Bojan Čičić & The Illyria Consort - Giovanni Giornovich: 'London' Concertos (2019) [Hi-Res]

Tracklist

01. Concerto No. 15 in E for violin & orchestra: I. Allegro vivace
02. Concerto No. 15 in E for violin & orchestra: II. Romance
03. Concerto No. 15 in E for violin & orchestra: III. Grazioso Minuetto
04. Concerto No. 15 in E for violin & orchestra: IV. Presto
05. Concerto No. 13 in A for violin & orchestra: I. Allegro spirito
06. Concerto No. 13 in A for violin & orchestra: II. Romance Andantino
07. Concerto No. 13 in A for violin & orchestra: III. Rondo
08. Air: Villageoises de Julie (theme & five variations)
09. Concerto No. 14 in A for violin & orchestra: I. Allegro
10. Concerto No. 14 in A for violin & orchestra: II. Amoroso con expressione
11. Concerto No. 14 in A for violin & orchestra: III. Rondeau à la russe



Giovanni Giornovich was one of the most colourful and popular violin virtuosos of his day. Apparently of Croatian descent, he was seemingly known by a different name in every country he toured (Ivan Jarnović and Giovanni Giornovichi, among some thirty variants), deliberately making the most of his mysterious origins.

More mysterious still is why these concertos – full of wit, charm and character, and redolent of the international musical life of Haydn’s London in the 1790s – should have waited so long to be recorded. Modern-day virtuoso Bojan Čičić and his Illyria Consort, fresh from their triumphant revival of the sonatas of Giovanni Stefano Carbonelli on Delphian, are ideal champions to bring this delightful music back to life.

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