Nils Mönkemeyer - Vivaldi - Paganini - Tartini (2021) CD-Rip

Delalande to Sciarrino via an inevitably dark-hued transcription of Bach’s D minor Harpsichord Concerto BWV 1052, Nils Mönkemeyer is a violist with a breadth of repertoire unafraid to trespass into uninvited territory. His Barroco español disc reimagined keyboard sonatas by Soler and Scarlatti as well as works by Brunetti and Nebra; and this latest creative entanglement with the Baroque and beyond bestrides Italy with reworkings of concertos by Vivaldi (one originally for bassoon, the other for cello) alongside a clutch of somewhat inconsequential variations by Tartini hommaging Corelli; Paganini’s orchestrally accompanied ‘Grand Sonata’ Op. 35; and a couple of bonnes bouches by Paganini’s teacher Alessandro Rolla (both of them premiere recordings).