The Italian composers of the Baroque, led by Antonio Vivaldi, often
honoured the small instruments of the lute family in their rich
compositional oeuvres. At the time these instruments with a fourth-third
tuning were known by various names, for example, as the leuto, leutino,
mandola, or mandolla. Today the small lute is uniformly termed the
'Baroque mandolin' and more rarely the 'soprano lute'. The number of
composers who wrote attractive works for the mandolin documents the fact
that it was then a much-played instrument that musical audiences liked
to hear. Accordingly, this new recording brings together concertos,
trios, and sonatas by Carlo Arrigoni, Johann Adolf Hasse, Ranieri
Capponi, and – of course – Vivaldi. What is particularly surprising here
is the homogeneous sound of the dialogue between the Baroque mandolin
and the Baroque violin – since they are two very different instruments
in the field of tonal production. The tonal beauty of both solo parts,
with one duo partner supporting the other with accompanying broken
chords, produces a captivating effect in the second movement of
Vivaldi's Concerto RV 548. Anna Torge is one of the leading virtuosos of
the Baroque mandolin.
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