Vivaldi: Concerti à 3

On this CD:

1. Lute (Chamber) Concerto, for lute (or guitar), 2 violins & continuo in D major, RV 93 Concerto in D major for guitar, 2 violins & continuo, FXII, No.15
Composed by Antonio Vivaldi
Performed by Alberto Martini, Claudio Gasparoni, Ilario Gregoletto, Massimo Scattolin

2. Work(s) Concerto in C major for guitar, strings & continuo, FV, No.1
Composed by Antonio Vivaldi
Performed by Alberto Martini, Ronald Valpreda, Claudio Gasparoni, Ilario Gregoletto, Massimo Scattolin, Zoltan Szabo

3. Work(s) Trio in G minor for guitar, violin & continuo, FXVI, No.4
Composed by Antonio Vivaldi
Performed by Claudio Gasparoni, Ilario Gregoletto, Massimo Scattolin

4. Work(s) Trio in G minor for guitar, violin & continuo, FXVI, No.3
Composed by Antonio Vivaldi
Performed by Claudio Gasparoni, Ilario Gregoletto, Massimo Scattolin

Tracks:

An Untold Story: Assaggio No.1 In G Minor - Johann Helmich Roman
The Legend Of Casanova: Tambourins I/II From Daro - Jean-Philippe Rameau
I Yield To Love: Cello Concerto No.3 In D Minor - Leonardo Leo
Eternal Damnation: Overture From Les Fetes De Polymnie/Overture From Platee/Overture From Zoroastre - Jean-Philippe Rameau
The Doge's Decree: Concerto In C Major - Antonio Vivaldi
A Venetian Virgin - Alexandre Desplat
San Cremori At Dawn: Concerto In C Major For Harpsicord And Strings - Giovanni Paisiello
A Lover's Duel: Overture From La Madrilena - Vicente Martin Y Soler
A Terrible Mistake: Concerto A 5, Op.9, No.4 - Tomaso Albinoni
A Secret Lover?: Sinfonia From The Opera Farnace - Antonio Vivaldi
Marriage Is A Safe Haven: Concerto A 5, Op.9 No.4 - Tomaso Albinoni
Trailing Guardi: Sonata For Violin And Bassocontinuo, Op.5 No.11 In E Minor - Arcangelo Corelli
The Noble Pig: Concerto Per Quartetto No.8 - Francesco Durante
Paprizzio's Arrival: Concerto A 5, Op.9 No.2 In D Minor - Tomaso Albinoni
Inquisitor Pucci - Alexandre Desplat
: Concerto A 5, Op.9 No.4 - Tomaso Albinoni
A Big Idea: Harpsicord Concerto In B Flat Major - Francesco Durante
A Nom De Plume/Carnivale!: Concerto A 5, Op.9 No.6 In G Major/Bouree From Les Plaisirs Champetres - Tomaso Albinoni
The Plume's Nom Is Casanova! - Sonny Kompanek
Dancing At The Doge's Ball: Riguadon From Water Music Suite, No.3 In G Major/Bouree From Music For Royal Fireworks/Loure From Tafelmusik1 - George Frideric Handel
One Step Closer To Heaven: Concerto A 5, Op.9 No.4 In A Major - Tomaso Albinoni
Casanova's Confession: Sonata Op.5 No.7 In D Minor - Arcangelo Corelli
The Hanging: Violin Concerto 'Il Cimento Dell'Armonia E Dell'INvenzione' Op.8 No.11 In D Major - Antonio Vivaldi
A Great Escape: Overture From Zais/Overture From Nais/Overture From Achante Et Cephise Ou La Sympathie - Jean-Philippe Rameau
My Place Is With Casanova: Overture From Le Temple De La Gloire/Overture From Zais/Sonata For Violin And Bassocontinuo, Op.5 No.7 In D Minor - Arcangelo Corelli
All's Well...:Concerto A 5, Op.9 No.4 In A Major - Tomaso Albinoni

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The action in this tale about the 18th century adventurer and (at least in popular lore) seducer is set in Cassanova's native Venice in the mid-1700s, so it makes sense that the soundtrack would be loaded with Baroque pieces. The Venice-based Tomaso Albinoni is featured prominentaly, along with heavyweights such as Antonio Vivaldi, Jean-Baptiste Rameau, and George Frideric Handel, and lesser-known composers such as Arcangelo Corelli, Francesco Durante, and Alexandre Desplat. Er, actually Desplat is a contemporary French film composer who also released his score for the couldn't-be-more-different Syriana shortly after Casanova came out. Of the two pieces he penned here, "A Venetian Virgin" is in pure Baroque style, while "Inquisitor Pucci" betrays a more modern film-music vibe. Meanwhile, orchestrator Sonny Kompanek rearranged a couple of the tracks and authored the tense "The Plume's Nom Is Casanova," which doesn't sound embarrassing sandwiched between pieces by Albinoni and Handel. Overall, it would have been nice to get longer excerpts from the pieces--many feel chopped into too-small fragments--but the music's innate grace and elegance can't be beat for a period film. Or for any film, really: Vivaldi's Concerto in C Major ("The Doge's Decree") will be familiar to buffs, who will remember it featuring prominently in the Dustin Hoffman-¬Meryl Streep showdown Kramer vs. Kramer back in 1979. --Elisabeth Vincentelli

