Vivaldi - Concerti
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Label: Phil.Harmonie
Cat No: PHIL06027
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 1
Genre: Orchestral
Release Date: 24th September 2021
Contents
Works
Cello Concerto in B minor, RV424The Four Seasons (Le quattro stagioni)
Viola d'amore Concerto in A minor, RV397
Artists
Berliner Barock SolistenWorks
Cello Concerto in B minor, RV424The Four Seasons (Le quattro stagioni)
Viola d'amore Concerto in A minor, RV397
Artists
Berliner Barock SolistenAbout
Vivaldi produced an astonishing amount of music. He is currently accredited with approximately 770 compositions. These include 46 operas, of which 21 have survived, 344 solo concerti, 81 concerti with two or more solo instruments and 61 symphonies and ripieno concerti. Le Cene, Amsterdam, published the twelve concerti of his op.8 in 1925. They appeared under the title: il cimento dell’armonia e dell’inventione (“the competition between harmony and discovery”).
The title refers to the conflict between balance and innovation: balance, in terms of the clear formal arrangement of each piece, is played off against the innovative, tone painting in the programme elements of the concerti. These two qualities are particularly evident in the Four Seasons. The twelve concerti are dedicated to the Bohemian Count Wenzel von Morzin, whose orchestra Vivaldi was supplying with new works.
The Four Seasons are particularly notable among Vivaldi’s programme works, because each individual movement of the four concerti develops a narrative idea rather than simply presenting a programmatic image. The combination of the concerto form with a programmatic idea is masterful.
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