The Art Of The Violin Vol. I
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Title:
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The Art Of The Violin Vol. I |
Otros títulos:
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The Art Of The Violin Vol. I |
Intérprete/ Colaborador:
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Pietro Antonio Locatelli; Suzanne Lautenbacher; Mainz Chamber Orchestra; Günter Kehr |
Código CDU:
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Loc.02 |
Forma Musical:
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Concertos (Violin with string orchestra) |
Abstract:
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Locatelli was one of the leading Italian violinists and composers in the first half of the eighteenth century. At one time, he was known as the "Paganini of the eighteenth century" due to his 12 concertos and 24 caprices for violin. Although he was known primarily as a virtuoso violinist in the early part of his life, his abilities as a composer were far more important. Stylistically, Locatelli worked within the conservative forms of the composers of the Roman school (Corelli, for example), but incorporated many of the more progressive elements of the Venetian school (Vivaldi, above all). He wrote mostly sonatas and concertos for string instruments, although there is a set of flute sonatas, and a lost concerto for wind instruments with strings. With the exception of those flute sonatas, Opus 2, which occasionally have three movements, his other works were almost exclusively in the older four-movement format. Locatelli also made the written-out cadenza a standard part of his violin ... |
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