Chouchane Siranossian; Venice Baroque Orchestra; Andrea Marcon - Duello d'archi a Venezia

�For this recording we have created an imaginary �battle of the bows� between Vivaldi, Veracini, Tartini and Locatelli, the �four musketeers� of the violin in Venice during the first half of the 18th century�, said Chouchane Siranossian and Andrea Marcon. �Corelli died in 1713 and passed the torch on to his heirs� Venice then became the setting for merciless rivalries. The violin became an instrument of confrontation, an ideal weapon for demonstrating virtuosity and technical prowess. The player�s ultimate goal was to astonish the listener and to demonstrate his own bravura, to the point that certain narcissistic tendencies of the player were often exaggerated.� Chouchane Siranossian, whose virtuosity was described as diabolical by the Sunday Times and who �hit the nail on the head� according to Classica on her Tartini recording (Alpha596, Choc), is the ideal interpreter of these high-risk concertos, with the fresh and knowledgeable support of Andrea Marcon and his Venetian ensemble.