Concertos

Description

With his album 'Concertos', the charismatic mandolinist Avi Avital realizes a dream and finally collaborates with the famous historical instrument 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. Through multi-track recordings, the mandolinist was able to perform all the voices himself, on four different mandolins and two mandolas. The result: each voice acquires a different color and a specific character.