Customer Reviews:

Sheer Beauty for the Ears.......2006-07-25

For those that purchased this CD, I need not get into how masterfully infectious the movie was. After the first viewing, I found it charming, but after the second, I was hooked by the witty, clever story holding fun twists all along the way. So while I could go on and on about the movie and all of its wonderful aspects, the score was simply priceless. Apt in every scene, and all done with incredible baroque music that I had never had the opportunity of hearing before the film.

The disc walks you through the movie with no changes that I could tell from the original score. The only omission I found was that the song dubbed "Casanova's Theme" is played in much greater length in the closing credits, and that didn't seem to make it to the CD. Not a terrible loss.

Authenticity can sound great as well!.......2006-07-11

As an avid baroque music listener and performer, I can attest to the delightfully pleasing performances on the soundtrack as well as the painstakingly accurate performance practices utilized in the recording of this soundtrack.

The producers of this film fortunately went to the trouble of hiring some of the top period performance musician-specialists in the country (perhaps in the entire world) to record the soundtrack to Casanova. I know, because several of them were faculty members of the Oberlin Conservatory Baroque Performance Institute who went AWOL to Hollywood in June 2005 for the recording sessions. We all forgave them, and were actually quite excited that period music performance was having its day on the silver screen.

Do not miss this exquisite potpourri of wonderful baroque composers' works performed as closely as humanly possible to the way that they heard their works during their lifetimes! The film may not have been intended to be historically accurate (part of the fun), but the music certainly ended up that way. Not only that, but it sounds heavenly (unlike Casanova's antics) and up-to-date, not musty and old as if it were sealed in a museum case.

a little world of baroque sound.......2006-02-26

Lots of interesting baroque music unknown to me and
put together in dramatic sequences that add zest and
class to the listening experience. Also wonderful to
play in auto while driving thru boring country or in
slow moving traffic!
This CD will get a lot of play from me.
5 Stars!

Wonderful relaxing music........2006-02-25

Saw the movie and had to have the soundtrack. Great music to relax by. When you need to get away from the cares of the day the classics can't be beat. The producers of this movie certainly chose wonderful music to accompany it.

-.......2006-02-18

Good music but each is too short.
The original version of each may be better.

Cimarosa's Oboe Concerto; Concerti by Albinoni, Marcello & Vivaldi

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Five times Five Stars
Venetian Oboe Concertos
The magic of Anderson strikes again.

Cimarosa's Oboe Concerto; Concerti by Albinoni, Marcello & Vivaldi

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Release Date: 1995-10-03

Tracks:

Concerto In C Minor: Introduzione. Larghetto
Concerto In C Minor: Allegro
Concerto In C Minor: Siciliana
Concerto In C Minor: Allegro giusto
Concerto In B Flat, Op. 7 No. 3: Allegro
Concerto In B Flat, Op. 7 No. 3: Adagio
Concerto In B Flat, Op. 7 No. 3: Allegro
Concerto In D Major, Op. 7 No. 6: Allegro
Concerto In D Major, Op. 7 No. 6: Adagio
Concerto In D Major, Op. 7 No. 6: Allegro
Concerto In D Minor: Andante e Spiccato
Concerto In D Minor: Adagio
Concerto In D Minor: Presto
Concerto In D Major F VII 10 (RV 453): Allegro
Concerto In D Major F VII 10 (RV 453): Largo
Concerto In D Major F VII 10 (RV 453): Allegro
Concerto In F Major F VII 2 (RV 455): Allegro giusto
Concerto In F Major F VII 2 (RV 455): Grave
Concerto In F Major F VII 2 (RV 455): Allegro
Concerto In A Minor F VII 5 (RV 461): Allegro non molto
Concerto In A Minor F VII 5 (RV 461): Larghetto
Concerto In A Minor F VII 5 (RV 461): Allegro

Customer Reviews:

Five times Five Stars.......2006-10-17

I first heard this disk on my car radio while driving on a California freeway. I was so "jazzed" that I pulled off at the next exit to write down the details for ordering it, something I've never done before or since. This is artful, sensuous music played with stunning virtuosity. Don't miss it!

