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Fabio Biondi, Europa Galante|Vivaldi : Concerti per violino VI "La boemia"

Vivaldi : Concerti per violino VI "La boemia"

Fabio Biondi - Europa Galante

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Fabio Biondi had his work cut out for him with the complete recordings of Vivaldi's violin concertos, as the Venetian left behind more than 250 works for one, two, three or four violins. Volume VI here offers a group of six concertos written in Prague and Bohemia in the course of his stay there between 1730 and 1731.


Today, musicology has become much more of a science, and it is possible to put a date on these manuscripts by means of a precise analysis of the paper used by the composer if the music doesn't speak for itself. The Antonio Vivaldi of these pieces retains the style for which he is known and loved across Europe. Fabio Biondi notes that as there are only a few hints of Bohemian music in these concertos, which are more resemblant of Vivaldi's younger work. We might conclude that while abroad, the composer was writing pieces which, while new, were destined for use by his beloved students in the Pietà.


Venetian chroniclers from the time often wrote of Vivaldi's virtuoso violin playing, admiring the inventiveness that he brought to the cadenzas of his concertos (the section at the end of a movement which is left open for creative improvisation) and the fantasy that he worked into his improvisations. While we have no proof that Vivaldi was the soloist for his own works during his Bohemian trip, Fabio Biondi, a true connoisseur of Vivaldi's style, clearly aims to apply this spirit to his recordings, and nowhere more so than here. © François Hudry/Qobuz

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Vivaldi : Concerti per violino VI "La boemia"

Fabio Biondi, Europa Galante

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Violin Concerto in F Major, RV 282 (Antonio Vivaldi)

1
I. Allegro poco
Europa Galante, Fabio Biondi
00:05:17

Europa Galante - Fabio Biondi, Violin & Conductor - Antonio Vivaldi, Composer

Naïve, a Label of Believe Group Naïve, a Label of Believe Group

2
II. Largo
Europa Galante, Fabio Biondi
00:03:03

Europa Galante - Fabio Biondi, Violin & Conductor - Antonio Vivaldi, Composer

Naïve, a Label of Believe Group Naïve, a Label of Believe Group

3
III. Presto
Europa Galante, Fabio Biondi
00:04:15

Europa Galante - Fabio Biondi, Violin & Conductor - Antonio Vivaldi, Composer

Naïve, a Label of Believe Group Naïve, a Label of Believe Group

Violin Concerto in E Minor, RV 278 (Antonio Vivaldi)

4
I. Allegro molto
Europa Galante, Fabio Biondi
00:06:23

Europa Galante - Fabio Biondi, Violin & Conductor - Antonio Vivaldi, Composer

Naïve, a Label of Believe Group Naïve, a Label of Believe Group

5
II. Largo
Europa Galante, Fabio Biondi
00:03:48

Europa Galante - Fabio Biondi, Violin & Conductor - Antonio Vivaldi, Composer

Naïve, a Label of Believe Group Naïve, a Label of Believe Group

6
III. Allegro
Europa Galante, Fabio Biondi
00:04:30

Europa Galante - Fabio Biondi, Violin & Conductor - Antonio Vivaldi, Composer

Naïve, a Label of Believe Group Naïve, a Label of Believe Group

Violin Concerto in B-Flat Major, RV 380 (Antonio Vivaldi)

7
I. Andante moto
Europa Galante, Fabio Biondi
00:05:17

Europa Galante - Fabio Biondi, Violin & Conductor - Antonio Vivaldi, Composer

Naïve, a Label of Believe Group Naïve, a Label of Believe Group

8
II. Andante
Europa Galante, Fabio Biondi
00:03:46

Europa Galante - Fabio Biondi, Violin & Conductor - Antonio Vivaldi, Composer

Naïve, a Label of Believe Group Naïve, a Label of Believe Group

9
III. Allegro
Europa Galante, Fabio Biondi
00:03:18

Europa Galante - Fabio Biondi, Violin & Conductor - Antonio Vivaldi, Composer

Naïve, a Label of Believe Group Naïve, a Label of Believe Group

Violin Concerto in C Major, RV 186 (Antonio Vivaldi)

