CD - 12 Concerti di Parigi

 Twelve Vivaldian concerti have been preserved in Paris since the 18th century, shrouded in mystery around their creation. Stefan Plewniak and the Royal Opera Orchestra reveal the secrets of these works by the Italian master! 

CONCERTI DI PARIGI 

Orchestre de l'Opéra Royal
Stefan Plewniak, solo violin & conductor

Antonio VIVALDI (1678-1741)

Vivaldi's work is extraordinarily profuse, and from his “extraordinary fury of composition” resulted a collection of 12 concertos, preserved in Paris since then, genuine jewels of Vivaldian music! However, for whom were they composed? The French Ambassador in Venice, Jacques-Vincent Languet, who made numerous commissions to Vivaldi in the 1720s? Perhaps as a magnificent gift to a visiting French music lover... Or perhaps François-Etienne, Duke of Lorraine and Bar? A fine music lover and musician, who in 1745 became Emperor Francis I of Austria, gave early protection to Vivaldi, who introduced himself in 1731 as “maestro di cappella di S.A.R. il Serenissimo Sig. Duca di Lorena”. The Paris Concertos would then have passed through the Luneville Court, which was very musical? The mystery is there, but these works influenced Parisian musical life. Stefan Plewniak's raging violin gives them back their full glory in this virtuoso interpretation by the Orchestre de l'Opéra Royal de Versailles!

Recorded from December 2nd to December 6th 2020 in the Crusades Room of the Château de Versailles

Booklet in French/English/German - Duration: 60'21
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