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Pyrotechnia - Fire+Fury from 18th Century Italy
DCD34249 (Delphian Records, CD)
DDD
24-bit stereo
FIRST RELEASE (29 October 2021)
Playing time: 72'52"
Tracks: 12
Booklet pages: 12
℗ 2021 Delphian Records Ltd
© 2021 Delphian Records Ltd
Main country of recording: United Kingdom
Country of manufacture: European Union
Reviewer: Gerald Fenech
Review of Pyrotechnia - Fire+Fury from 18th Century Italy published on 12 November 2021
Illyria Consort
Bojan Čičić, violin
Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741):
Violin Concerto in D, RV 205, 'fatto per Maestro Pisendel' (with cadenza from Violin Concerto in D major, RV 772)
1 Allegro
2 Largo
3 Allegro - Capriccio
Antonio Vivaldi:
Violin Concerto in D, RV 213a, 'per Signora Anna Maria', reconstructed by Olivier Fourés (first recording)
4 Allegro
5 Largo
6 Allegro - Cadenza
Giuseppe Tartini (1692–1770):
Violin Concerto in E, D 48, 'Rondinella vaga e bella'
7 [Allegro] Volgetemi pietoso un guardo più amoroso, o luci belle si ma troppo fiere
8 [Largo] Rondinella vaga e bella, che dal mar faccia tragitto, lascia il nido e all'aere infido fida è volo e la speranza
9 [Allegro – Capriccio]
Pietro Antonio Locatelli (1695–1764):
Violin Concerto in D, Op 3 No 12, 'Il laberinto armonico'
10 Allegro – Capriccio
11 Largo – Presto
12 Allegro – Capriccio
Recorded 29-31 July 2020 in St Martin's Church, East Woodhay, Hampshire, UK