Concertos

Description

With his album 'Concertos', the charismatic mandolinist Avi Avital fulfills a dream and finally collaborates with the renowned historical instruments ensemble "Il Giardino Armonico" and its conductor and founder Giovanni Antonini. Together, they perform three mandolin concertos by Emanuele Barbella, Giovanni Paisiello and Johann Nepomuk Hummel, as well as Avital's own adaptations of concertos by J. S. Bach and Vivaldi. Avital describes his arrangement of J. S. Bach's famous Concerto for Violin and Oboe as a lighter and brighter version for mandolin and recorder, with Avital's fellow soloist being Giovanni Antonini himself. For a long time, Avital had a clear idea of how to interpret his favorite work by Vivaldi, the Concerto in B minor for four violins. Thanks to multi-track recordings, the mandolinist was able to perform all the parts himself, on four mandolins and two different mandolas. The result: each part acquires a different color and a specific character.