Un Air d’Italie. The Mandolin in Paris in the 18th Century Anna Schivazappa, Pizzicar Galante, Marc Mauillon

• Giovanni Battista Gervasio (ca. 1725 - 1785): Sonata per mandolino solo, e basso:
• 1Gervasio: Sonata per mandolino solo, e basso: I: Allegro03:48
• 2Gervasio: Sonata per mandolino solo, e basso: II: Largo amoroso03:44
• 3Gervasio: Sonata per mandolino solo, e basso: III: Allegro02:23
• Nicolas Dezède (1740 - 1792): Julie, Act II:
• 4Dezède: Julie, Act II: Air de Lison04:36
• Anonymous: Sonata Prima in C Major:
• 5Anonymous: Sonata Prima in C Major: I. Moderato02:34
• 6Anonymous: Sonata Prima in C Major: II. Allegro02:43
• 7Anonymous: Sonata Prima in C Major: III. Andante03:12
• 8Anonymous: Sonata Prima in C Major: IV. Allegro01:56
• Sonata VI in G Minor:
• 9Anonymous: Sonata VI in G Minor: I. Adagio03:18
• 10Anonymous: Sonata VI in G Minor: II. Allegro02:05
• 11Anonymous: Sonata VI in G Minor: III. Pastorale03:31
• 12Anonymous: Sonata VI in G Minor: IV. Allegro01:37
• Antoine Forqueray (1672 - 1745): Suite No. 2 in G Major:
• 13Forqueray: Suite No. 2 in G Major: No. 2, La Mandoline07:25
• Anonymous: Sonata IV in G Major:
• 14Anonymous: Sonata IV in G Major: I. Allegretto01:52
• 15Anonymous: Sonata IV in G Major: II. Adagio01:18
• 16Anonymous: Sonata IV in G Major: III. Allegro02:38
• 17Anonymous: Sonata IV in G Major: IV. Aria02:02
• 18Anonymous: Sonata IV in G Major: V. Giga - Allegro01:35
• Giovanni Battista Gervasio: Sonata per mandolino e basso:
• 19Gervasio: Sonata per mandolino e basso: I. Allegro a suo comodo02:54
• 20Gervasio: Sonata per mandolino e basso: II. Minuetto al gusto italiano02:33
• 21Gervasio: Sonata per mandolino e basso: III. Gavotta02:34
• André-Ernest-Modeste Grétry (1741 - 1813): L’Amant jaloux, Act II, Scene 14:
• 22Grétry: L’Amant jaloux, Act II, Scene 14: Serenade. "Tandis que tout sommeille"03:12
• Anonymous: La Fürstenberg:
• 23Anonymous: La Fürstenberg05:23
• Total Runtime01:08:53

Info for Un Air d’Italie. The Mandolin in Paris in the 18th Century

As an instrument from Italy, one that was exotic and evocative of Mediterranean atmospheres, the mandolin was very much in fashion in France until the end of the Century of Enlightenment: a fact also confirmed by many iconographic and musical sources. Pizzicar Galante, an ensemble that stands today as a benchmark for the interpretation of the galant literature for mandolin and continuo, has been acclaimed for the “finesse, creativity and spirit” (Olivier Fourés, Diapason) and “communicative energy” of its performances (Sébastien Llinares, France Musique). For its second recording with Arcana, it offers a compilation of the finest music played during the veritable “golden age” enjoyed by the mandolin in Paris from the 1760s to the Revolution. It is a rare and unexplored repertoire in which the dazzling virtuosity of Anna Schivazappa, a specialist in historical mandolins, dialogues with the beguiling and charismatic voice of Marc Mauillon.

Anna Schivazappa, mandolin, direction
Marc Mauillon, tenor
Ronald Martin Alonso, viola da Gamba
Maria Christina Cleary, harp
Daniel de Morais, theorbo, archlute, guitar
Ana Fontana, harpsichord
Pizzicar Galante

Anna Schivazappa
A specialist in historical mandolins, Anna Schivazappa is rapidly gaining international recognition for her brilliant virtuosity and inventive interpretations of baroque and classical repertoire. A versatile musician, she is at ease in both early music and in contemporary works, performing on a variety of historical and modern plucked string instruments.

As a soloist and chamber musician, Anna is regularly invited to major festivals and concert seasons all over Europe and abroad, including Festival MITO SettembreMusica, Festival de Sablé, Sypert Concert Series, Les Concerts de Midi, Festival Embar(o)quement Immédiat, Italian Cultural Institute (Sydney, Hong Kong), Festival Sinfonia en Périgord, Festival Midis Minimes, Costa Rica Music Festival…

Always eager to expand her music horizons, she has collaborated as a performer and recording artist with Il Giardino Armonico (Giovanni Antonini), ensemble Pygmalion (Raphaël Pichon), ensemble Matheus (J. C. Spinosi) and the Atelier Lyrique de l’Opéra de Paris, among others, and is a founding member of duo Dialogos, together with pianist Michela Chiara Borghese.

In 2012, she founded the ensemble Pizzicar Galante, together with harpsichordist Fabio Antonio Falcone, with the aim of rediscovering the original 18th-century repertoire for mandolin and continuo. Pizzicar Galante’s two albums, released by Brilliant Classics and Arcana, have been unanimously praised by the specialized press (nomination to the International Classical Music Awards 2017, 5/5 “Diapasons”, Toccata “CD-Tipp”…).

They have also been broadcast by international radio stations, including RAI Radio 3, Spanish RTVE, France Musique and BBC.

Recent highlights include concerto performances at Festival de Sablé with Ensemble Jupiter directed by Thomas Dunford (live broadcast by France Télévisions), and the world-premiere performance of the Fandango by Giulio Castagnoli at the MiTo SettembreMusica Festival 2019.

A native of Padova, Italy, Anna Schivazappa graduated from the Conservatorio Cesare Pollini where she studied with Ugo Orlandi. In 2015, she received a master’s degree in Performance Practice of Early Music, summa cum laude, from the Université Paris-Sorbonne and the Pôle Supérieur de Paris-Boulogne. In June 2018, she has been awarded a medal from the Académie Arts Sciences et Lettres in Paris, for her contribution to the rediscovery and dissemination of the repertoire of the baroque mandolin.

Besides her concert activity, Anna holds a PhD in musicology at Sorbonne University and gives masterclasses, conferences and seminars in important European institutions such as the Philharmonie de Paris, the Universidade Nova de Lisboa, the Lithuanian Academy of Music and the Milan Conservatory. Since 2017, she is associate musician-researcher at the Bibliothèque nationale de France, which awarded her a “bourse d’excellence” for her projects on the original mandolin repertoire.

Anna is living in Paris and performs on a Neapolitan mandolin by Antonius Vinaccia dating from 1768.

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