Description
1. Largo Andante
2. Allegro Spirituoso
3. Vivace
4. Pi� Allegro
5. Largo
6. Con Furia
7. Adagio
8. Vivacemente
9. Andante
10. Allegro
11. Largo
12. Vivace
13. Largo
14. Allegro
15. Andante Moderato
16. Allegro
17. Largo
18. Con Spirito
19. Siciliana
20. Allegro
21. Con Affetto
22. Allegro
23. Andante Moderato
24. Vivacemente
For their new release, Concerto Köln takes us to England and to the composer Charles Avisons milestone arrangements of Domenico Scarlattis harpsichord sonatas and a marker in British music history. While Avison is hardly mentioned in the Classical canon, the rise of historic period performance practice has drawn attention to his works. Multiply talented, he was known more in his lifetime as an ascerbic critic regularly assailing his popular colleagues of the day including Vivaldi and Handel. Scarlatti was among the composers Avison meted out praise for and his Concertos, inspired by his respect for Scarlatti, are here performed by one of the leading ensembles in the field of historical performance practice. Concerto Kölns passionate and scholarly approach forms the foundation of a gorgeous realizing of these works.
