Episode 94: 20094 Avi Avital - Concertos
“This is how I want to make music!” That was Avi Avital’s reaction when he first saw Il Giardino Armonico and Giovanni Antonini play live in Jerusalem. Now famed worldwide for his own charismatic and passionate performances, the mandolinist is delighted to be joined by this exciting period-instrument ensemble and its conductor and co-founder on his latest album, entitled simply Concertos. Together they perform three original concertos for mandolin – by Barbella, Paisiello and Hummel – and Avital’s own adaptations of concertos by J.S. Bach and Vivaldi. Antonini is the recorder soloist in the Bach, while elaborate recording techniques allow Avital to play all four parts in the Vivaldi. Concertos is set for release by Deutsche Grammophon on 17 November. The Vivaldi concerto and the Andantino of the Barbella are available to stream or download now, while excerpts from the Paisiello and Hummel works will be released on 29 September and 27 October respectively.Track Listing:1 VIVALDI: Concerto for 4 Mandolins, Strings and Basso continuo in B minor /Allegro2 Largo – Larghetto – Adagio – Largo3 Allegro 4 BACH: Concerto for Mandolin, Recorder, Strings and Basso continuo in D minor/ Allegro5 Adagio6 Allegro 7 BARBELLA:Concerto for Mandolin, Strings and Basso continuo in D major 1. Allegro8 Andantino9 Giga. Allegro10 PAISIELLO: Concerto for Mandolin, Strings and Basso continuo in E flat major / Allegro11 Larghetto grazioso12 Giga. Allegro 13 HUMMEL: Concerto for Mandolin and Orchestra in G major / Allegro moderato e grazioso14 Andante con variazioni15 RondoClassical Music Discoveries is sponsored by Uber. @CMDHedgecock#ClassicalMusicDiscoveries #KeepClassicalMusicAlive#CMDGrandOperaCompanyofVenice #CMDParisPhilharmonicinOrléans#CMDGermanOperaCompanyofBerlin#CMDGrandOperaCompanyofBarcelonaSpain#ClassicalMusicLivesOn#Uber#AppleClassical Please consider supporting our show, thank you!Donate (classicalmusicdiscoveries.store) staff@classicalmusicdiscoveries.com This album is broadcast with the permission of Crossover Media Music Promotion (Zachary Swanson and Amanda Bloom).