Since you are interested in Concerti a quattro violini [concertos for four violins], here is a list of other items that you may find interesting.
BERLIOZ
Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14 Anima Eterna / Jos van Immerseel [ Zig Zag Territories / CD - released 20/Mar/2010 ] Gramophone Magazine Recording of the Month - May 2010 - "...it is the sheer raw clarity of every line and colour in these Flemish players' performance, and its effect on the rhythms, that strikes you, especially in their revelatory account of the... |
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV
Rimsky-Korsakov: Sheherazade op 35 / Russian Festival Easter Overture (with Borodin - Polovtsian Dances from Prince Igor, etc) Anima Eterna / Jos van Immerseel [ Zig Zag Territories / CD - released 20/Jul/2009 ] "The recording is crystal clear and has some great dynamics, especially on the percussion and heavy brass. Anima Eterna is probably the most interesting and significant orchestra recording at the moment." (Amazon.co.uk) |
TARTINI
Sonatas for Solo Violin and Violin and Soprano Chiara Banchini (Violin) Patrizia Bovi (soprano) [ Zig Zag Territories / CD - released 28/Jun/2008 ] "Taking Tartini at his word, a dazzling display from the Swiss violinist. For the model of a record label that invariably produces discs - by which I mean packaging included - of exceptional quality, look no further than Zig Zag Territories."... |
ZELENKA
I Penitenti al Sepolchro del Redentore SWV 63 Collegium 1704 & Collegium Vocale 1704 // Vaclav Luks [ Zig Zag Territoires / CD - released 20/Aug/2009 ] Since the Sablé Festival in 2007, Collegium 1704 has won the heart of French and German audiences alike by their fervour and the high quality of both orchestra and choir. |
WALDTEUFEL
The Best of Vol 4 (Incls 'Zig-zag polka' & 'Solitude Waltz') Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Alfred Walter [ Marco Polo / CD - released 1/Jul/2009 ] Emile Waldteufel was born in Strasbourg on 9 December 1837, just seven weeks after the elder Johann Strauss gave his first concert on French soil in that very city. |
BIBER
Fidicinium sacro-profanum David Plantier (violon) / Les Plaisirs du Parnasse [ Zig-Zag Territories / CD - released 10/Apr/2010 ] Fidicinium Sacro-Profanum, Sonatae tam aris quam aulis servientes, Sonata per chiesa e per camera, Sacro profanus Concentus musicus: these are the titles of collections or instrumental pieces by the two greatest Austrian composers of the late... |
CIMA / UCCELINI / FONTANA / MONTEVERDI / GESUALDO
La Voce nel Violino [The Voice in the Violin] Enrico Onofri (violin) / Imaginarium [ Zig Zag Territories / CD - released 1/Apr/2008 ] "Nobody interested in Italian music of the early 17th century should miss this disc." (MusicWeb August 2008) |
TRADITIONAL
Universi Populi: Vocal Music of the Middle Ages Ensemble Discantus [ Zig Zag Territories / CD - released 10/Apr/2010 ] Ensemble Discantus |