Venetian Oboe Concertos.......2001-06-01

Here the Venetian composers of some great oboe concertos with the addition of Benjamin's rearrangement of Cimarosa's keyboard sonatas for Barvirolli's oboe shine.

Oboeist Anderson is consistent in exquisite performance. Wright's able conducting of the Philharmonia Orchestra provides a glorious backdrop to the solo pieces.

Especially fond of Cimarosa/Benjamin's Concerto and Albioni's Concerto in B flat.

Besides these, there are wonderful concertos by Vivaldi and Marcello.

This is marvelous addition to growing oboe collection.

The magic of Anderson strikes again........1999-03-10

I never cease to be amazed by this player. And this CD is no exception. John Anderson undertakes some of the most breathtaking and exciting performances of what are now mainstays of the Oboe repetoire, breathing total new life into concertos that have, in some cases been played many times before on CD. Including a solo which was used for the film 'The Firm.' He is well supported by Simon Wright, and the String section of the Philharmonia Orchestra, with their ever glorious tone. This CD is a must for anyone who has a love for a particular composer on the disc, or the oboe itself. To put it simply, this CD is a masterpiece.

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PERFECTION!

Vivaldi Concerti; Baroque Trumpet Music

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Release Date: 1994-05-02

Tracks:

Sinfonia To 'Il Nome Glorioso' - For Solo Trumpet, Strings And Continuo: Sonfonia To 'Il Nome Glorioso' - For Solo Trumpet, Strings And Continuo
Concerto For C In Two Trumpets And Strings: Allegro - Largo - Allegro
Sonata A 6 In C: Grave
Sonata A 6 In C: Allegro
Sonata A 6 In C: Grave
Sonata A 6 In C: Allegro
Overture To 'Giardino di Rose' - For 2 Trumpets, 2 Flutes, 2 Oboes, Strings And Continuo
Concerto In D - For Solo Trumpet, Strings And Continuo
Concerto A 6 In C - For Trumpet, Oboes And Basson: Allegro moderato
Concerto A 6 In C - For Trumpet, Oboes And Basson: Affettuoso
Concerto A 6 In C - For Trumpet, Oboes And Basson: Presto
Concerto In D - For 2 Trumpets, Strings And Continuo
Sonata In D - For Solo Trumpet, 2 Violins, Cello And Continuo
Sonata di Concerto A 7 In D - For Solo Trumpet And Strings: Allegro - Grave - Presto- Adagio - Allegro
Sonata In D For Trumpet And Strings: Allegro - Adagio - Allegro
Sonata In D - For 2 Trumpets, Strings And Continuo

Customer Reviews:

PERFECTION!.......1999-05-22

BRILLIANT. JOHN WALLACE IS PERHAPS THE FINEST BAROQUE BRASS ARTIST OF THE DECADE. THE CLARITY OF HIS HIGH NOTES & TRILLS ARE STUNNING.

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Heinichen: Dresden Concerti Highlights

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Baroque from its birthplace
Another great Baroque CD out of print . . .
Music as beautiful as Venezia

Baroque In Italy

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ASIN: B0000027B7
Release Date: 1991-08-19

Tracks:

Concerto a cinque For Oboe And String Orchestra In D Minor, Op. 9 No. 2: Allegro e non presto
Concerto a cinque For Oboe And String Orchestra In D Minor, Op. 9 No. 2: Adagio
Concerto a cinque For Oboe And String Orchestra In D Minor, Op. 9 No. 2: Allegro
Concerto For 4 Violines And Strings Orchestra In B Flat Major, R. 553: Allegro
Concerto For 4 Violines And Strings Orchestra In B Flat Major, R. 553: Largo
Concerto For 4 Violines And Strings Orchestra In B Flat Major, R. 553: Allegro
Concerto For Oboe And String Orchestra No. 2 In C Minor: Allegro moderato
Concerto For Oboe And String Orchestra No. 2 In C Minor: Adagio
Concerto For Oboe And String Orchestra No. 2 In C Minor: Allegro
Concerto grosso, Op. No. 2: Largo e staccato
Concerto grosso, Op. 3 No. 2: Andante risoluto
Concerto grosso, Op. 3 No. 2: Allegro
Concerto For Oboe And String Orchestra In A Minor: Allegro
Concerto For Oboe And String Orchestra In A Minor: Largo - Fugae
Concerto For Oboe And String Orchestra In A Minor: Piano - Allegro
Concerto For String Orchestra In F Minor, Op. 4 No. 8: Grave
Concerto For String Orchestra In F Minor, Op. 4 No. 8: Fuga a cappella
Concerto For String Orchestra In F Minor, Op. 4 No. 8: Largo
Concerto For String Orchestra In F Minor, Op. 4 No. 8: Vivace - V. Allegro
Concerto Of Oboe And String Orchestra In D Minor, R.454: Allegro
Concerto Of Oboe And String Orchestra In D Minor, R.454: Largo
Concerto Of Oboe And String Orchestra In D Minor, R.454: Allegro

