Vivaldi - Paganini - Tartini Nils Mönkemeyer & L'arte del mondo

• Antonio Vivaldi (1678 - 1741): Bassoon Concerto in G Minor, RV 495:
• 1 Vivaldi: Bassoon Concerto in G Minor, RV 495: I. Presto (Arr. for Viola and Chamber Orchestra) 03:20
• 2 Vivaldi: Bassoon Concerto in G Minor, RV 495: II. Largo ((Arr. for Viola and Chamber Orchestra) 03:30
• 3 Vivaldi: Bassoon Concerto in G Minor, RV 495: III. Allegro (Arr. for Viola and Chamber Orchestra) 03:00
• Violin Concerto in D Major, RV 208 "Il Grosso Mogul":
• 4 Vivaldi: Violin Concerto in D Major, RV 208 "Il Grosso Mogul": Cadenza (Arr. for Viola Solo) 03:23
• Violin Concerto in D Major, RV 208 "Il Grosso Mogul":
• 5 Vivaldi: Cello Concerto in G Minor, RV 416: I. Allegro (Arr. for Viola and Chamber Orchestra) 03:32
• 6 Vivaldi: Cello Concerto in G Minor, RV 416: II. Adagio (Arr. for Viola and Chamber Orchestra) 04:17
• 7 Vivaldi: Cello Concerto in G Minor, RV 416: III. Allegro (Arr. for Viola and Chamber Orchestra) 03:20
• Alessandro Rolla (1757 - 1841):
• 8 Rolla: Arpeggio in E-Flat Major, BI 7 01:52
• Giuseppe Tartini (1692 - 1770): L'Arte del Arco: Variations on Gavotte from Corelli's Op. 5, No. 10:
• 9 Tartini: L'Arte del Arco: Variations on Gavotte from Corelli's Op. 5, No. 10: Variation 1-6 03:46
• 10 Tartini: L'Arte del Arco: Variations on Gavotte from Corelli's Op. 5, No. 10: Variation 7-18 04:42
• 11 Tartini: L'Arte del Arco: Variations on Gavotte from Corelli's Op. 5, No. 10: Variation 23 05:55
• Alessandro Rolla: 6 Pezzi di Murie Ridotti per Viola Solo:
• 12 Rolla: 6 Pezzi di Murie Ridotti per Viola Solo: Romanza nell'Otello 03:22
• Niccolò Paganini (1782 - 1840): Sonata per la Grand' Viola e Orchestra, Op. 35/MS70:
• 13 Paganini: Sonata per la Grand' Viola e Orchestra, Op. 35/MS70: Introduzione - Cadenza by Nils Mönkemeyer 03:37
• 14 Paganini: Sonata per la Grand' Viola e Orchestra, Op. 35/MS70: Cantabile. Andante sostenuto 03:02
• Salvatore Sciarrino (b. 1947): 3 Notturni Brillanti per Viola Sola:
• 15 Sciarrino: 3 Notturni Brillanti per Viola Sola: I. Di volo (Cadenza) 01:58
• Niccolò Paganini: Sonata per la Grand' Viola e Orchestra, Op. 35/MS70:
• 16 Paganini: Sonata per la Grand' Viola e Orchestra, Op. 35/MS70: Tema 01:10
• 17 Paganini: Sonata per la Grand' Viola e Orchestra, Op. 35/MS70: Variazione I 01:11
• 18 Paganini: Sonata per la Grand' Viola e Orchestra, Op. 35/MS70: Variazione II 02:24
• 19 Paganini: Sonata per la Grand' Viola e Orchestra, Op. 35/MS70: Variazione III 00:55
• 20 Paganini: Sonata per la Grand' Viola e Orchestra, Op. 35/MS70: Coda 01:40
• Total Runtime 59:56

