Davide Locatelli Hyper Silent

Francesco Maria Veracini - Sonate accademiche, Op. 2
Classical, Baroque | 3 CDs | EAC | FLAC, CUE, LOG | Scans | 944 MB | Rapidshare
Recorded: 25-30 June 1993 | Released: 2007 [1995]| Label: Hyperion CDS44241/3 | TT: 175:42
The Locatelli Trio (Elizabeth Wallfisch - violin, Richard Tunnicliffe - cello, Paul Nicholson - harpsichord/organ)

No two Veracini sonatas are the same […] but every one is wildly inventive, intensely emotive, tremendously difficult, and, in these performances, brilliantly executed. Elizabeth Wallfisch is one of the great period violin players with an expressive tone and an awe-inspiring technique, and she takes on Veracini's most challenging double and triple stops without dropping a note. […] (James Leonard, All Music Guide)

One of the benefits of the current “catalog-dumping” trend from major record labels these days is the gathering together of sets such as [this one], offering a trove of music that otherwise would be difficult or impossible to assemble from individual recordings, and many of which are no longer available singly. The 6-CD collection from Concerto Köln is the best overall, comprising some of the finest orchestral works from 18th-century Europe not written by Bach, Haydn, or Mozart, and celebrating the spirit and expressive capabilities and character of a smaller-sized, conductor-less instrumental ensemble. These composers—Dall’Abaco, Kozeluch, Eberl, for instance—deserve to be better-, make that well-known. And there’s no doubt that if there had not been a Haydn or Mozart, we’d be (justifiably) listening to, and marveling at, a lot more Johann Vanhal today—if you don’t know this contemporary of both of those great masters, you owe it to yourself to get acquainted. The Concerto Köln is a premier advocate for all of this repertoire, and having all of it in one economical box is ideal.

– David Vernier

One of the benefits of the current “catalog-dumping” trend from major record labels these days is the gathering together of sets such as [this one], offering a trove of music that otherwise would be difficult or impossible to assemble from individual recordings, and many of which are no longer available singly. The 6-CD collection from Concerto Köln is the best overall, comprising some of the finest orchestral works from 18th-century Europe not written by Bach, Haydn, or Mozart, and celebrating the spirit and expressive capabilities and character of a smaller-sized, conductor-less instrumental ensemble…

– David Vernier, ClassicsToday.com

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.