Violin Concerto, for violin, strings & continuo in D major, RV 205
Violin Concerto, for violin, strings & continuo in D major, RV 213
Violin Concerto in E major, D. 48
Violin Concerto in D major ("The Labyrinth"), Op. 3/12
The modern way of performing Antonio Vivaldi's concertos, with sharply defined rhythms and commanding attacks from the soloists, has emphasized the roots of what became Romantic virtuosity in the Baroque Italian tradition. However, violinist Bojan Cicic may have outdone previous efforts in the field with this soloistic extravaganza, offering a pair of Vivaldi concertos, one by Giuseppe Tartini, and one by Pietro Locatelli. The drawing card of this album is that Cicic plays "capriccio" sections, later known as cadenzas, that ...
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The modern way of performing Antonio Vivaldi's concertos, with sharply defined rhythms and commanding attacks from the soloists, has emphasized the roots of what became Romantic virtuosity in the Baroque Italian tradition. However, violinist Bojan Cicic may have outdone previous efforts in the field with this soloistic extravaganza, offering a pair of Vivaldi concertos, one by Giuseppe Tartini, and one by Pietro Locatelli. The drawing card of this album is that Cicic plays "capriccio" sections, later known as cadenzas, that come at the ends of the finales, and that are thought to have been attempts by Vivaldi's students and followers to notate or represent what Vivaldi and other violinist-composers would do in concert. They contain truly Paganini-like levels of difficulty, and it is certainly impressive to hear the aplomb with which Cicic dispatches the challenges. Consider the large, somewhat exercise-like finale of Locatelli's Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 3, No. 12, for an idea. The "Pyrotechnia"...
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