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The Rise Of The Northern Italian Violin Concerto - 1690 - 1740: La Serenissima

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Vol. 1 - The Dawn Of The Virtuoso eac-rip: flac-img, cue, log, complete scans. rar, 3% rec. 1 CD - 485MB AVIE - 2006-AV2106 It's the late 1600's in Northern Italy. The great violin makers of Brescia and Cremona conspire with composers to satisfy a growing demand for instrumental music which reflected and in turn promoted increased technical capability of their instruments and proficiency among players. The resulting repertoire is a body of rich and virtuostic sinfonia, concerti and vocal works that influenced a generation of composers throughout continental Europe.  There can be no greater modern day proponent of this output than Adrian Chandler, whose passion for the works of the Vivaldi and his contemporaries shines through these virtuoso works by Albinoni, Legrenzi, Navara, Valenti, one Composer X and the Red Priest himself. Directing La Serenissima, the ensemble he founded in 1994, this is Adrian's fourth recording for AVIE and the first of three charting the developmen...