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Giovanni Battista Viotti
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Giovanni Battista Viotti (May 12, 1755 March 3, 1824) was an Italian violinist whose virtuosity was famed and whose work as a composer featured a prominent violin and an appealing lyrical tunefulness. He was also a director of French and Italian opera companies in Paris and London. Viotti was born at Fontanetto Po in the Savoia Kingdom of Sardinia (today the province of Vercelli, Piedmont, Italy). For his musical talent, he was taken into the household of principe Alfonso dal Pozzo della Cisterna in Turin, where he received a musical education that prepared him to be a pupil of Gaetano Pugnani. He served at the Savoia court in Turin, 1775-80, then toured as a soloist, at first with Pugnani, before going to Paris alone, where he made his début at the Concert Spirituel, 17 March 1782. He was an instant sensation and served for a time at Versailles before founding a new opera house, the Théâtre de Monsieur in 1788, under the patronage of the comte d'Artois, the king's brother; there he mounted operas of his friend Luigi Cherubini among less lights. When the French Revolution took a radical turn and, though his opera house was renamed the Théâtre Feydeau, former royal connections became a dangerous liability, he moved in 1792 to London, making his début at Johann Peter Salomon's Hanover Square Concert, 7 February 1793. In London he went from success to success, as a featured violinist for Salomon's concert series, 1793-1794; as musical director of the new Opera Concerts in 179
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Violin Concerto No. 12 in B-Flat Major, G. 64: II. Adagio
9982Rondo: (Allegro)
6243Adagio non tanto
5674Serenade in A Major, Op. 23, No. 1, G. 145: II. Andante
5435Serenade in E Major, Op. 23, No. 6, G. 150: VIII. Presto assai
5306Serenade in G Major, Op. 23, No. 3, G. 147 (version for flute and piano): IV. Minuetto
3877Viotti: Violin Concerto No. 22 in A Minor: I. Moderato
3278Violin Concerto No. 23 in G major, G. 98: II. Andante
3169Serenade in A Major, Op. 23, No. 1, G. 145: IV. Allegretto
29710Violin Concerto No. 23 in G Major, G. 98: I. Allegro
296albums
Viotti, G.B.: Chamber Music for Flute and Piano
VIOTTI: Violin Concerto No. 23 / Sinfonie Concertanti
Viotti: Violin Concertos (Complete)
Viotti: Violin Concertos (Complete), Vol. 1
Giovanni Battista Viotti: Sinfonie Concertanti 1 & 2 / Concerto per Violino 2
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Italian Harp Music
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Viotti: Violin Concertos 17 & 18
Viotti: Violin Concertos (Complete), Vol. 4
Viotti: Violin Sonatas (Complete), Vol. 1
Viotti: String Quartets Nos. 1-3
Viotti: Flute Quartets, Op. 22
Concertos From My Childhood