Tartini's 'second creative period' (from around 1735) is marked by highly virtuosic instrumental writing, audacious harmony, and an increased focus on expressive slow movements.
Recording & Production
Due to missing parts in Tartini's manuscripts, the performers completed mutilated or incomplete movements based on their deep knowledge of his musical language.
Composition History
Most of Tartini's violin concertos exist only as manuscripts, as he rarely dated his compositions or published them during his lifetime.
Recording & Production
The performers, L'Arte dell'Arco, undertook a complete recording project of Tartini's concertos, which presented challenges due to the largely unpublished and often difficult-to-decipher manuscript scores.
Composer Biography
Giuseppe Tartini, an 18th-century Italian composer, focused his musical output almost entirely on the violin, his chosen instrument.
Interpretation
The performers used a higher pitch (A=442 Hz) and specific keyboard instrument tuning, reflecting historical practices in Tartini's time and region.
Interpretation
The soloists composed their own caprices and cadenzas for this recording when Tartini did not provide them, drawing inspiration from models by Nicolai and Nardini.
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