond, with a Top 3 Billboard Classical Chart position and nationwide airplay in the US as well as the UK.

Tracks:

Concerto for strings No. 2, RV 133
Flute Concerto in A minor RV440
Concerto for violin, oboe, strings, & continuo in F, RV543
Bassoon Concerto, RV 473 in C major
Concerto Il Gran Mogul for flute, strings & continuo in D minor, RV431a (world premiere recording)
Concerto for strings No. 11, RV 150
Concerto in G minor, RV 104 'La notte'
Concerto for strings No. 8, RV 127
Concerto for violin, strings & continuo in B flat, RV365