 
Vivaldi: Late Violin Concertos
For this new recording, Marcon and Carmignola have selected six more
concertos for violin and orchestra from the composer's unpublished works.
They include the Concerto in B Minor, RV 386; Concerto in D Minor, RV 235;
Concerto in F Major, RV 298; Concerto in E-Flat Major, RV 258; Concerto in
B Minor, RV 398; and Concerto in E-Flat Major, RV 251.
The technical
limitations of the baroque instruments do not hamper Carmignola's ability
to play expressively or with a wide coloristic palette. The continuo, led
by Marcon at the harpsichord or organ, also offers robust variety in its
textures and its improvisations.
Bach: Sonatas for Violin and Harpsichord
Bach's first biographer, Johann Nicolaus Forkel, recognized the unusual importance of the
Six Sonatas for Violin and Harpsichord, BWV 1014-1019 as early as 1802: Six Sonatas for the Clavier
with the accompaniment of a violin obbligato. They were composed at Cöthen and may be reckoned among
Bach's first masterpieces in this field. They are imitative throughout, and there are also a few canons
between the clavier and the violin that are extremely melodic and full of character. The violin part requires
a master. Bach knew the possibilities of that instrument and spared it as little as he did the clavier.
That the violin and harpsichord parts call for master performers is clear from the present recording, in
which Giuliano Carmignola and Andrea Marcon join forces on Baroque instruments to give a spirited reading of
the demanding works.
"...his [Giuliano Carmignola] playing is everything one wants from a Baroque violin soloist..." --
New York Times
Vivaldi: Late Concertos
Six Late Vivaldi Concertos Get World-Premiere Recordings From Baroque
Violinist Giuliano
Carmignola & The Venice Baroque Orchestra, Led By Andrea Marcon,
On Their New Sony Classical Disc. In stores everywhere..
Press reaction to the label debut last Fall of the brilliant baroque
violinist Giuliano Carmignola and the Venice Baroque Orchestra performing
Vivaldi Four
Seasons and never-before-recorded Vivaldi violin concertos:
"As sharply focused as any Four Seasons in the catalogue and
better played than most"
"Carmignola himself plays with immense brillance"
-- Gramophone
"...a new star in the firmament of period performance practitioners...the
man oozes personality...wonderfully imaginative...Carmignola et
al. realize Vivaldi's vision more vividly than I had ever heard
before."
-- American Record Guide
"You really haven't heard the heart and soul of this music
until you hear this" -- ClassicsToday.com
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Vivaldi: The Four Seasons
Giuliano Carmignola's
The Four Seasons features
the world premiere recordings of three Vivaldi concertos. Carmignola
is joined on the recording by the Venice Baroque Orchestra conducted by Andrea Marcon.
The Four Seasons
is a work close to all these performers, and this
latest interpretation seeks to reflect what Vivaldi specifically depicts,
the changing atmosphere in Venice through the cycle of the seasons.
"To be a true performer of The Four Seasons, you must be like an
actor interpreting the text," Andrea Marcon says. Carmignola adds,
"There are new ideas in the solo parts as well as in the treatment
of the basso continuo, which have matured after our many performances
together." Album in stores everywhere.
"...this is the most impressive Four Seasons performance... ever heard on a
recording... you haven't heard the heart and soul of this music until you hear
this."
-- ClassicsToday.com
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