Concerti Per Violoncello III

Christophe Coin has embarked on a project to record all of Vivaldi's cello concertos. With this third instalment (the sixty-first volume of the naïve label's complete Vivaldi Edition) he now has twenty cello concertos under his belt. Christophe Coin has become a noted authority in the work of the brilliant, tirelessly prolific Venetian composer,

performing it with a host of different ensembles, such as L'Onda Ar-monica, the ensemble founded by Sergio Azzolini. As with the first two volumes he alternates between the cello and the violoncello piccolo, providing a palette of highly varied sound colours. He performs on a four-string model, standing up while playing, to allow its resonances full play. This choice of two instruments provides a palette of highly varied sound colours, enriched in the continuo part by an assortment of contrasting combinations of organ, harpsichord, theorbo, and occasionally the mandolin (see Concerto RV 400).