Baroque Violin Favourites

Advantages: True Baroque Classics and fun to play
Disadvantages: None really, apart from some can get difficult, but nevertheless enjoyable and problems are easy to overcome

...listening to these pieces, just imagine yourself playing them, its so amazing. You really need to try these pieces, whether that is listening to them or simply playing them. Some slow and elegant and others, fast and lively. They are a really amazing set of pieces which will astonish you like they did me and Telemann is now one of my favourite composers especailly of the baroque period- such as unique style and for SOLO violin. Absolutely Amazing!... Read review

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Advantages: Relaxing, serene, dreamy
Disadvantages: The first track is not actual Albinoni

...to the rest of the music – actual Albinoni. Many of the tracks are concertos for solo violins against the typical larger string orchestra of violin, viola, cello and continuo (tracks 2, 3, 5, 6, 8, 9, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20). The continuo instrument, usually being a harpsichord or organ. The baroque era is dominated by the use of strings and here they can be appreciated for their outstanding qualities. The adagios are slow, smooth and serene decorated with trills and turns. Albinoni was also credited for being the first Italian composer of Oboe concertos. A number of the tracks on the album feature solo oboes against the larger string orchestra (tracks 4, 7, 10, 13). Albinoni's uses the oboe almost like a singer creating a lyrical and pleasant melody to the accompanying strings. Also on the album are three sonatas (tracks 21, 22... Read review

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Advantages: Superb strings, Vivacious virtuoso violin
Disadvantages: None

...The Four Seasons Composer: Antonio Vivaldi Performers: Nigel Kennedy Members of the British Philharmonic Orchestra Label: Emi Classics Released: October 27th 2003 Price: £13.99 Availability: Most good record shops The Cover: Kennedy Antonio Vivaldi was born in Venice in 1678, the son of a violinist. Vivaldi composed during the late Baroque period. He is an instrumentalist composer predominantly of Concertos writing a total of 500.The concerto is a musical form wherein a solo instrument is set against a larger group. More than half of Vivaldis concertos are for the solo violin. 1. Concerto For Two Violins, Strings & Continuo In A Minor, Op. 3 No.8 This Violin concerto was the eighth part of a set that Vivaldi published in 1712. He entitled the set L’Estro Armonico (Musical Fancy). The concertos were in written in the standard format... Read review

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