Locatelli was one of the most impressive violin virtuosos of the first half of the eighteenth century. Considered today as a sort of Baroque Paganini, he left picturesque, colorful, strikingly modern pieces for his instrument. A few years after a Mozart collaboration that earned them worldwide acclaim, Isabelle Faust and the musicians of Il Giardino Armonico bring out the full narrative intensity of these concertos, worthy of the operatic stage.
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Locatelli: il virtuoso, il poeta (Violin Concertos & Concerti Grossi)
1 Locatelli: Concerto Grosso in C minor, Op.1 No.11: II. Allemanda. Allegro
2 Locatelli: Concerto Grosso in C minor, Op.1 No.11: III. Sarabanda. Largo
3 Locatelli: Concerto Grosso in C minor, Op.1 No.11: IV. Giga. Allegro
4 Locatelli: Violin Concerto in a Major, Op.3 No.11: I. Allegro
5 Locatelli: Violin Concerto in a Major, Op.3 No.11: II. Largo
6 Locatelli: Violin Concerto in a Major, Op.3 No.11: III. Andante
7 Locatelli: Concerto Grosso in E-Flat Major, Op.7 No.6 "Il Pianto D'arianna": I. Andante - Allegro - Adagio - Andante - Allegro
8 Locatelli: Concerto Grosso in E-Flat Major, Op.7 No.6 "Il Pianto D'arianna": II. Largo
9 Locatelli: Concerto Grosso in E-Flat Major, Op.7 No.6 "Il Pianto D'arianna": III. Largo Andante
10 Locatelli: Concerto Grosso in E-Flat Major, Op.7 No.6 "Il Pianto D'arianna": IV. Grave
11 Locatelli: Concerto Grosso in E-Flat Major, Op.7 No.6 "Il Pianto D'arianna": V. Allegro
12 Locatelli: Concerto Grosso in E-Flat Major, Op.7 No.6 "Il Pianto D'arianna": VI. Largo
13 Locatelli: Violin Concerto in C minor, Op.3 No.2: I. Andante
14 Locatelli: Violin Concerto in C minor, Op.3 No.2: II. Largo
15 Locatelli: Violin Concerto in C minor, Op.3 No.2: III. Andante
16 Locatelli: Concerto Grosso in F minor, Op.1 No.8: VI. Pastorale. Largo Andante
Locatelli was one of the most impressive violin virtuosos of the first half of the eighteenth century. Considered today as a sort of Baroque Paganini, he left picturesque, colorful, strikingly modern pieces for his instrument. A few years after a Mozart collaboration that earned them worldwide acclaim, Isabelle Faust and the musicians of Il Giardino Armonico bring out the full narrative intensity of these concertos, worthy of the operatic stage.
