Neville Marriner, Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields - Charles Avison: 12 Concerti Grossi After Domenico Scarlatti (1993)
Neville Marriner, Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields - Charles Avison: 12 Concerti Grossi After Domenico Scarlatti (1993)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 724 Mb | Total time: 71:51+71:12 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Philips Classics | 438 806-2 | Recorded: 1978
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 724 Mb | Total time: 71:51+71:12 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Philips Classics | 438 806-2 | Recorded: 1978
Newcastle-born and -based, Charles Avison issued his string arrangements of harpsichord sonatas by Domenico Scarlatti in 1744. Forty-two of Scarlatti's sonatas had been published by Roseingrave in London five years earlier and it was these which, by and large, provided Avison with his material. 'By and large', since, as Stephen Roe remarks in his note, the sonatas included only two slow movements and Avison, planning 12 concertos in the slow-fast-slow-fast scheme favoured by his teacher, Geminiani, required 24. So, at ''extraordinary expence'', Avison got hold of some manuscript copies of further sonatas by Scarlatti which provided him with additional slow pieces. In the end, however, he inserted a few of his own, albeit in some cases little more than cadential chords. Avison's arrangements are delightful and even as early as 1768 the novelist, Laurence Sterne had immortalized them in the Third Book of Tristram Shandy where he finds an ingenious analogy between Tristram's father's apoplectic rage and the Con furia movement of the Sixth Concerto. In a coda of some asperity Sterne then ticks off Avison for his use of such terms for, as he says, ''What has 'con furia'—'con strepito' [which Avison never used]—or any other hurly-burly whatever to do with harmony?''
These performances are lively in spirit, bringing out much of the charm and vitality of some inventive musical ideas. Marriner adopts sensible tempos throughout and has a good feeling for dance measures. The concertino players are excellent and the performances are almost consistently reliable in matters of tuning and ensemble….
All in all, this is an engaging issue of music that stands up to more than cursory investigation. The recorded sound is clear and there is effective differentiation between solos and tuttis. Lovers of Tristram Shandy will require no further recommendations, but the set should have a wider appeal.– Nicholas Anderson
Performer:
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields
Neville Marriner, conductor
Track List:
Charles Avison (1709-1770)
CD1:
Concerto No. 1 In A
01. Adagio-Allegro
02. Amoroso
03. Allegro
Concerto No. 2 In G
04. Largo-Allegro
05. Andante
06. Vivace
Concerto No. 3 In D Minor
07. Largo Andante
08. Allegro (Allegro Spiritoso)
09. Vivace
10. Allegro
Concerto No. 4 In A Minor
11. Andante
12. Allegro
13. Largo
14. Vivace
Concerto No. 5 In D Minor
15. Largo
16. Allegro
17. Andante Moderato
18. Allegro
Concerto No. 6 In D
19. Largo
20. Con Furia
21. Adagio
22. Vivacemente
CD2:
Concerto No. 7 In G Minor
01. Adagio
02. Allegro
03. Adagio
04. Allegro Affettuoso
Concerto No. 8 In E Minor
05. Adagio
06. Allegro
07. Amoroso
08. Vivace
Concerto No. 9 In C
09. Largo
10. Con Spirito
11. Siciliano
12. Allegro
Concerto No. 10 In D
13. Grazioso
14. Allegro
15. Adagio
16. Giga (Allegro)
Concerto No. 11 In G
17. Con Affetto
18. Allegro
19. Andante Moderato
20. Vivacemente
Concerto No. 12 In D
21. Grave Temporeggiato
22. Largo Tempo Giusto
23. Allegro Spiritoso
24. Lentemente
25. Temporeggiato
26. Allegro
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Neville Marriner, Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields - Charles Avison: 12 Concerti Grossi After Domenico Scarlatti (1993)
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