Fabrizio Falasca, Gianmaria Melis - Viotti: Duos for 2 Violins (2024) [Hi-Res]

Tracklist

01. Viotti Duo Concertans, Op. 9 No. 1 I. Andante
02. Viotti Duo Concertans, Op. 9 No. 1 II. Allegro vivace e con Brio
03. Viotti Duo Concertans, Op. 9 No. 1 III. Andante
04. Viotti Duo Concertans, Op. 9 No. 1 IV. Allegretto quasi Presto
05. Viotti Duo, Op. 29 No. 1 I. Allegro Vivace
06. Viotti Duo, Op. 29 No. 1 II. Andante
07. Viotti Duo, Op. 29 No. 1 III. Allegro scherzando e Vivo
08. Viotti Duo Concertans, Op. 9 No. 3 I. Grandioso ed Espressivo
09. Viotti Duo Concertans, Op. 9 No. 3 II. Menuetto Trio
10. Viotti Duo Concertans, Op. 9 No. 3 III. Andante Cantabile
11. Viotti Duo Concertans, Op. 9 No. 3 IV. Allegretto
12. Viotti Duo, Op. 29 No. 3 I. Maestoso moderato e con molta Espressione
13. Viotti Duo, Op. 29 No. 3 II. Adagio
14. Viotti Duo, Op. 29 No. 3 III. Allegro agitato Assai

Giovanni Battista Viotti composed 29 violin concertos, three sinfonie concertanti, a cello concerto, countless quartets, at least 20 trios for two violins and cello and an impressive array of violin duos, four of the latter recorded here.
Described in contemporary reports as a generous and highly charismatic musician driven by idealistic zeal, he is now universally recognised as one of the greatest violinists of all time. In hindsight, it is clear that he and his vast oeuvre occupied a key historical position.
He appeared at a pivotal moment between the end of the ancien régime and the start of the modern era: a period when, in social terms, music began to escape the courts and entertain the growing middle classes, laying the foundations for modern concert-going and the figure of the freelance musician.
A period when various national traditions, both in terms of instruments and compositions, began to meet and influence each other with unprecedented dynamism, and when the formal rigour of Classicism gave way to the pathos of Romanticism.
Viotti was at the heart of this time of dramatic change: the standard-bearer for a centuries-old Italian violin school that included Arcangelo Corelli, Antonio Vivaldi, Pietro Locatelli, Giuseppe Tartini and Viotti’s teacher Gaetano Pugnani. He took this esteemed group’s technical achievements away from the Baroque and Galant style into a new era, with the arrival of Niccolò Paganini just around the corner.
He was admired by Mozart, inspired the virtuosity of Paganini’s concertos, was central because of his years lived in London to the evolution of British musical life, and must surely be considered the most significant figure in the entire French violin school.
Later violin giants Pierre Rode, Rodolphe Kreutzer and Pierre Baillot were all strongly influenced by his work Viotti’s renowned cantabile style is echoed in the violin writing of both Ludwig van Beethoven and Johannes Brahms and is amply represented in the four violin duos on this album.

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