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Allegro from the Concerto No. 7 in E Major by Antonio Maria Montanari.
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the Allegro from the Concerto No. 7 in E Major by Baroque violinist and composer Antonio Maria Montanari (1676-1737). Despite Montanari's glittering career in papal and noble circles in Rome, Montanari is barely remembered today outside dusty music history books. These concertos reveal a vivacious and inventive composer who could certainly hold a candle to his more famous contemporaries.
The recording, by Johannes Pramsohler and Ensemble Diderot, was BBC Music Magazine Concerto Choice in May 2016. 'These are performances of terrific flair and abandon,' writes Kate Bolton-Porciatti. 'Pramsohler's rigorous technique makes light weight of Montanari's virtuosic writing'..