Locatelli was one of the most impressive violin virtuosos of the first half of the eighteenth century. Considered today as a sort of Baroque Paganini, he left picturesque, colourful, strikingly modern pieces for his instrument. A few years after a Mozart collaboration that earned them worldwide acclaim, Isabelle Faust and the musicians of Il Giardino Armonico bring out the full narrative intensity of these concertos, worthy of the operatic stage!
Concerto grosso in C minor Op. 1 No. 11
Do mineur / c-Moll
I. Largo (2'48)
· II. Allemanda. Allegro (2'38)
· III. Sarabanda. Largo (3'14)
· IV. Giga. Allegro (2'26)
· Violin Concerto in A major Op. 3 No. 11
La majeur / A-Dur
I. Allegro (6'03)
· II. Largo (3'40)
· III. Andante (6'24)
· Concerto grosso in E-flat major "Il pianto d'Arianna" Op. 7 No. 6
Mi bémol majeur / Es-Dur
I. Andante - Allegro - Adagio - Andante - Allegro (4'14)
· II. Largo (3'02)
· III. Largo andante (3'29)
· IV. Grave (2'45)
· V. Allegro (0'40)
· VI. Largo (3'19)
· Violin Concerto in C minor Op. 3 No. 2
Do mineur / c-Moll
I. Andante (8'56)
· II. Largo (3'16)
· III. Andante (7'19)
· Pastorale (extr. Concerto grosso in F minor Op. 1 No. 8 / Fa mineur / f-Moll) (4'00)