10
I. Allegro
Europa Galante, Fabio Biondi
00:03:24

Europa Galante - Fabio Biondi, Violin & Conductor - Antonio Vivaldi, Composer

Naïve, a Label of Believe Group Naïve, a Label of Believe Group

11
II. Largo
Europa Galante, Fabio Biondi
00:02:53

Europa Galante - Fabio Biondi, Violin & Conductor - Antonio Vivaldi, Composer

Naïve, a Label of Believe Group Naïve, a Label of Believe Group

12
III. Allegro
Europa Galante, Fabio Biondi
00:02:29

Europa Galante - Fabio Biondi, Violin & Conductor - Antonio Vivaldi, Composer

Naïve, a Label of Believe Group Naïve, a Label of Believe Group

Violin Concerto in F Major, RV 288 (Antonio Vivaldi)

13
I. Allegro ma poco
Europa Galante, Fabio Biondi
00:03:13

Europa Galante - Fabio Biondi, Violin & Conductor - Antonio Vivaldi, Composer

Naïve, a Label of Believe Group Naïve, a Label of Believe Group

14
II. Largo
Europa Galante, Fabio Biondi
00:03:44

Europa Galante - Fabio Biondi, Violin & Conductor - Antonio Vivaldi, Composer

Naïve, a Label of Believe Group Naïve, a Label of Believe Group

15
III. Allegro
Europa Galante, Fabio Biondi
00:02:41

Europa Galante - Fabio Biondi, Violin & Conductor - Antonio Vivaldi, Composer

Naïve, a Label of Believe Group Naïve, a Label of Believe Group

Violin Concerto in G Minor, RV 330 (Antonio Vivaldi)

16
I. Allegro non molto
Europa Galante, Fabio Biondi
00:03:59

Europa Galante - Fabio Biondi, Violin & Conductor - Antonio Vivaldi, Composer

Naïve, a Label of Believe Group Naïve, a Label of Believe Group

17
II. Larghetto
Europa Galante, Fabio Biondi
00:03:30

Europa Galante - Fabio Biondi, Violin & Conductor - Antonio Vivaldi, Composer

Naïve, a Label of Believe Group Naïve, a Label of Believe Group

18
III. Allegro
Europa Galante, Fabio Biondi
00:03:05

Europa Galante - Fabio Biondi, Violin & Conductor - Antonio Vivaldi, Composer

Naïve, a Label of Believe Group Naïve, a Label of Believe Group

Album review

Fabio Biondi had his work cut out for him with the complete recordings of Vivaldi's violin concertos, as the Venetian left behind more than 250 works for one, two, three or four violins. Volume VI here offers a group of six concertos written in Prague and Bohemia in the course of his stay there between 1730 and 1731.


Today, musicology has become much more of a science, and it is possible to put a date on these manuscripts by means of a precise analysis of the paper used by the composer if the music doesn't speak for itself. The Antonio Vivaldi of these pieces retains the style for which he is known and loved across Europe. Fabio Biondi notes that as there are only a few hints of Bohemian music in these concertos, which are more resemblant of Vivaldi's younger work. We might conclude that while abroad, the composer was writing pieces which, while new, were destined for use by his beloved students in the Pietà.


Venetian chroniclers from the time often wrote of Vivaldi's virtuoso violin playing, admiring the inventiveness that he brought to the cadenzas of his concertos (the section at the end of a movement which is left open for creative improvisation) and the fantasy that he worked into his improvisations. While we have no proof that Vivaldi was the soloist for his own works during his Bohemian trip, Fabio Biondi, a true connoisseur of Vivaldi's style, clearly aims to apply this spirit to his recordings, and nowhere more so than here. © François Hudry/Qobuz

Details of original recording : Recorded from 28 to 30 November 2017, at the Sala della Carità, Padua (Italy)

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