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Title: masterfull music
Review: Locatelli's set of 12 concertos for violin, L'Arte del Violino, were published in 1733, but might have largely written earlier. They demonstrate his mastery of violin technique as a player and as a composer, each concerto has two movements marked "capriccio", a cadenza which was meant to display his superb skill as a violinist and to terrorise other violinists for hundreds of years. So they are not "easy listening", but its worth the effort, and this is a superb interpretation by Giuliano Carmignola and the Venice Baroque Orchestra. Other CDs of Italian Baroque Violin concerts beautifully played by Carmignola & Venice Baroque are also available.
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