Info for Vivaldi - Paganini - Tartini

On his new album, Nils Mönkemeyer devotes himself to Italian composers Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741), Niccolò Paganini (1782-1840), Giuseppe Tartini (1692-1770) and Alessandro Rolla (1757-1841). With the Early Music ensemble l'arte del mondo conducted by Werner Ehrhardt, Mönkemeyer has selected Vivaldi's Bassoon Concerto in G minor, RV 495 and the Cello Concerto in G minor, RV 416 and recorded each in a version for viola and orchestra. Both concertos are spectacularly brilliant and their lyrical timbres are a perfect match for the expressive richness of the viola. Mönkemeyer also plays the solo cadenza from Vivaldi's Violin Concerto in D major, RV 208 "Il Grosso Mogul", which now sounds like a composition on its own on the viola.

There are also two world premiere recordings on the album: two solo pieces for viola by the now slightly forgotten Paganini teacher Alessandro Rolla: "Romanza nell'Otello" and "Arpeggio E flat major". The album also presents the 23 Variations on a Gavotte by Corelli composed by Giuseppe Tartini - the forerunner of Niccolò Paganini, who revolutionized playing on the four violin strings. Rarely recorded is Paganini's "Sonata per la Grand' Viola", where Mönkemeyer adds a special touch and takes the bow to the present: He has inserted between the movements an improvised cadenza by him and a fragile viola solo entitled "Di volo" by the contemporary Italian composer and Paganini fan Salvatore Sciarrino.

Nils Mönkemeyer, viola
L'Arte del mondo
Werner Ehrhardt, conductor

Nils Mönkemeyer
Artistic brilliance and innovative programming are the trademarks with which the Bremen native Nils Mönkemeyer has, in a short time, achieved international renown as a musician while drawing enormous new attention to the viola.

As an exclusive Sony Classical artist, he has brought out several critically acclaimed, award-winning CDs in the last years, all of which have made their way into the German classical charts. The programmes of this and Mönkemeyer’s previous recordings encompass discoveries and first recordings of original viola literature ranging from the 18th century to modern pieces, as well as his own transcriptions. 2017 will mark the release of the newest recording with works by Walton, Bruch and Pärt and the Bamberg Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Markus Poschner.

Nils Mönkemeyer has collaborated with such conductors as Sylvain Cambreling, Elias Grandy, Christopher Hogwood, Cornelius Meister, Mark Minkowski, Michael Sanderling, Clemens Schuldt, Karl-Heinz Steffens, Markus Stenz, Mario Venzago and Simone Young, including orchestras like the Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich, Helsinki Philharmonic, Musiciens du Louvre, Berne Symphony Orchestra, Konzerthaus Orchestra Berlin, Staatskapelle Weimar, Bremen and Hamburg Philharmonic, Dusseldorf Symphony Orchestra, MDR and NDR Radio Orchestras and the Berlin Baroque Soloists.

In the season 2017/18 he will appear as soloist at major international concert venues like the Musikverein Vienna, Salzburg, Helsinki Music Center, Liechtenstein, at the Philharmonie Berlin and Cologne, Festspielhaus Baden-Baden, Gasteig in Munich and the Alte Oper Frankfurt.g in Munich and the Alte Oper Frankfurt.

With his regular chamber music projects like the trio with Sabine Meyer and William Youn, the Julia Fischer Quartet and the duo with pianist William Youn, he will be heard on stages like the Wigmore Hall London, National Concert Hall Taipeh, Liszt Hall Budapest, Tonhalle Zurich, Philharmonie Luxembourg, Muziekgebouw Amsterdam, Gewandhaus Leipzig, Prinzregententheater Munich, Boulez Hall Berlin and at numerous festivals.

Since 2011 Nils Mönkemeyer is a professor at the University for Music and Performing Arts in Munich, where he used to study himself with Hariolf Schlichtig. Previously, he was a professor at the University of Music in Dresden and assistant professor at the Escuela Superior Musica Reina Sofia Madrid.

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