Locatelli - Violin Concerto in G Minor - Mov. 3-5/5

PIETRO LOCATELLI (1695-1764)

Concerto for violin, strings, and basso continuo in G minor Op. 3 No. 6

3. Adagio

4. Vivace

5. Cappricio

Performed by the Raglan Baroque Players
Featuring Elizabeth Wallfisch, violin
Conducted by Nicholas Kraemer

Category:

Music

Tags:

• vivaldi
• bach
• handel
• mozart
• beethoven
• corelli
• grosso
• cello
• harpsichord
• classical
• pachelbel
• canon
• baroque
• trio
• sonata

[sweetviolet1000]

Thank you! This is a beautiful set of music!

Is the painting the composer himself? ..Looks like he is interested in various things!

[HARMONICO101]

Actually the man in the background is a self-portrait of the painter Edwart Collier. Painted in 1684, so about a generation or so before Locatelli.

[giulioonamor]

thanks

[giulioonamor]

@HARMONICO101 THANKS V.M. scaramucce !

[sENoZ93]

POUR TOI :)

[voxhunden]

@Mercer1012 Yes, mea culpa:)

[Mercer1012]

@voxhunden I never downed Locatelli I think he is one of the masters, but it is impossible to say who is superior. If we went by who was most popular during the time, then Corelli would have blown all of the Italians, Locatelli, Vivaldi, Geminani, Albinoni, Tartini, etc, out of the water. His music was of "unparalleled influence". I, for one, do not care for Corelli particularly, so I do agree that it is your own personal opinion, I was just surprised you dismissed so many masters so casually.

[voxhunden]

@Mercer1012 Of course, Vivaldi was VASTLY more productive than Locatelli, and of bigger stature in his time as well. And every artist works within the framework of (a) the achievements of their time, (b) their own imagination and (c) what their audience are willing to accept, so each has their trademark. Still, within his limited production and framework, to me personally Locatelli has a lot more to say than Vivaldi. Art either touches you or it doesn't. Locatelli does for me. Very much:)

[Mercer1012]

@voxhunden I never said they were the same, far from it. Vivaldi's have often been compared to dances, or as "playful" but I like his nearly incessant use of the descending sequence. :) Vivaldi's concerti are very different as well, while he uses similar cadences and other musical schemes, that is because it is his trademark. Locatelli has a trademark if you listen carefully enough as does Mozart and Haydn. Vivaldi also wrote for FAR more combinations of instruments than Locatelli.

[voxhunden]

@Mercer1012 You're right, Locatelli and Vivaldi are as much the same as Van Gogh and Renoir - very different. To me personally, all of Vivaldi's music sounds like a dance, but also (or: and therefore) as more of the same, while Locatelli sounds like a Russian storyteller - always very different, and never failing to drag me in. A matter of taste I guess. I probably like stories more than dance:)

[Mercer1012]

@voxhunden I agree on all except Vivaldi. True Locatelli might have been a superior violinist (I would say they were equals, as Vivaldi was called "The Madman" by his students for his intense and complicated solo's), but Vivaldi captures something more with his music, La Tempesta di Mare - A storm at sea, the Four Seasons - obvious, Il gardellino - a gold finch, Il Cucu - a cuckoo bird, and the list goes on. I like Locatelli, but I do not think he is a greater genius than Vivaldi. Equals at best

[Max0Inq]

My hunger for great music is satisfied for a while :D