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Baroque from its birthplace.......2005-09-30

According to the Wikipedia, 'The popularity and success of the "Baroque" was encouraged by the Catholic Church when it decided that the drama of the Baroque artists' style could communicate religious themes in direct and emotional involvement.' This holds true for Baroque music, by and large. The Baroque period is roughly 1600-1750, after the Renaissance and before the age of Classical music.

Baroque music often uses Renaissance features such as polyphony and counterpoint. However, it goes far beyond this predecessor, adding elements such as ornamentation, greater orchestration, less reliance on a capella singing, stronger dominant melody lines, and perhaps the two greatest innovations to come down to modern times - a great concern for documentation (scoring, particularly for individual instruments) and a solidification of the Western tonal scales, major and minor. This makes Baroque music 'seem more like regular music' to the typical Western listener today than Renaissance and earlier music would seem.

This disc is a compilation of pieces released on vinyl by Sony in the 1970s. It has a cross-section of the Italian Baroque composers - the Baroque age is generally considered to have been born in Italy. Vivaldi is the towering figure in this group, but other composers such as Albinoni, Marcello, Geminiani, Locatelli, and Scarlatti also rose to prominence. Many of the pieces contained here may sound familiar to the average listener even as the composers are not as well known.

Each piece on this disc is a concerto. Concertos in this sense have a primary orchestra and a smaller group of soloists or single solo - this is a Baroque innovation that would transform into the more familiar Classical concerto in the next music period. Four of the concerti here have the oboe as the counter instrument, while one uses violins as the primary musical foil.

The performers here are Le Florilegium Musicum de Paris and I Solisti Veneti, under the direction of Claudio Scimone. Known in Europe, some of these recordings were not previously released in North America until the transition to CD was made. The performances here are solid and well crafted, if not particularly well known. This is an example of the many musical talents in Europe that have long been underappreciated in American circles. The Sony transfer from analog to CD format has been expertly done.

This is great and imminently affordable collection of this wonderful music, deserving of a place in any music library.

Another great Baroque CD out of print . . ........2002-02-13

I found this cd at Virgin about 2 years ago when I was first compiling a Classical music collection. After buying (usually at bargain prices) over 400 Classical discs, this Sony release remains one of my favorite Baroque anthologies.

When I used to think about Baroque music, the first (and usually only) names that immediately came to mind were Vivaldi and Bach (and maybe Handel if I had a moment to think about it). This disc opened my eyes (and ears) to composer that up until I purchased this disc I had never knew existed. T. Albinoni's piece is wonderful and catchy; Geminiani's concerto grosso is graceful; Pietro Locatelli's concerto is dynamic and vibrant; Scarlatti's concerto for oboe and string exciting; and of course Vivaldi's pieces are predictably fun and engaging.

I simply adore this disc, and listen to it at least once a month. Although originally recorded in 1974, Sony has done a great job remastering these analog recordings. The remastering is so good that I can't even hear any background noise whatsoever (it's practically as clear as a DDD issue). If you ever come accross this disc (either used or cut-out), don't be afraid to purchase it. It offers some great music by lesser known but wonderfully talented Baroque composers, and hopefully it will inspire you to seek out other works by these same artists.

Music as beautiful as Venezia.......2001-12-02

When most people think of Italian baroque music they think of Vivaldi. A few others may remember to add Albinoni to the list as a result of the unprecendented popularity of his adagio for organ and strings in tear jerker films like Gallipoli an others. few will remeber any of the ither great composers if the Italian Baroque. This CD is an excellent way to refresh the memory and become familiar with some excellent music which is no less beautiful than Vivaldi. Indeed, the during the period from 1650-1750 Itlay priduced a number of composers that helped shape the baroque musical repertiote and standards. The fact that the violin was perfected in Cremona and Verona and the piano was invented in Italy contributed to this phenomenon. This CD features music from Vivaldi's contemporarires, Gemniniani, Marcello, Albinoni and Locatelli. Their concertos are distinctly beautiful. Locatelli emerges as ine of the finest writers for the violin that ever was and Marcello does for the oboe what Beethoven much later would do for the piano. This CD can serve as a door to other musical discoveries. So, after you've listened to these excerpts go and look for individual collections.