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79185 Garrick Ohlsson and the San Francisco Symphony: Wuorinen: Piano Concerto, No. 3; 79186 Scott Jacobs: Patty Hearst: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack; 79187 Dawn Upshaw: Knoxville: Summer of 1915; 79188 Leon Kirchner: Concerto for Violin, Cello, Winds, Percussion; 79189 John Harbison: Simple Daylight; 79191 Bob Telson: Gospel at Colonus
A concerto (/ k ə n ˈ tʃ ɛər t oʊ /; plural concertos, or concerti from the Italian plural) is, from the late Baroque era, mostly understood as an instrumental composition, written for one or more soloists accompanied by an orchestra or other ensemble.
The concerto grosso (pronounced [konˈtʃɛrto ˈɡrɔsso]; Italian for big concert(o), plural concerti grossi [konˈtʃɛrti ˈɡrɔssi]) is a form of baroque music in which the musical material is passed between a small group of soloists (the concertino) and full orchestra (the ripieno, tutti or concerto grosso).
Bach's solo and double violin concertos, with Andrew Manze and The Academy of Ancient Music (1997) [6] Vivaldi's 12 La Stravaganza concertos, directing Arte dei Suonatori (won Gramophone magazine's Best Baroque Recording of 2003) available on CD, SACD and Studio Master; Mozart's complete sonatas for violin and fortepiano, with Gary Cooper ...
Since that time the orchestra has concentrated on the live performance and recording of music by Baroque composers, and particularly that of Vivaldi. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] They received two Grammy nominations, the first in 1996 for Vivaldi's Concerti Per Molti Istromenti and the second in 1999 for Corelli 's Twelve concerti grossi , Op. 6 , both on the ...
Danish National Baroque Orchestra Concerto Copenhagen played its first concerts in 1991 and has since developed into the leading baroque orchestra in Scandinavia. Since 1999 the orchestra has been directed by harpsichordist Lars Ulrik Mortensen .
Other early violin concertos are the four in Albinoni's Op. 2 (1700) and the six in Torelli's important Op. 8 (1709 - the other six works in this set are double concertos for two violins). The most influential and prolific composer of concertos during the Baroque period was the Venetian Antonio Vivaldi (1678–1741). In addition to his nearly ...
Notable recordings include Parkening Plays Vivaldi featuring a selection of Baroque concertos, Pleasures of Their Company with soprano Kathleen Battle, produced by Patti Laursen and nominated for the 1986 Classical Record of the Year Grammy Award as well as the world premiere recording of Peter Warlock's Capriol Suite with the Academy of St ...
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