MAURICE STEGER recorder
I BAROCCHISTI
DIEGO FASOLIS direction
HARMONIA MUNDI CD 2014
HMC 902190
ANTONIO VIVALDI: Concerto per
flautino, La Notte, Il Gardellino, La
Pastorella, per molti strumenti and other
surprises...
Concerto per flautino, La Notte, Il Gardellino, La Pastorella, per molti strumenti and other surprises!
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Maurice Steger presents a splendid new project with music from Baroque Venice. Along with
the period-instrument orchestra I Barocchisti under the direction of Diego Fasolis, he invites
you into the world of Antonio Vivaldi and his virtuoso Concerti per flauto. Benvenuti a
Venezia!
It was not the violin, but the inconspicuous and practical recorder with its pastoral sound that
was the most popular instrument of the early eighteenth century. Antonio Vivaldi composed
for it a number of impressive concertos that became hits in his lifetime and have nowadays
achieved evergreen status. La pastorella, Il gardellino and La notte tell stories about natural
phenomena, brimming with blazing colours, humour, exuberance, and melancholy.
Maurice Steger, who has done more than anyone else to restore the recorder to its former glory,
is delighted to perform these masterpieces for you both live in concert and on the fine harmonia
mundi recording.