Locatelli: il virtuoso, il poeta (Violin Concertos & Concerti Grossi)
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PIETRO ANTONIO LOCATELLI
Locatelli: il virtuoso, il poeta (Violin Concertos & Concerti Grossi)
Isabelle Faust (violin) / Il Giardino Armonico, Giovanni Antonini
[ Harmonia Mundi / CD ]
Release Date: Friday 8 September 2023
Locatelli was one of the most impressive violin virtuosos of the first half of the eighteenth century. Considered today as a sort of Baroque Paganini, he left picturesque, colourful, strikingly modern pieces for his instrument. A few years after a Mozart collaboration that earned them worldwide acclaim, Isabelle Faust and the musicians of Il Giardino Armonico bring out the full narrative intensity of these concertos, worthy of the operatic stage.
"Faust brilliantly masters the high-wire acrobatics of Locatelli's writing, which includes almost ear-piercingly high playing positions, extreme left-hand extensions, double stops and all manner of awkward bow strokes." BBC Music
"Faust plays throughout with a rich grainy tone, sweetened where necessary by potent but tasteful vibrato, and the strings of Il Giardino Armonico are alert to her lively mind and that of their director Giovanni Antonini. Together they find an enticing balance between the suave elegance and energetic bubble of Locatelli's music." Gramophone
"Faust demonstrates her virtuosity in stunning accounts of two concertos from Locatelli's L'arte del violino op.3...Many aspects of her interpretation nod towards HIP, notably her restrained vibrato, clear articulation and imaginative extempore ornamentation" The Strad
International Classical Music Awards 2024
Nominated - Baroque Instrumental
Tracks:
Concerto Grosso in C Minor, Op. 1 No. 11
Violin Concerto in A Major, Op. 3 No. 11
Concerto Grosso in E-Flat Major, Op. 7 No. 6 "Il Pianto d'Arianna"
Violin Concerto in C Minor, Op. 3 No. 2
Concerto Grosso in F Minor, Op. 1 No. 8: VI. Pastorale. Largo andante
