Alonso - Quattro Stagioni - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Album Tracks 1. Sonatina - Estudio -II Diabolus in Música 2. Sonatina Virtual Calmo - Allegro 3. Sonatina Ritual 4. Sonatina 5. Sonatina Espanola Op. 42 6. Sonatina

The event of InchI MusiciInch is something extraordinary. It's the oldest (or if you prefer most long-lived) chamber group still active. They opened the way of Italian 18th century music to the whole world. They carried Rome's name, of course Italy's and Italian music to five continents, roving with their repertoire from the 18th to the 21st century. Album Tracks 1. Allegro 2. Largo 3. Allegro 4. Allegro Non Molto 5. Adagio 6. Presto 7. Allegro 8. Adagio Molto 9. Allegro 10. Allegro Non Molto 11. Largo 12. Allegro 13. Boisterous Bourrée 14. Playful Pizzicato 15. Sentimental Saraband 16. Frolicsome Finale

A veritable tour de force the arrangement of Vivaldi's 4 Seasons and Tartini's Devil's Trill Sonata for violin solo! Violinist and arranger Mauro Tortorelli about this unique project InchThis recording is not only a challenge in terms of performance (playing both the solo part and the orchestral part at the same time), but also in terms of arrangement. Having to simulate all the orchestral timbres, the various voices in counterpoint, the sound contrasts on only four strings of the violin was not at all easy. Paganini's ingenious technique of double trills and left-handed pizzicati (used for the second movement of L'Inverno and the second movement of L'Estate), Bartok's pizzicato (for the rifle shots in the last movement of L'Autunno) and the formidable bow technique used by Henryk Szeryng, handed down to me by his pupil Georg Monch, have certainly suggested the best instrumental solutions to obtain the clearest possible clarity of execution between the various voices of a complex piece, enabling me to overcome the obstacles that the original scores presented me with. The decision to transcribe for solo violin these two famous works was also inspired by their great melodic power. In fact, every time I studied both pieces to perform them in public in the original formation, I had the feeling that they were already functional without accompaniment. As I am not a InchBaroqueInch violinist, I preferred to perform the pieces with current technique and interpretation, respecting as much as possible the score revised by Gian Francesco Malipiero for Antonio Vivaldi's InchFour SeasonsInch and the manuscript score of Giuseppe Tartini's InchDevil's TrillInch, adding my own Cadenza. Inch Mauro Tortorelli already successfully recorded for Brilliant Classics violin sonatas by Saint-Saëns, Scalero, Milhaud, Ševcik/Auer and Castelnuovo-Tedesco. Album Tracks 1. Le Quattro Stagi