LOCATELLI: L但rte del Violino, Complete Violin Concertos [CD de audio] Violini Capriccioso, Igor Ruhadze and Locatelli

Dodici Concerti per violino, archi e basso continuo op.3 L'Arte del violino - This volume of the Locatelli Edition is undoubtedly the most important and ambitious element of a comprehensive that seems destined to be located at the absolute vertices of the extensive discography of the great composer from Bergamo, including the twelve concertos of The Art of the Violin. Structured according to the proven model of the baroque concerto, these works - considered Locatelli's greatest achievements - reveal an irrepressible inventiveness that requires a very high level of virtuosity on the part of the performers, who must face technical difficulties of all kinds that in many aspects anticipate the pyrotechnic flashes of another violin wizard who achieved resounding success throughout Europa in the following century, namely Niccolò Paganini. In particular, the Caprichos (the term by which the solo cadenzas were called) show writing at the limit of execution, which according to many contemporaries constituted decisive proof that Locatelli was possessed by the devil. The Russian violinist Igor Ruhadze has all the cards to face this demanding task, thanks to the studies he completed in the very strict schools of his country before specializing in the ancient repertoire. The other volumes of this comprehensive have received major recognition from the specialized press around the world for the great expressive intensity, the absolute stylistic mastery and the exceptional virtuosity displayed by Ruhadze and the members of the Violini Capricciosi original instrument ensemble. In this chest Ruhadze plays a beautiful violin made by David Tecchler preserved in Rome. Ensemble Violini Capricciosi