Elizabeth Wallfisch

Locatelli: Concerti Grossi, Op. 1 - The Raglan Baroque Players / Nicholas Kraemer / Elizabeth Wallfisch

Pietro Antonio Locatelli, Elizabeth Wallfisch, Nicholas Kraemer
Locatelli: Concerti Grossi, Op. 1 - The Raglan Baroque Players / Nicholas Kraemer / Elizabeth Wallfisch
Genre: Classical

Track Listings (26) - Disc #1
1. Concerto Grosso No 1 In F: Allegro
2. Concerto Grosso No 1 In F: Allegro
3. Concerto Grosso No 1 In F: Largo
4. Concerto Grosso No 1 In F: Allegro
5. Concerto Grosso No 2 In C Minor: Adagio
6. Concerto Grosso No 2 In C Minor: Allegro
7. Concerto Grosso No 2 In C Minor: Largo
8. Concerto Grosso No 2 In C Minor: Allegro
9. Concerto Grosso No 2 In C Minor: Allegro
10. Concerto Grosso No 3 In B Flat: Adagio
11. Concerto Grosso No 3 In B Flat: Allegro
12. Concerto Grosso No 3 In B Flat: Largo
13. Concerto Grosso No 3 In B Flat: Vivace
14. Concerto Grosso No 3 In B Flat: Allegro
15. Concerto Grosso No 4 In E Minor: Adagio
16. Concerto Grosso No 4 In E Minor: Allegro
17. Concerto Grosso No 4 In E Minor: Largo
18. Concerto Grosso No 4 In E Minor: Allegro
19. Concerto Grosso No 5 In D: Largo
20. Concerto Grosso No 5 In D: Allegro
21. Concerto Grosso No 5 In D: Largo
22. Concerto Grosso No 5 In D: Allegro
23. Concerto Grosso No 6 In C Minor: Adagio
24. Concerto Grosso No 6 In C Minor: Allegro
25. Concerto Grosso No 6 In C Minor: Largo
26. Concerto Grosso No 6 In C Minor: Allegro
Track Listings (28) - Disc #2
1. Concerto Grosso No 7 In F: Allegro
2. Concerto Grosso No 7 In F: Largo
3. Concerto Grosso No 7 In F: Allegro
4. Concerto Gross No 8 In F Minor: Largo
5. Concerto Gross No 8 In F Minor: Grave
6. Concerto Gross No 8 In F Minor: Vivace
7. Concerto Gross No 8 In F Minor: Vivace
8. Concerto Gross No 8 In F Minor: Largo Andante
9. Concerto Gross No 8 In F Minor: Andante
10. Concerto Gross No 8 In F Minor: Largo Andante
11. Concerto Grosso No 9 In D: Allegro
12. Concerto Grosso No 9 In D: Largo
13. Concerto Grosso No 9 In D: Allemanda
14. Concerto Grosso No 9 In D: Largo
15. Concerto Grosso No 9 In D: Allegro
16. Concerto Gross No 10 In C: Largo
17. Concerto Gross No 10 In C: Allemanda
18. Concerto Gross No 10 In C: Largo
19. Concerto Gross No 10 In C: Vivace
20. Concerto No 11 In C Minor: Largo
21. Concerto No 11 In C Minor: Allemanda
22. Concerto No 11 In C Minor: Sarabanda
23. Concerto No 11 In C Minor: Giga Allagro
24. Concerto Grosso No 12 In G Minor: Largo
25. Concerto Grosso No 12 In G Minor: Allemanda Allegro
26. Concerto Grosso No 12 In G Minor: Sarabanda Vivace
27. Concerto Grosso No 12 In G Minor: Presto
28. Concerto Grosso No 12 In G Minor: Gavotte Allegro

CD Details

All Artists: Pietro Antonio Locatelli, Elizabeth Wallfisch, Nicholas Kraemer, The Ragland Baroque Players
Title: Locatelli: Concerti Grossi, Op. 1 - The Raglan Baroque Players / Nicholas Kraemer / Elizabeth Wallfisch
Members Wishing: 1
Total Copies: 0
Label: Hyperion UK
Release Date: 8/22/1995
Album Type: Import
Genre: Classical
Styles: Forms & Genres, Concertos, Historical Periods, Baroque (c.1600-1750), Instruments, Strings, Symphonies
Number of Discs: 2
SwapaCD Credits: 2
Other Editions: Liszt: Arabesques - Russian and Hungarian Transcriptions
UPC: 034571169811

Synopsis

Amazon.com

It's important to realize when it comes to Baroque music, "opus 1" does not mean the first piece of music the composer ever wrote. Rather, it refers to the first music he saw fit to publish. Each published opus consisted of a selection of the best of a large body of manuscript works, many of which would likely have become popular and gained wide circulation prior to appearing in print. Locatelli's Opus 1 concertos are among his very best pieces. They balance instrumental virtuosity with characterful melodic writing better than the Opus 3 concertos, for instance, and they are extremely well played and recorded here. --David Hurwitz

CD Reviews

Fine performance by Raglan Baroque

Ross Kennett | Narooma, NSW Australia | 02/08/2007

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Locatelli's opus 1, 12 Concerti Grossi, published in 1721, follow the great Corelli's 12 Concerti Grossi, developed in the late 17th century and published posthumously in 1714. The concerto grosso form was a group of soloists, usually two violins and cello, the concertino, with an accompaning string group, the ripieno. This form was soon challenged by the Vivaldi model of virtuoso soloist with string accompaniment, but the concerto grosso survived untill the late 1760s. Guiliani took it to England where Handel's opus 6, "Mr Handel's twelve grand concertos" was published in 1740.

These concerti by Locatelli are good examples of the Corellian concerto, they have their share of virtuosity and melodic passages. They are not as good as Corelli, only Handel's could claim that, but it is fine baroque, and it is very well played by Elizabeth Wallfisch and the Raglan Baroque.

Recommended to all baroque lovers."