Il Pomo d'Oro
AP291 - 1CD - 68' - Jun 3, 2022
Il Pomo d’Oro & Zefira Valova explore lesser-known 18th-century violin concertos, from Benda and Graun to Sirmen and Saint-Georges, tracing the genre’s evolution up to Mozart, including the famous Rondo in C, K.373.
ll Pomo d'Oro and Zefira Valova focus here on the little-known violin concertos of the second half of the eighteenth century. Bringing together the works of Franz Benda and Johann Gottlieb Graun (in a world premiere recording), pillars of the orchestra at the court of Frederick II of Prussia, as well as those of the Venetian virtuoso Maddalena Lombardini Sirmen and the iconoclastic Joseph Bologne de Saint-Georges (also in a world premiere recording), this album offers a bright panorama of the evolution of the genre, culminating in Mozart's achievements in the last quarter of the century, of which Il Pomo d'Oro and Zefira Valova offer us a glimpse with the famous Rondo in C K. 373.
FRANZ BENDA (1709-1786)
Violin Concerto in A major L2.13 (n.d.)
1. I. Allegro 6’02
2. II. Adagio poco andante 5’22
3. III. Presto 3’49
JOHANN GOTTLIEB GRAUN (c1703-1771)
Violin Concerto in C minor GraunWV Av:XII:18* (n.d.)
4. I. Allegretto 5’39
5. II. Adagio 6’50
6. III. Allegro 5’17
JOSEPH BOLOGNE DE SAINT-GEORGES (c1745-1799)
Violin Concerto in D major* (c1772)
7. I. Allegro maestoso 7’36
8. II. Adagio 4’28
9. III. Rondeau 3’59
MADDALENA LOMBARDINI SIRMEN (1745-1818)
Violin Concerto No. 1 in B flat major op. 3 (c1768)
10. I. Allegro 6’21
11. II. Andante 1’59
12. III. Rondo 5’46
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART (1756-1791)
13. Rondo for violin and orchestra in C major K. 373 (1781)
Allegretto grazioso 5’21
* WORLD PREMIERE RECORDING
