COMPOSERS: Valentini
LABELS: Alpha
ALBUM TITLE: Valentini
WORKS: Concerti grossi, Op. 7
PERFORMER: Ensemble 415/Chiara Banchini
CATALOGUE NO: ALPHA 310 (2001)
Valentini, nicknamed ‘Little Ragamuffin’, delighted in the unexpected. These six concertos, though fundamentally ‘Corellian’, tease and surprise at every turn, and Ensemble 415 respond enthusiastically. A delightfully distinctive rarity.
George Pratt