Portrait [Import]

Giuseppe Tartini (Composer), Giovanni Mealli (Composer), Antonio Vivaldi (Composer), Marco Uccellini (Composer), George Frederick Handel (Composer), Jean-Fery Rebel (Composer), Johann Sebastian Bach (Composer), Georg Philipp Telemann (Composer), Biagio Marini (Composer), Francesco Geminiani (Composer), Academy of Ancient Music (Performer), Romanesca (Performer), Richard Egarr (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: Academy of Ancient Music, Romanesca, Richard Egarr
• Composer: Giuseppe Tartini, Giovanni Mealli, Antonio Vivaldi, Marco Uccellini, George Frederick Handel, et al.
• Audio CD (August 15, 2000)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Harmonia Mundi Fr.
• ASIN: B00004UFDH
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #169,691 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. The Devils Sonata And Other Works:'La Sonata Del Diavolo' In G Minor: III Andante-Largo-Adagio

2. Complete Violin Sonatas: Op. III, No. 3, 'La Melana'

3. Concert For The Prince Of Poland: Violin Concerto In E-Flat Major 'La Tempesta Di Mare', Op. VIII, No. 5, RV 253: I. Presto

4. Concert For The Prince Of Poland: Violin Concerto In E-Flat Major 'La Tempesta Di Mare', Op. VIII, No. 5, RV 253: II. Largo

5. Concert For The Prince Of Poland: Violin Concerto In E-Flat Major 'La Tempesta Di Mare', Op. VIII, No. 5, RV 253: III. Presto

6. Sonatas: Sonata Over Toccata V, Op. IV 'Detta La Laura Rilucente'

7. Concerti Grossi, Op. 6: ' Twelve Grand Concertos In Seven Parts': Concerto VI In G Minor, HWV 3624: III. Musette

8. Concerti Grossi, Op. 6: ' Twelve Grand Concertos In Seven Parts': Concerto VI In G Minor, HWV 3624: IV. Allegro

9. Violin Sonatas:Sonate Sixieme In B Minor: III. Gracieusement

10. Violin Sonatas:Sonate Sixieme In B Minor: IV. Viste

11. Violin Sonatas: Toccata And Fugue In A Minor: Toccata and Fugue In A Minor For Unaccompanied Violin, Reconstructed By A. M. From The Organ Work BWV 565 In Minor

12. Sonata In E Major: I. Adagio

13. Twelve Fantasias For Violin Solo/Gulliver Suite For Two Violins: Intrada

14. Twelve Fantasias For Violin Solo/Gulliver Suite For Two Violins: Lilliputsche Chaconne

15. Curiose & Moderne Inventioni: Sinfonia Sesto Tuono

16. Curiose & Moderne Inventioni: Balletto Quarto Allemano

17. Curiose & Moderne Inventioni: Sinfonia Terzo Tuono

18. Sonata In A Major, HWV 361: III. Adagio

19. Sonata In A Major, HWV 361: IV. Allegro

20. Concerto XII In D Minor 'Follia': Theme + Variations 1-8

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Customer Reviews

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24 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Marketing Idea, August 28, 2000

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This review is from: Portrait (Audio CD)

I had heard of Andrew Manze but never heard him play. This CD is a very inexpensive introduction to an incredible Baroque violinist. He opens your ears to a completely different level of performance in this type of music. Highly recommended as an introduction, but be warned that you will soon be purchasing many more of his CDs.

17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A rich introduction to a top Baroque specialist, November 14, 2005

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Alan Lekan (Boulder, CO) - See all my reviews
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Andrew Manze is a Cambridge-educated, early-music scholar, an internationally-famous period violinist, an accomplished chamber musician and director of the prestigious Academy of Ancient Music. His discography is vast - specializing in the early to late Baroque and with a strong affinity to the more unusual, 'quirky' Baroque sonatas such as those by Tartini, Schmelzer and Biber - recordings made with fellow Baroque specialists, John Toll and Nigel North (AKA 'Romanesca').

This sampler CD is a nice compilation of Manze's music - from solo violin to full orchestral music - featuring works from more well-known composers (Telemann, Bach, Handel, Vivaldi) to the more obscure Italian violin virtuoso composers (Tartini, Uccellini, Pandolfi, Geminiani, Marini). The selections spotlight his highly rhythmic, academic-rich style and techniques which have won accolades from the international music press like Gramophone, Penguin Guide, ClassicsToday and BBC Music. Highlights are the concerti grossi from Geminiani, Vivaldi and Handel and the sonatas from Handel and Telemann. One truly delightful work is the Handel Violin Sonata in which Manze illicits a most bouyant, spontaneous manner that is most uplifting. Less inspiring to me were the Bach and Pandolfi sonatas as were the somewhat mundane liner notes written by Manze - although they are not without some fascinating tidbits. But so much more could have been said about Manze, his unique style and his career in the notes by a third party to give a more colorful "portrait" of this artist.

If you are new to Manze's music, this CD is a great place to start to explore his broad discography and his compelling style and will help you sort out which composers/recordings you will most gravitate towards - or equally important ... the ones you don't. While varied and compelling, this one CD is only a smittering of Manze's recordings - unfortunately absent are representation works of his powerful readings of the unusual, free-form and often-meditative sonatas of the German-Catholic composers, Biber and Schmelzer (some of Manze's best recordings in my opinion). ClassicsToday gave this CD a perfect 10/10 if that helpf make your decision easier (the sound quality is consistentyly very vivid too). Harmonia Mundi offers this sampler CD at a "teaser" price (about half price) as a way to introduce listeners to great artists - with the hope of course that you will buy a few of the CD's represented here (at full price) that most catch your interest. Either way it is a win for the classical listener exploring the less-familiar Baroque violin repertoire that Manze specializes in dusting off from the shelves and performing most strikingly.

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful!, September 14, 2009

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Joanne Frances Gladney (St Louis, MO) - See all my reviews
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I love to play this at work. It is fabulous to listen to and lowers my stress level and often makes my surrounding seem plush instead government issue like they are.