Vivaldi: Concertos pour flûte à bec Arion Orchestre Baroque, Alexander Weimann & Vincent Lauzer

• Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741): Recorder Concerto in C Major, RV 443 (Performed in G Major):
• 1 Recorder Concerto in C Major, RV 443 (Performed in G Major): I. Allegro 03:34
• 2 Recorder Concerto in C Major, RV 443 (Performed in G Major): II. Largo 03:57
• 3 Recorder Concerto in C Major, RV 443 (Performed in G Major): III. Allegro molto 02:34
• Flute Concerto in G Minor, Op. 10 No. 2, RV 439 "La notte" (Arr. for Recorder, Strings & Continuo):
• 4 Flute Concerto in G Minor, Op. 10 No. 2, RV 439 "La notte" (Arr. for Recorder, Strings & Continuo): I. Largo 01:53
• 5 Flute Concerto in G Minor, Op. 10 No. 2, RV 439 "La notte" (Arr. for Recorder, Strings & Continuo): II. Fantasmi. Presto - III. Largo 01:54
• 6 Flute Concerto in G Minor, Op. 10 No. 2, RV 439 "La notte" (Arr. for Recorder, Strings & Continuo): IV. Presto 01:04
• 7 Flute Concerto in G Minor, Op. 10 No. 2, RV 439 "La notte" (Arr. for Recorder, Strings & Continuo): V. Il sonno. Largo 01:56
• 8 Flute Concerto in G Minor, Op. 10 No. 2, RV 439 "La notte" (Arr. for Recorder, Strings & Continuo): VI. Allegro 02:01
• Violin Concerto in G Major, RV 312 (Arr. J. Cassignol for Recorder, Strings & Continuo):
• 9 Violin Concerto in G Major, RV 312 (Arr. J. Cassignol for Recorder, Strings & Continuo): I. Allegro molto 03:26
• 10 Violin Concerto in G Major, RV 312 (Arr. J. Cassignol for Recorder, Strings & Continuo): II. Larghetto 02:02
• 11 Violin Concerto in G Major, RV 312 (Arr. J. Cassignol for Recorder, Strings & Continuo): III. Allegro 02:26
• Recorder Concerto in C Minor, RV 441:
• 12 Recorder Concerto in C Minor, RV 441: I. Allegro non molto 04:53
• 13 Recorder Concerto in C Minor, RV 441: II. Largo 02:29
• 14 Recorder Concerto in C Minor, RV 441: III. Allegro 03:24
• 15 Recorder Concerto in F Major, RV 442: I. Allegro non molto 03:37
• 16 Recorder Concerto in F Major, RV 442: II. Largo e cantabile 02:51
• 17 Recorder Concerto in F Major, RV 442: III. Allegro 01:39
• Recorder Concerto in A Minor, RV 445 (Performed in E Minor):
• 18 Recorder Concerto in A Minor, RV 445 (Performed in E Minor): I. Allegro 04:21
• 19 Recorder Concerto in A Minor, RV 445 (Performed in E Minor): II. Larghetto 02:23
• 20 Recorder Concerto in A Minor, RV 445 (Performed in E Minor): III. Allegro 03:07
• Recorder Concerto in C Major, RV 444:
• 21 Recorder Concerto in C Major, RV 444: I. Allegro non molto 04:15
• 22 Recorder Concerto in C Major, RV 444: II. Largo 01:57
• 23 Recorder Concerto in C Major, RV 444: III. Allegro molto 02:57
• Total Runtime 01:04:40

Info for Vivaldi: Concertos pour flûte à bec

Known for his “impressive virtuosity” (La Presse), soloist Vincent Lauzer is featured in this new album devoted to Vivaldi recorder concertos. Lauzer is accompanied by Arion Baroque Orchestra under the direction of Alexander Weimann.

Though Vivaldi composed more than 500 concertos, mostly for the violin, he also wrote concertos for wind instruments, including a number for the transverse flute and for recorder. Flutes and recorders were often as included as obbligato instruments in his sacred and secular vocal works.

The start of recorder soloist Vincent Lauzer’s career was meteoric. Winner of several prizes in national and international competitions, Lauzer was awarded the Fernand-Lindsay Career Award in 2015, First Prize at the 2012 Stepping Stone Canada Music Competition, and the Career Development Award from the Women’s Musical Club of Toronto in 2012.

Révélation Radio-Canada 2013-2014 and Breakthrough Artist of the Year at the 2012 Opus Awards, recorder player Vincent Lauzer graduated from McGill University. His most recent CD was released in November 2017 on ATMA Classique. He is the artistic director of the Lamèque International Baroque Music Festival in New-Brunswick.

Alexander Weimann has established a reputation as one of the leading harpsichordist and ensemble leaders of his generation. He is currently Music Director of the Pacific Baroque Orchestra and the Seattle Baroque Orchestra, as well as Tempo Rubato.

Founded in 1981 in Montreal, Arion Baroque Orchestra is now a cornerstone in the world of early music on period instruments in Quebec and across Canada.

Vincent Lauzer, recorder
Arion Orchestre Baroque
Alexander Weimann, conductor

Vincent Lauzer
Révélation Radio-Canada 2013-2014 and Breakthrough Artist of the Year (2012 Opus Awards), Vincent Lauzer graduated from McGill University, where he studied with Matthias Maute. His first solo CD, “Passaggi” got released in September 2014 and was nominated for an ADISQ award in 2014. He is the artistic director of the Lamèque International Baroque Music Festival.

Winner of several prizes in national and international competitions, he has recently been awarded the Fernand Lindsay Career Award, a 50 000$ scholarship given to a young promising Canadian musician for the development of an international career. Vincent received the Béatrice-Kennedy-Bourbeau Award at the Prix d’Europe 2015. In 2012, he won the First Prize during the Stepping Stone of the Canadian Music Competition and the Career Development Award from the Women’s Musical Club of Toronto. In 2009, he was awarded the First Prize and the Audience Appreciation Prize in the Montreal International Recorder Competition. Vincent also received the Montreal Baroque Prize for Audaciousness and Musicality in the Galaxie-CBC Rising Stars Competition during the Montreal Baroque Festival in 2007.

Vincent is a member of Flûte Alors , the only Canadian recorder quartet, with whom he toured Eastern Canada as part of Jeunesses Musicales du Canada’s 2012-2013 season. Vincent is also a founding member of Les Songes and of the ensemble Recordare, which was one of the five finalists in the Early Music America/Naxos Recording Competition.

A versatile performer, he also plays with Les Violons du Roy, La Bande Montréal Baroque, Les Idées Heureuses, Arion, La Follia Austin Baroque, and La Cigale. He played for various series and festivals in Canada and in the United States (Austin, Boston, New Haven, New York, Philadelphia) as well as in Mexico, France, Germany, Spain and Belgium. He can be heard on CBC Radio 2 and Radio-Canada’s ICI Musique.

Vincent teaches at the CAMMAC music camp, for the Montreal Recorder Society, for the Toronto Early Music Players Organization and at Université de Montréal’s École des jeunes.

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