Bach,J.S. / Vivaldi / Frati / Tenchini - Bach & Vivaldi for Mandolin - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Album Tracks 1. I. Allegro 2. II. Adagio 3. III. Allegro 4. Prelude in a Minor, BWV 942 (Arr. for Mandolin and Guitar) 5. Prelude in F Major, BWV 927 (Arr. for Mandolin and Guitar) 6. Prelude in C minor, BWV 934 (Arr. for Mandolin and Guitar) 7. Prelude in D minor, BWV 935 (Arr. for Mandolin and Guitar) 8. Prelude in D minor, BWV 926 (Arr. for Mandolin and Guitar) 9. Prelude in E minor, BWV 938 (Arr. for Mandolin and Guitar) 10. Prelude in E Major, BWV 937 (Arr. for Mandolin and Guitar) 11. Violin Partita No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1004 V. Chaconne (Arr. for Guitar) 12. I. Allegro 13. II. Adagio 14. III. Presto 15. Violin Sonata No. 1 in G minor, BWV 1001 IV. Presto (Arr. for Mandolin) 16. I. Andante 17. II. Allegro 18. III. Adagio 19. IV. Menuet I - II

Born in L'Aquila in 1992, Davide Ferella obtained his degree in mandolin performance from the Conservatory InchA. Casella of L'AquillaInch under the tutelage of M. Fabio Giudice. He was ranked first in the chamber music categories of the national competitions InchUraniaInch and InchMarco Dall'Aquila.Inch He also won the special InchPiero FarulliInch prize. He has performed in numerous Italian festivals, and has collaborated with the Baroque Ensemble InchLuca Marenzio,Inch Ensemble InchIanua,Inch and InchVirtuosi Italiani.Inch On this, his new , he presents a program of Johann Sebastian Bach's Concertos for Harpsichord, masterfully transcribed for mandolin. Ferella himself transcribed these pieces. He is joined by Profili Barocchi, the extraordinarily capable Italian Baroque ensemble.

The Italian composers of the Baroque, led by Antonio Vivaldi, often honored the small instruments of the lute family in their rich compositional oeuvres. At the time these instruments with a fourth-third tuning were known by various names, for example, as the leuto, leutino, mandola, or mandolla. Today the small lute is uniformly termed the InchBaroque mandolinInch and more rarely the Inchsoprano lute.Inch The number of composers who wrote attractive works for the mandolin documents the fact that it was then a much-played instrument that musical audiences liked to hear. Accordingly, this new recording brings together concertos, trios, and sonatas by Carlo Arrigoni, Johann Adolf Hasse, Ranieri Capponi, and - of course - Vivaldi. What is particularly surprising here is the so very homogeneous sound of the dialogue between the Baroque mandolin and the Baroque violin - since they are two very different instruments in the field of tonal production. The tonal beauty of both solo parts, with one duo partner supporting the other with accompanying broken chords, produces a captivating effect in the second movement of Vivaldi's Concerto RV 548. The magic of the fascinating tonal idiom of the mandolin and violin duo makes us wish that this rediscovered version will find many delighted listeners. Anna Torge, our soloist on the Baroque mandolin (six courses), has made a name for herself as one of the leading virtuosos on this instrument.