Vivaldi Concertos & Sonatas

Katona Twins

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Antonio Vivaldi (1678 1741) composed around 550 concertos. Most of these were written for the Ospedale della Piet, a kind of orphanage which was home for the female offspring of noblemen and their mistresses. Even after leaving Venice he supplied concertos and directed performances for this Institute, where the musical standards were the highest in Venice. After listening to many of these works we soon realized that the guitar concertos, originally written for mandolin and lute, are amongst Vivaldis best. Besides the double concerto for two mandolins we decided to arrange two solo concertos, originally written for lute and mandolin. In these arrangements the second guitar takes the role of the continuo, which would usually be played on the harpsichord. When listening to the mandolin and guitar versions, we found that the same piece played on the mandolin sounds a lot clearer. This is not only due to the fact that the register of the mandolin lays an octave higher than the guitars. Arpeggio-like formations sound harp-like on the guitar but not on the mandolin. Traditionally guitarists play these figurations by holding all the notes of the chord with the left hand, producing this harp like sound. These formations played on the mandolin, violin or on wind instruments would sound a lot more like melodies, where notes do not overlap and you can hear the jump between the notes. It is possible to achieve the same on the guitar by lifting the fingers of the left hand just like other instrumentalist would do. Once we listened to this clearer sound we nearly always preferred this technique. We also tried to play as much as possible with rest stroke, (a guitarist technique of the right hand) as it sounds louder and fuller, which is useful specially when playing with or against other instruments……

Tracklist

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1.
Double Concerto, for 2 guitars, strings & continuo in G major, RV 532 - Allegro
03:46
2.
Double Concerto, for 2 guitars, strings & continuo in G major, RV 532 - Andante
04:40
3.
Double Concerto, for 2 guitars, strings & continuo in G major, RV 532 - Allegro
03:31
4.
Trio Sonata in C major, RV 82 - Allegro Non Molto
03:46
5.
Trio Sonata in C major, RV 82 - Larghetto
04:29
6.
Trio Sonata in C major, RV 82 - Allegro
02:00
7.
Concerto for guitar, strings & continuo in D major, RV 93 - Allegro
03:32
8.
Concerto for guitar, strings & continuo in D major, RV 93 - Largo
04:37
9.
Concerto for guitar, strings & continuo in D major, RV 93 - Allegro
02:13
10.
Trio Sonata in B minor, RV 85 (orig. in G minor) - Andante molto
04:22
11.
Trio Sonata in B minor, RV 85 (orig. in G minor) - Larghetto
03:10
12.
Trio Sonata in B minor, RV 85 (orig. in G minor) - Allegro
01:47
13.
Concerto for guitar, strings & continuo in C major, RV 425 - Allegro
02:29
14.
Concerto for guitar, strings & continuo in C major, RV 425 - Largo
04:16
15.
Concerto for guitar, strings & continuo in C major, RV 425 - Allegro
02:07
16.
Sonata in A major - Vivace
01:50
17.
Sonata in A major - Allegro
02:57
18.
Sonata in A major - Largo
03:12
19.
Sonata in A major - Presto
03:21

Total time: 01:02:05

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23707

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Cables

van den Hul T3 series

Digital Converters

Meitner A/D DSD / Meitner DA

Mastering Engineer

Jared Sacks

Mastering Equipment

B&W 803 diamond series

Microphones

Bruel & Kjaer, Schoeps

Mixing Board

Rens Heijnis custom design

Instruments

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Original Recording Format

Producer

Jared Sacks

Recording Engineer

Jared Sacks

Recording location

Doopgezinde Kerk, Deventer The Netherlands 2007

Recording Software

Pyramix bij Merging

Recording Type & Bit Rate

DSD64

Speakers

Audiolab, Holland

Release DateJanuary 7, 2014

Press reviews

Audiophile Audition

“There is clarity of all the instrumental lines in these chamber-like versions with just string quartet… it didn’t take long to be swayed by the brilliant performances”. John Sunier

NRC

Leve de beroemde Hongaarse Katona Twins, Peter en Zoltan Katona spelen met het Carduci String Quartet concerten van Vivaldi voor mandoline en luit die zijn bewerkt voor gitaar en voegden er zelf nog wat bewerkingen aan toe. Het is vaak glimlachen en soms zelfs schateren om hun bijwijlen aanstekelijke swingende spel. Samen met Vivaldi vormen ze een drieling!!

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