Artist: Lautten Compagney, Wolfgang Katschner
Title: New Vivaldi
Year Of Release: 2022
Label: deutsche harmonia mundi
Genre: Classical
Quality: 24bit-96kHz FLAC (tracks + booklet)
Total Time: 02:19:40
Total Size:  1.19 GB

Tracklist:

1. 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) (6:15)
2. Pastorella Larga (after Chamber Concerto in D Major, RV 95 "La Pastorella": II. Largo, arr. for Baroque Ensemble by Bo Wiget) (4:55)
3. Pastorella Allegra (after Chamber Concerto in D Major, RV 95 "La Pastorella": III. Allegro, arr. for Baroque Ensemble by Bo Wiget) (2:25)
4. Trio Sonata in G Minor, RV 85: II. Larghetto (Arr. for Baroque Ensemble by Wolfgang Katschner) (2:07)
5. 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) (4:55)
6. Violin Concerto in G Minor, Op. 12, No. 1/RV 317: II. Largo (Arr. for Baroque Ensemble by Martin Ripper) (4:45)
7. 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) (3:50)
8. Larghetto (after Concerto for 4 Violins and Cello in B Minor, Op. 3, No. 10 / RV 580, arr. for Baroque Ensemble by Wolfgang Katschner) (2:29)
9. Il Bajazet, RV 703: Dov'è la figlia (Arr. for Baroque Ensemble by Bo Wiget) (1:47)
10. 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) (3:00)
11. 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) (3:42)
12. Juditha Triumphans, RV 644: Veni, veni me sequere fida (Arr. for Baroque Ensemble by Wolfgang Katschner) (3:10)
13. Passacaglia (after Concerto in G Minor, RV 157, arr. for Baroque Ensemble by Bo Wiget) (2:05)
14. In Furore Giustissimae Irae, RV 626: Tunc meus fletus (Arr. for Baroque Ensemble by Wolfgang Katschner) (3:52)
15. Concerto Blues (after Flautino Concerto in C Minor, RV 444, arr. for Baroque Ensemble by Martin Ripper) (5:19)
16. Il Bajazet, RV 703: Sposa son disprezzata (Arr. for Baroque Ensemble by Wolfgang Katschner) (4:23)
17. La Verità in Cimento, RV 739: Dopo i nembi, e le procelle (Arr. for Baroque Ensemble by Wolfgang Katschner) (1:58)
18. 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) (3:14)

The award-winning lautten compagney Berlin performs Antonio Vivaldi on the German harmonia mundi label, opening up exciting new perspectives. The album "New Vivaldi" will be released in October 2022.

in 1678 Antonio Vivaldi saw the light of day in Venice. And just a few years later, the young violin virtuoso would become one of Europe's most celebrated composers. It is hard to believe that his work was almost forgotten after his death in 1741. But since the Vivaldi renaissance that began in the 20th century, he has been one of the most frequently performed composers of all. This is due in no small part to his world-famous hit, his "Four Seasons."

As one of the leading baroque ensembles, the lautten compagney Berlin has also had Vivaldi in its repertoire for a long time. Since the musicians around artistic director Wolfgang Katschner always implement exciting sound dialogues with other styles and cultures in their baroque projects, an exciting, musically multilingual Vivaldi album has now been created, which will be released by deutsche harmonia mundi in October.

There are influences from jazz and blues as well as from world music, especially from the Arabian region. And right at the beginning of this Vivaldi update, the recorders in "Summer" from the "Four Seasons" transform into a wonderfully chirping and warbling chorus of birds. For "New Vivaldi," individual movements were selected not only from the "Four Seasons" cycle, but also from other instrumental concertos, stage and church works. Ensemble members Bo Wiget and Martin Ripper have created arrangements that are entirely tailored to the special instrumentation of the lautten compagney Berlin; that is, to a baroque orchestra enriched with saxophone and numerous percussion effects.

The orchestration, the amount of improvisation, the tempo and the arrangement of the movements are comparatively free. The high respect for the originator is not lost in the process. On the contrary: with their arrangements, the lautten compagney Berlin puts old compositions into a new, contemporary context. Antonio Vivaldi's music has never been heard and experienced like this before!