Special offer. Vivaldi, Leclair, Locatelli: Violin Concertos
Théotime Langlois de Swarte (violin), Les Ombres
Awards:
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2022, Recording of the Month
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Presto Editor's Choice, February 2022
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2022
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Baroque Instrumental
Les Ombres, under its co-founder and bass violist Margaux Blanchard, provide a lively and sympathetic rapport with the soloist
Special offer. Vivaldi, Leclair, Locatelli: Violin Concertos
Théotime Langlois de Swarte (violin), Les Ombres
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Awards:
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2022, Recording of the Month
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Presto Editor's Choice, February 2022
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2022
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Baroque Instrumental
Les Ombres, under its co-founder and bass violist Margaux Blanchard, provide a lively and sympathetic rapport with the soloist
About
Théotime Langlois de Swarte continues his exploration of the violin repertory of the early eighteenth century. In this programme, he highlights the links between three leading composers for the instrument, whose popularity was burgeoning at the time: Vivaldi, father of the violin concerto, and two of his most brilliant younger contemporaries, Locatelli and Leclair. A disc which, beyond the interplay of echoes and personal connections, showcases the extraordinary versatility of an instrument as virtuosic as it is poetic.
Contents and tracklist
- Théotime Langlois de Swarte, Les Ombres
- Théotime Langlois de Swarte, Les Ombres
- Théotime Langlois de Swarte, Les Ombres
- Théotime Langlois de Swarte, Les Ombres
- Théotime Langlois de Swarte, Les Ombres
- Théotime Langlois de Swarte, Les Ombres
- Théotime Langlois de Swarte, Les Ombres
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Awards and reviews
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Gramophone MagazineMarch 2022Recording of the Month
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Presto Editor's ChoiceFebruary 2022
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Presto Recordings of the YearFinalist 2022
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International Classical Music Awards2023Nominated - Baroque Instrumental
May 2022
Les Ombres, under its co-founder and bass violist Margaux Blanchard, provide a lively and sympathetic rapport with the soloist
Sep/Oct 2022
Langlois de Swarte’s performance is practically transportive—clear, precise notes, minimal vibrato, steady, even bowing that guides the direction and fortitude of the ensemble.
March 2022
His playing is joyful; it is wild and beautiful, inventive and efficient...These are performances so special that I feel a changed man from listening to them. Buy it, tell all your friends.
February 2022
This joyous recording swirls into life with a gloriously free-wheeling account of a short prelude (clocking in at less than a minute) by Vivaldi, and the improvisatory energy and gleeful abandon never lets up over the course of the next hour, with some especially arresting, nigh-on percussive continuo contributions in the finale of the first Vivaldi concerto and breathtaking fireworks from Langlois de Swarte in the cadenza of the Locatelli.
