The Godfather: Masters of the German & Italian Baroque

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If Chandler’s programming of oddities and fragments sometimes looks like a musicological download, the sound his orchestra makes soon makes you forget that. Bright, clear, open and gloriously... — Gramophone Magazine, February 2020 More…

Release Date: 15th Nov 2019
Catalogue No: SIGCD602
Label: Signum
Length: 64 minutes

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Telemann: Concerto TWV 54:D3 in D major for 3 trumpets, 2 oboes, timpani, strings & b.c.

Work length11:12

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Adrian Chandler (violin)
La Serenissima

I. Intrada-Grave

Track length2:40

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II. Allegro

Track length2:53

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III. Largo

Track length2:31

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IV. Vivace

Track length3:08

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Pisendel: Concerto movement for Violin, Strings & Continuo in A

Work length4:18

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Adrian Chandler (violin)
La Serenissima

Pisendel: Concerto for 2 Oboes and Bassoon in E flat major

Work length6:15

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Adrian Chandler (violin)
La Serenissima

Bach, J S: Concerto in D major, BWV1045

Work length6:32

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Adrian Chandler (violin)
La Serenissima

Brescianello: Concerto for Violin, Bassoon, Strings & Continuo in B flat

Work length12:06

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Adrian Chandler (violin)
La Serenissima

I. Allegro

Track length4:04

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II. Adagio

Track length5:07

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III. Allegro

Track length2:55

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Vivaldi: Violin Concerto in B flat major, RV745 (fragment)

Work length3:52

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Adrian Chandler (violin)
La Serenissima

Vivaldi: Concerto for strings RV 158 'Concerto ripieno'

Work length8:29

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Adrian Chandler (violin)
La Serenissima

I. Allegro molto

Track length2:40

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II. Andante molto

Track length2:15

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III. Allegro

Track length3:34

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Fasch, J F: Concerto for Violin, 2 Oboes, Bassoon, 3 Trumpets, Timpani, Strings & Continuo in D, FaWV LD3

Work length11:19

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Adrian Chandler (violin)
La Serenissima

I. Allegro

Track length3:55

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II. Andante

Track length2:15

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III. Allegro

Track length5:09

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Recording of the Week, La Serenissima's The Godfather

15th November 2019

La Serenissima explore the network of friendships and collaborations that helped bring together German and Italian styles during the Baroque, with concertos by Telemann, Pisendel, Brescianello and others.

The musical world of eighteenth-century Europe was a small one. Despite the problems presented by contemporary standards of transport, it was quite normal for composers in one part of Europe to be entirely au fait with what was happening elsewhere. This is borne out by the closeness of three German composers: Telemann, godfather to C.P.E. Bach; Pisendel; and J.S. Bach, who admired both his compatriots and composed some astoundingly difficult music for the violinist Pisendel. This programme celebrates their music as well as the music of those who contributed to their musical heritage. Included alongside the German triumvirate are works by Vivaldi who physically helped with the composition of Pisendel’s A minor concerto movement, Fasch who was a great friend of Pisendel and Telemann, and Brescianello, an Italian who helped the dissemination of Italian instrumental music throughout the German-speaking lands and whose concertos were played in Dresden by Pisendel.

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February 2020

If Chandler’s programming of oddities and fragments sometimes looks like a musicological download, the sound his orchestra makes soon makes you forget that. Bright, clear, open and gloriously brassy, with expansive but controlled windplaying, rat-a-tat drumming and boldly projected string sound led by Chandler’s wheeling and diving solo violin – all is light and energy. In places it is nothing short of magnificent.

January 2020

Already Presto Classical’s disc of the week, riding high in the classical charts, and with a very favourable mention on BBC Radio 3’s Essential Classics, The Godfather is yet another hit from Adrian Chandler and La Serenissima.

15th November 2019

One of the many things that La Serenissima always do very well is to take what might seem a dry concept – tracing the thread of musical connections between the various parts of Europe via pieces by the composers who helped to cement them – and make it fun...This enthusiasm can’t help but come through in their playing and the result is simply an offer you can’t refuse.

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