In the course of his career, violinist Fabio Biondi has nurtured a remarkable connection with Italian music from across many centuries.
It is this empathy possessed by Biondi which has inspired the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Rome (from its bowed instrument collection) to make him a loan of the precious 1690 ‘Tuscan’ violin made by Antonio Stradivari, for this recording.
Another skill possessed by Biondi is his collection of programs, whether for concert or for CD and this new release of early Eighteenth Century violin works touches on the impact that Corelli’s music had on music-making in Dresden, Venice, London and Amsterdam.
Biondi plays for us sonatas by Vivaldi, Corelli, Geminiani, Tartini and Locatelli and a ‘Ciaccona’ by Veracini. Recorded in Rome, on an instrument which was originally made for the Florentine court of Ferdinando de Medici, Fabio Biondi expertly captures the flavor of the Eighteenth Century violin sonata.
Here is Fabio Biondi directing the music of Vivaldi:
