Various Artists: Grand Tour a Venezia - COMPACT DISCS

Various Artists: Grand Tour a Venezia - COMPACT DISCS

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Title:

Grand Tour a Venezia

Artist:

Various Artists

Label:

Arcana Records

Product Type:

COMPACT DISCS

UPC:

3760195735343

Genre:

Classical

Release Date:

2022-09-23

Number of Discs:

1

Like many education-hungry sons of the European nobility, the 18-year-old Prince Frederick August II embarked on his Grand Tour, which took him from Saxony to Venice in 1716, where he spent almost a year. The large entourage that accompanied the young prince on this trip included such great musicians as the violinist Johann Georg Pisendel, the oboist Johann Christian Richter and the composer Jan Dismas Zelenka. In Venice, an intense exchange with local stars such as Vivaldi developed, in an atmosphere of friendship and competition. On his return to Dresden, August took with him, in addition to Lotti and Veracini, Heinichen, whom he had met in Venice and who became his Kapellmeister. After acclaimed recordings of orchestral works by Handel and Bach, Zefiro now discovers this fascinating repertoire of music by Italians who composed in the French style and Germans who wrote Venetian concertos to impress the prince.

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