Giuseppe Tartini: Vertigo (The Last Violin Sonatas)

Duo Tartini

Released on 25/09/2020 by Muso
Main artists: Duo Tartini
Genre: Klassiek

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It is the music of this master that inspires noble feelings. Original in everything, his only laws are those of his genius. The sublime quality of his works means that all men consider him able to feel the truth. He has been able to rid music of its superficiality in order to serve its nature. He is known throughout Europe, yet cherished by few, just as few people are happy enough to distinguish the noise from feeling and expression. Such was the opinion, in 1752, of a thoughtful observer of Tartini.
His assertion is readily transposable to our period, when the name of Giuseppe Tartini resonates with familiarity in the ears of music-lovers, whereas his music remains mysteriously little-known and underestimated. The fault probably lies with the inevitable Devil’s Trill, its celebrity, as deserved as it is overworked, obscuring a tremendous output of more than 130 sonatas.

In rendering homage to the master of Padua on the occasion of the 250th anniversary of his death, the choice proved to be delicate given the abundance of music of constant and exceptional quality. David Plantier and Annabelle Luis have selected the 5 unpublished sonatas in this programme from Manuscript 9796, preserved in the Bibliothèque nationale de France, and taken from the Italian city in 1796 by Napoleon’s army as a prize of war.
Four of these date from the latter years of Tartini. They all have in common an extreme virtuosity necessary for performance, yet also the necessity of a perfect mastery of the instrument for producing a natural, musical version, the reflection of the composer’s typical cantabile. David Plantier is without question the baroque violinist most suited for this mission, having been a passionate defender of Tartini and his music for years.
Giuseppe Tartini often performed in duets with his cellist friend the abbé Vandini. The destiny of these two formidable musicians was indivisible, and it is this historic duet that the Duo Tartini aims to bring back to life; the violin and the cello give this richly diverse music a setting of velvet tones, they revitalise the beauty and modernity within so as to touch the hearts of contemporary listeners. © muso label

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