Grandissima Gravita: Pisendel, Tartini, Verachini, Vivaldi
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Label: Channel Classics
Cat No: CCSSA39217
Format: Hybrid SACD
Number of Discs: 1
Genre: Chamber
Release Date: 22nd September 2017
Contents
Works
Violin Sonata in C minorViolin Sonatas (12), op.2
Artists
Rachel Podger (violin)Brecon Baroque
Works
Violin Sonata in C minorViolin Sonatas (12), op.2
Artists
Rachel Podger (violin)Brecon Baroque
About
“The four composers’ connections read like a popular comedy! Violin virtuosos Francesco Maria Verachini andJohann Georg Pisendel had an argument which resulted in Veracini flying into a rage and throwing himself from first floor a balcony, damaging his foot and limping forever after. Verachini amazed Giuseppe Tartini with his astonishingly smooth bowing technique, whereupon Tartini locked himself away to practice. Pisendel studied with Tartini and Antonio Vivaldi...” – Rachel Podger
“Rachel Podger, ever a glorious example of someone who lives life through her violin” – Gramophone
Reviews
Podger, inevitably, is the star, but ultimately the disc's compulsive spell is down to the triumph of ensemble chemistry. Even the humblest of cello lines is elevated beyond functionality into something expressive and integral to the overall effect. Bewitching. Paul Riley (Chamber Choice)
It’s not often worth devoting many words of a CD review to the contents of the CD’s booklet. However, what the Baroque violinist and musicologist Mark Seow has come up with for Rachel Podger and Brecon Baroque’s ‘Grandissima Gravita’ is nothing short of genius: a theatre script, the action of which sees the four violinist-composer stars of the album – Antonio Vivaldi, Giuseppe Tartini, Francesco Maria Veracini and Johann Georg Pisendel – reclining tipsily on divans in heaven (yes, really) for their annual wine-fuelled reunion. ... The performances themselves are as stunning as the notes are imaginative, all four musicians both completely under the music’s skin and under each other’s, and playing as a smoothly dovetailed unit. ... Programmed and presented with flair, and faultlessly performed, this is a listening experience of unbridled pleasure. An exceptional album. Charlotte Gardner
Grandissima Gravita they’ve called it; Great Seriousness, and taking it very seriously here […] and there’s a lovely little encore tucked away.
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