Locatelli: L'Arte del Violino – 12 Concertos, Op. 3
5/10/2024, 60 Tracks, 3:33:03
Featuring
Elizabeth Wallfisch
Nicholas Kraemer
Raglan Baroque Players
Pietro Antonio Locatelli
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Composition History
Pietro Antonio Locatelli's L'Arte del Violino, printed in Amsterdam in 1733, was one of the most influential musical publications of the early eighteenth century.
Compositional Technique
Locatelli's 'Art of the Violin' extends to the utmost limits of technique, requiring high positions (up to the 16th position, and even 22nd in Opus VI) and frequent double-stopping, polyphonic writing, trills, and difficult bowing.
Compositional Technique
L'Arte del Violino is a collection of twelve concertos for solo violin, strings, and basso continuo, with a 'capriccio' for unaccompanied violin inserted into the first and last movements of each concerto.
Composer Biography
Pietro Antonio Locatelli, born in Bergamo, Italy, traveled to Rome in 1711 hoping to study with Arcangelo Corelli, but likely studied with Giuseppe Valentini instead.
Composer's Artistic Vision
In L'Arte del Violino, Locatelli presents the virtuoso par excellence, a musician focused on making a maximum impression and whose outstanding technical prowess is the center of attention.
Composer Biography
Locatelli lived comfortably in Amsterdam from 1729 until his death in 1764, without any formal employment, and all his works were published in Holland.
Cultural Impact
Locatelli's L'Arte del Violino played a significant role in the music-historical developments that led to the first half of the nineteenth century becoming the age of the virtuoso concerto.
