Charles Avison - Twelve Concertos Op.6

The Avison Ensemble, Pavlo Beznosiuk (director & violin)

This world-premiere recording of Charles Avison's Twelve Concertos opus 6 displays the full imagination and variety of England's greatest concerto composer of the 18th century. They perhaps reveal a tunefulness and style that could be classed as a Geordie idiom? An important addition to any collection of English baroque music. 2 CD set on Naxos, 8.557553-54. Release date August 2004. Total Playing Time 1:46:55.
  • World premiere recording
What reviewers said about our Avison Twelve Concertos recording:

"The arrival of this splendid issue should surely win Avison the host of new friends he certainly deserves. The scores are also unusually well supplied with very precise phrasing and dynamic markings, of which the Avison Ensemble take full advantage in spirited, crisply articulated and expressive performances." The Daily Telegraph

"This is an important release for all lovers of 18th-century English music, since it is the first time that Charles Avison’s complete set of 12 string concertos, Op.6, has been recorded. The playing is full of character and charm. A voyage of discovery." BBC Music Magazine

"[Avison's] concertos are skillfully fashioned, have plenty of vitality and show perceptive use of dynamic contrast…Played as vibrantly and freshly as it is here, on period instruments by this expert ensemble from Avison’s own city, and led by the excellent violinist Pavlo Beznosiuk, one cannot help but respond to the vitality of the writing…" The Penguin Guide to Classical Music

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Our recordings available on eBay:
  • Charles Avison - Trio Sonatas Op.1 and Keyboard Sonatas Op.8 (2 CD set, Divine Art)
  • Charles Avison - Six Concertos Op.3 and Eight Concertos Op.4 (2 CD set, Naxos)
  • Charles Avison - Sonatas for Harpsichord Op.5 and Op.7 (2 CD set, Divine Art)
  • Charles Avison - Twelve Concertos Op.6 (2 CD set, Naxos)
  • Charles Avison - 12 Concerti Grossi Op.9 and 6 Concerti Grossi Op.10 (2 CD set, Divine Art)
  • Charles Avison - 12 Concerti Grossi after Geminiani (2 CD set, Divine Art)
  • Charles Avison - 12 Concerti Grossi after Scarlatti (2 CD set, Divine Art)
  • John Garth - Six Cello Concertos (2 CD set, Divine Art)
  • John Garth - Accompanied Keyboard Sonatas Op.2 and Op.4 (2 CD set, Divine Art)
  • Concertos from the North - Concertos by Charles Avison, John Garth and William Herschel
  • Rebellion! - Music of the Jacobite Rebellions by Handel, Geminiani & Avison
  • Antonio Vivaldi - Concerti Op.8 including 'The Four Seasons' (2 CD set, Linn Records)
  • George Frideric Handel - Concerti Grossi Op.6 (3 CD set, Linn Records)
  • Arcangelo Corelli - Church Sonatas Op.1 and Op.3 (2 CD set, Linn Records)
  • Arcangelo Corelli - Chamber Sonatas Op.2 and Op.4 (2 CD set, Linn Records)
  • Arcangelo Corelli - Violin Sonatas Op.5 (2 CD set, Linn Records)
  • Arcangelo Corelli - Concerti Grossi Op.6 (2 CD set, Linn Records)
Also:
  • Book: The Ingenious Mr. Avison: Making Music and Money in Eighteenth Century Newcastle by Roz Southey, Margaret Maddison and David Hughes. Paperback.
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