Tartini: The Devil's Sonata / Andrew Manze [Import]

Giuseppe Tartini (Composer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Composer: Giuseppe Tartini
• Audio CD (March 10, 1998)
• SPARS Code: DDD
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Harmonia Mundi Fr.
• ASIN: B000005Z35
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #118,218 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderfully different, December 21, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Tartini: The Devil's Sonata / Andrew Manze (Audio CD)

Very very interesting. If you are looking for a beautiful, fluid, modern recording of the Devil's Sonata/Devil's Trill, try, perhaps, Nathan Milstein's Italian Sonatas. But if you are familiar with the usual sound of Tartini and are looking for something that engages both musically and intellectually, this is it. Certainly as virtuousic as any baroque recording one can readily think of, but conjures up the baroque era as a passionate and creative time, not just a technically miraculous one.

22 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Ultimate Italian Baroque Violin!!!, May 24, 2002

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LizGraphix "lizgraphix" (Los Angeles, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Tartini: The Devil's Sonata / Andrew Manze (Audio CD)

I started years ago, collecting CDs of Vivaldi's works. Along the way I began to realize that, while I loved Vivaldi, there was a wealth of Italian Baroque works to be discovered and, the period, itself, being at the heart of my obsession.

And then I discovered Tartini in this CD. I couldn't believe what I was hearing. The intricacy and the vision. The Devil's Sonata - aka, The Devil's Trill came to Tartini in a dream which he explains, he tried to capture upon waking. He feels he did a poor job but, there is nothing poor about this work. Nothing lacking either from his variations on Corelli ("L'arte del arco") or Sonata in A minor.

If you enjoy this musical period and it's masters, you cannot be without this particular recording. It is well worth the 2 weeks waiting it may take to get it (it's an import). Andrew Manze has clearly embraced this period's music ... and soul ... and that clearly shines through this recording. I can't recommend this selection highly enough.

If you love Vivaldi ... you will love this as well.

18 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Devil's Sonata as it Should be Played!, November 6, 2004

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Dr. K. C. MacDonald (Cambs, England) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Tartini: The Devil's Sonata / Andrew Manze (Audio CD)

If I wish to demonstrate to someone why the 'Baroque Violin' is special, this is the album I play to them. There is no 'modern' rendering that approaches it. The dynamic range, intimacy and passion inherent in this CD are incomparable. Though I am sure the adherents of Josh Bell, Sarah Chang and Vanessa Mae would hoot me down, I will assert that in musicianship and technical ability Manze is the finest violinist living. Period.

In over 20 years of pursuing the 'ideal' solo violin recording this would be my choice.