Chamber Music & Recitals

Vivaldi wrote an astonishing 500 concertos during his lifetime, of which 27 were composed for solo cello. At the time, the instrument was in it's infancy, and it was unusual for great composers to write works specifically for solo cello. Indeed, none of...

Vivaldi was one of the first composers to focus on the transverse flute as a viable solo instrument, and he may have even been the first to dedicate a whole publication to the flute family. His Opus 10 was published by Michel-Charles Le C?ne in around...

Vivaldi still dominates the picture of Venetian musical life, even though there were almost equal contemporaries there. Among them are currently hardly common names like Giorgio Gentili or Johann Friedrich Schreyvogel. Mensa Sonora gives the works of...

Vivaldi' sacred music occupies a place of honour in his vast output, dovetailing passages of great tenderness and sombre beauty, rich in cantabile expressiveness, with highly operatic movements of colourful and exciting virtuosity.1. Magnificat Anima Mea...

Vivaldi flute concertos, played on... pan flute! The pan flute in it's present form originates from 17th century Rumania, mostly used as a folk music instrument. However the use of the pan flute in "classical" Baroque music is by no means an abomination...

Vivaldi and Piazzolla: so far, so close. They absorb the physical distances; they break through the horizon, acting in a complementary manner. In the twin Seasons, the story rises to metaphysics, then the path is reversed. The Italian composer enters...

Vivaldi : Gloria & Pergolesi : Stabat Mater - Nikolaus Harnoncourt & Concentus musicus Wien. - DAS ALTE WERK was inaugurated in 1958 with the release of 7 "discs of Gregorian chant and Medieval music by the French composer Guillaume de Machaut, quickly...

VIVALDI - La follia - sonate per violino.1. La Follia, 19 Variations Op.I N.12, RV 63 in D minor for Two Violins and Continuo 2. Andante 3. Allemanda 4. Sarabanda 5. Corrente 6. Adagio 7. Allegro 8. Allegro 9. Presto 10. Adagio 11. Allemanda 12. Adagio...

Vittorio Ghielmi, one of today's most admired viola da gamba soloists, comes from a family of musicians (his brother founded Il Giardino Armonico with Giovanni Antonini). In parallel with his erudite and virtuoso readings of Marais or Graun, Vittorio...

Vittorio Fellegara (1927-2011) studied with Luciano Chailly and get graduated at Milan Giuseppe Verdi Conservatory after having followed mathematics and physical University courses. From 1955 to 1956 he attended Darmstadt Ferienkurse f?r neue Musik; then...

Vitezslav Novk was one of the most important Czech composers of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The Moravian-Slovak Suite is one of his most popular works, evoking an eventful and romance-filled day in a Slovakian village. Recorded here for the...

Visions offers Tamara Stefanovich and Pierre-Laurent Aimard's return to Pentatone, presenting a programme revolving around Messiaen's intoxicating Visions de l'amen for two pianos. This centrepiece is surrounded by Enescu's Carillon nocturne, Knussen's...