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- Limited edition box set: Concerti Grossi Op. 3
- 80-page booklet with graphic comments and insights
- Autographed letter from Conductor Ottavio Dantone
Accademia Bizantina and Ottavio Dantone complete the trilogy on the musical form of Concerto Grosso with the third chapter of The Exciting Sound of Baroque Music project:
Francesco Geminiani's Concerti Grossi Op.3.
The CD contains the six concertos that make up Opera 3, plus the Concerto Grosso in D minor, Geminiani's transcription of Corelli's famous Follia.
The limited-edition box set includes an 80-page booklet, in Italian and English, which historically and stylistically contextualizes the concertos and the new interpretation given by Accademia Bizantina and Ottavio Dantone.
A reinterpretation that vividly portrays the triumph of emotions in the Concerti Grossi by the "furious" Geminiani: a performer and composer of boundless talent, unpredictable, discussed in life and by posterity, original and innovative.
“When we set out to pursue this project around the Concerto grosso by releasing a trilogy of three different composers, *the choice of he third master of this form fell on Francesco Geminiani without hesitation. He was a talented musician, highly versatile both as a violinist and as a composer.” (O.Dantone)
"I have always liked the fiery and unpredictable character of the young Geminiani. It is said that he was quite difficult to join in concert because of his bizarre musical taste. [...]
Supposedly, Tartini called him “il furibondo Geminiani”. Furibondo, that is, furious: full of fury, restlessness, violent passions!" (A. Tampieri)
