Francesco Xaverio Geminiani | Concerti Grossi | Selection from Op. 2, 3 and 5 | 1726-1732

Like every other violinist of his generation, at the beginning of his career Geminiani was mainly affected by the influence of Corelli. We can feel in the music of Geminiani a greater freedom in the rhythmic and thematic elaboration, which is joined by an exceptionally developed and imaginative instrumental virtuosity, which made the music difficult to perform by others. With an unusual attention to detail, his violin writing requires an unusual richness of sonority, an extension towards the high note superior to the customs of his time, and the very frequent use of a transcendental chord technique. The lack of a particularly rich melodic vein is compensated for by a harmonic and instrumental fantasy, counterbalanced by a great imagination in the instrumentation. 1. E Minor Op. 3 No. 3: 00:00:00 Op. 3 No. 3 I. Adagio e staccato - Allegro 00:02:29 Op. 3 No. 3 II. Adagio 00:04:10 Op .3 No. 3 III. Allegro 2. D minor Op. 2 No. 3: 00:07:38 Op. 2 No 3. I. Presto 00:09:47 Op. 2 No 3. II. A