Vivaldi: Concerti Della Natura

EAC | APE + CUE + LOG | 1 CD, Covers | 172 MB Classical | 2000 | Erato | TT: 59:49 Uploaded - - Turbobit

The seven works range from conventionally scored violin concertos such as the scintillating sea storm La tempesta di mare and the less programmatic La caccia (`The hunt') and rosignnolo ('I-he nightingale', though better known, oddly enough, in a slightly different version as 'The cuckoo') to three works more familiar either as flute concertos or as 'chamber concertos' with prominent parts for solo recorder. The use here of a violin (Vivaldi's permitted alternative) replaces the recorder's piercing, often unyielding tones with an altogether sweeter and more beguiling representation both of the nocturnal visitations of La notte and of the chirping goldfinch of Il gardellino.

Sonatori de la Gioiosa Marco plays one-to-apart on period instruments, allowing itself a delicious lightness, agility and clarity which suits its purpose very well. Soloist Giuliano Carmignola has a ready technique and a pleasing sound, though I wished at times for more outgoing warmth (for instance, at the lovely melodic outburst — is it sunrise? — in the last movement of La not/C). There are a few blemishes — including an aberrational lute chord in the middle movement of La tempesta di mare and a fair sprinkling of sniffs and squeaks — but the pleasures of this disc outweigh these by far. Recommended to brighten anyone's day.

– Lindsay Kemp, Gramophone [6/2000]

1 - Concerto for Violin in E flat major, Op. 8 no 5/RV 253 "La tempesta di mare" 2 - Chamber Concerto for Flute, 2 Violins and Bassoon in G minor, RV 104 "La notte" 3 - Concerto for Violin in A major, RV 335 "The cuckow" 4 - Chamber Concerto in D major, RV 90 "Il gardellino" 6 - Chamber Concerto in D major, F 12 no 29/RV 95 "La Pastorella" 7 - Concerto for Strings in G major, RV 151 "Alla rustica" Sonatori de la Gioiosa Marca Conductor: Giuliano Carmignola

I'm beginning here to resurrect some of the works that "disappeared" from Avax or were "abandoned" from the original uploaders. There's not a real thought behind it, I'm just cleaning up my HDs and following the wind. What I downloaded long ago is flowing back. All credits go to the first uploader. Enjoy...