Lautten Compagney - New Vivaldi (2022) [Official Digital Download 24/96]

The fact that the Berliner Lautten Compagney Berlin and their director Wolfgang Katschner "repeatedly produce ingenious crossover albums" has already become a "hallmark of the ensemble". (BR-Klassik) For example, the music of the most famous English Baroque composer Henry Purcell met selected music of the Beatles on the last album "Time Travel".

The press enthusiastically commented: "…you can hardly combine old and new more skillfully and cleverly, everything here is organic and logical, nothing seems intentional or set up."

This also applies to the new album of the Berliner Ensemble. "New Vivaldi" presents well-known and rarely heard music by Antonio Vivaldi - but what is special are the new arrangements by Wolfgang Katschner, lutenist and ensemble leader, which are accompanied by a special line-up of the Lautten Compagney, including a saxophone.

The imaginative arrangements place Vivaldi's music in a new context and create a completely new color by combining a baroque ensemble, interesting percussive effects and the saxophone used as a soloist. So the summer of the 4 seasons becomes the "Summer Slow Hot Blues" and the winter becomes cold, never dreary with songs like "l'inverno focoso". Also worth listening are the new beautiful instrumental versions of Vivaldi's famous aria "Sposa son disprezzata" from his opera Il Bajazet or "Veni, veni me sequere" from his only surviving oratorio Juditha Triumphans.

TRACKLIST

1. Lautten Compagney - Canto de gl'uccelli (after Violin Concerto in E Major, Op. 8, No. 1 / RV 269 "The Four Seasons: Spring", arr. for Baroque Ensemble by Bo Wiget and Martin Ripper)
2. Lautten Compagney - Pastorella Larga (after Chamber Concerto in D Major, RV 95 "La Pastorella": II. Largo, arr. for Baroque Ensemble by Bo Wiget)
3. Lautten Compagney - Pastorella Allegra (after Chamber Concerto in D Major, RV 95 "La Pastorella": III. Allegro, arr. for Baroque Ensemble by Bo Wiget)
4. Lautten Compagney - Trio Sonata in G Minor, RV 85: II. Larghetto (Arr. for Baroque Ensemble by Wolfgang Katschner)
5. Lautten Compagney - Weary Summer Heat (after Violin Concerto in G Minor, Op. 8, No. 2 / RV 315 "The Four Seasons: Summer", arr. for Baroque Ensemble by Bo Wiget)
6. Lautten Compagney - Violin Concerto in G Minor, Op. 12, No. 1/RV 317: II. Largo (Arr. for Baroque Ensemble by Martin Ripper)
7. Lautten Compagney - Summer Slow Hot Blues (after Violin Concerto in G Minor, Op. 8, No. 2 / RV 315 "The Four Seasons: Summer", arr. for Baroque Ensemble by Bo Wiget)
8. Lautten Compagney - Larghetto (after Concerto for 4 Violins and Cello in B Minor, Op. 3, No. 10 / RV 580, arr. for Baroque Ensemble by Wolfgang Katschner)
9. Lautten Compagney - Il Bajazet, RV 703: Dov'è la figlia (Arr. for Baroque Ensemble by Bo Wiget)
10. Lautten Compagney - L'inverno largo (after Concerto No. 4 in F Minor, Op. 8 / RV 297 "The Four Seasons: Winter": II. Largo, arr. for Baroque Ensemble by Bo Wiget)
11. Lautten Compagney - L'Inverno focoso (after Concerto in F Minor, Op. 8, No. 4 / RV 297 "The Four Seasons: Winter", arr. for Baroque Ensemble by Bo Wiget)
12. Lautten Compagney - Juditha Triumphans, RV 644: Veni, veni me sequere fida (Arr. for Baroque Ensemble by Wolfgang Katschner)
13. Lautten Compagney - Passacaglia (after Concerto in G Minor, RV 157, arr. for Baroque Ensemble by Bo Wiget)
14. Lautten Compagney - In Furore Giustissimae Irae, RV 626: Tunc meus fletus (Arr. for Baroque Ensemble by Wolfgang Katschner)
15. Lautten Compagney - Concerto Blues (after Flautino Concerto in C Minor, RV 444, arr. for Baroque Ensemble by Martin Ripper)
16. Lautten Compagney - Il Bajazet, RV 703: Sposa son disprezzata (Arr. for Baroque Ensemble by Wolfgang Katschner)
17. Lautten Compagney - La Verità in Cimento, RV 739: Dopo i nembi, e le procelle (Arr. for Baroque Ensemble by Wolfgang Katschner)
18. Lautten Compagney - Summer Tempest (after Violin Concerto in G Minor, Op. 8, No. 2 / RV 315 "The Four Seasons: Summer", arr. for Baroque Ensemble by Bo Wiget)




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