Vivaldi: Recorder Concertos Dan Laurin & Paradiso Musicale

• Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741): Concerto in G major, RV 443
• 1I. Allegro03:33
• 2II. Largo03:56
• 3III. Allegro molto02:50
• Concerto in A minor, RV 108
• 4I. Allegro02:41
• 5II. Largo02:32
• 6III. Allegro02:16
• Concerto in F major, RV 442
• 7I. Allegro ma non molto03:31
• 8II. Largo e cantabile03:48
• 9III. Allegro01:41
• Concerto in C major, RV 444
• 10I. Allegro non molto04:29
• 11II. Largo02:09
• 12III. Allegro molto03:08
• Concerto in E minor, RV 445
• 13I. Allegro04:27
• 14II. Larghetto02:40
• 15III. [Allegro]03:26
• Concerto in E minor, RV 445
• 16I. Allegro03:43
• 17II. [Andante]03:46
• 18III. Allegro03:19
• Concerto in C minor, RV 441
• 19I. Allegro non molto04:49
• 20II. Largo02:27
• 21III. [Allegro]03:23
• Total Runtime01:08:34

Info zu Vivaldi: Recorder Concertos

The Swedish recorder virtuoso Dan Laurin has demonstrated his remarkable versatility on some thirty recordings for BIS. However, in a recording career that stretches over almost 30 years, Laurin keeps returning to one particular set of works: the concertos by Antonio Vivaldi. The Concertos RV 441, 443 and 444 are included on this, his latest release in which he has joined forces with the young and vibrant Norwegian string ensemble 1B1 (shorthand for Ensemble Bjergsted 1). As he explains in his own liner notes for the present disc, he was inspired by his work on transcribing and performing Vivaldi's Four Seasons: 'A close reading of RV441 and RV443445 reveals great similarities between these works and The Four Seasons: sudden changes of moods, turbulent emotions, burlesque whims mixed with sublime beauty and elegance My aim here is to explore the recorder concertos with the same freedom and spontaneity that characterize the modern-day approach to the Seasons'. Laurin's recording of the Seasons has been called 'undoubtedly the best transcription to date' (Diapason) and 'never hackneyed, but instead invigoratingly fresh and vibrant' (Clarino), verdicts which can only fuel the expectations concerning this latest version of the recorder concertos.

Dan Laurin, recorder, musical direction
1B1 / Jan Bjøranger, leader
Jonas Nordberg, theorbo, baroque guitar
Anna Paradiso, harpsichord

Dan Laurin
In recent years the recorder virtuose Dan Laurin has performed in most parts of the world. Tours to the USA, Japan, Korea, India and Australia as well as appearances in the major European musical centres have confirmed his reputation as one of the most interesting – and sometimes controversial – performers on his instrument. His efforts to rediscover the sound possibilities of the recorder have resulted in a technical facility and a style of playing that have won him numerous awards including a Grammy, the Society of Swedish Composers‘ prize for the best interpretation of contemporary Swedish music and the Performer’s Prize from The Royal Swedish Academy of Music.

A lengthy collaboration with the Australian instrument maker Frederick Morgan resulted in a succession of reconstructions of instruments from earlier rimes, and this has greatly enriched the world of recorder music. Special mention should be made here of the instrument that was designed specifically for Dan Laurin’s recording of Jacob van Eyck ‘s monumental Der Fluyten Lust-hof, the largest work ever written for a wind instrument.

Besides working with early music. Dan Laurin has also premiéred numerous works by Swedish composers. His efforts to broaden the repertoire and to gain for the recorder the status of a concert instrument together with a large orchestra has resulted in several concertos that are already considered classics. Dan Laurin is professor of the recorder and teaches at Trinity College and Stockholm’s Royal College of Music. He is a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Music In 2001 he received the medal ‘Litteris et Artibus’ from the King of Sweden.

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