On her new album Chouchane Siranossian - Violinist tackles a programme of extremely virtuosic concertos by Giuseppe Tartini that few Baroque violinists dare to face. She takes up this challenge with brio with the support of the Venice Baroque Orchestra and its conductor Andrea Marcon. Of special interest is a completely unknown and unpublished concerto, which manuscript was recently found by the musicologist Margherita Canale. Album out today ►https://lnk.to/Tartini_SiranossianFA #Tartini2020 Ta

The inspiration for Giuseppe Tartini’s stunningly virtuosic “Devil’s Trill” Sonata (1779) came to the Venetian composer in a dream. In it, the devil appeared, playing a violin melody of diabolical beauty. After waking up, Tartini tried in vain to transcribe the piece note-for-note. “The music which I at this time composed is indeed the best that I ever wrote,” the composer reflected, “but the difference between it and that which so moved me is so great that I would have destroyed my instrument a

Devil's Trill Sonata: The Devil's Dream of Tartini | Matthew Santoro