Tartini: Violin Concertos

Featuring

Andrea Marcon
Chouchane Siranossian
Venice Baroque Orchestra
Giuseppe Tartini

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Performer Biography

Chouchane Siranossian, the violinist on this recording, performs as a soloist on both modern and Baroque violins.

Composition History

Tartini's extensive output of violin concertos, totaling around 160 works, was mostly written for performance during liturgical celebrations in St. Anthony's Basilica.

Compositional Technique

Many of Tartini's concertos feature handwritten 'mottos'—short phrases or stanzas from poems or opera librettos—that suggest emotional mood, define musical articulation, and indicate the theme's gait and phrasing.

Interpretation

The performers opted for a 440Hz pitch, despite the period organ in the Basilica del Santo being tuned at 432Hz, because the organ's pitch rises significantly with summer heat.

Composer's Artistic Vision

Tartini's conception of interpretation and aesthetics aimed to make instrumental music expressive and natural by imitating speech and singing.

Composition History

Giuseppe Tartini, a virtuoso violinist, composer, theorist, and teacher, was engaged in 1721 as 'primo violino e violino capo di concerto' for St. Anthony's Basilica in Padua, a title created specifically for him.

Recording & Production

This album features the first modern recording of an unpublished Violin Concerto in G major by Tartini, discovered and identified by musicologist Margherita Canale.