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Vivaldi - Complete Concertos and Sinfonias for Strings and Continuo | Brilliant Classics 95835

Vivaldi - Complete Concertos and Sinfonias for Strings and Continuo

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Label: Brilliant Classics

Cat No: 95835

Barcode: 5028421958354

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 4

Genre: Orchestral

Release Date: 17th May 2019

Contents

Works

Vivaldi, Antonio

Concerto for Strings in A major, RV158 'Concerto ripieno'
Concerto for Strings in A major, RV159
Concerto for Strings in A major, RV160
Concerto for Strings in A minor, RV161
Concerto for Strings in B flat major, RV162
Concerto for Strings in B flat major, RV163 'Conca'
Concerto for Strings in B flat major, RV164
Concerto for Strings in B flat major, RV165
Concerto for Strings in B flat major, RV166
Concerto for Strings in B flat major, RV167
Concerto for Strings in B minor, RV168
Concerto for Strings in C major, RV109
Concerto for Strings in C major, RV110
Concerto for Strings in C major, RV113
Concerto for Strings in C major, RV114
Concerto for Strings in C major, RV115 'Concerto ripieno'
Concerto for Strings in C minor, RV118
Concerto for Strings in C minor, RV119
Concerto for Strings in C minor, RV120
Concerto for Strings in D major, RV121
Concerto for Strings in D major, RV123
Concerto for Strings in D major, RV124
Concerto for Strings in D major, RV126
Concerto for Strings in D minor, RV127
Concerto for Strings in D minor, RV128
Concerto for Strings in D minor, RV129 'Concerto madrigalesco'
Concerto for Strings in E minor, RV133
Concerto for Strings in E minor, RV134
Concerto for Strings in F major, RV136
Concerto for Strings in F major, RV138
Concerto for Strings in F major, RV141
Concerto for Strings in F major, RV142
Concerto for Strings in F minor, RV143
Concerto for Strings in G major, RV145
Concerto for Strings in G major, RV150
Concerto for Strings in G major, RV151 'Alla Rustica'
Concerto for Strings in G minor, RV152
Concerto for Strings in G minor, RV153
Concerto for Strings in G minor, RV154
Concerto for Strings in G minor, RV155
Concerto for Strings in G minor, RV156
Concerto for Strings in G minor, RV157
Sinfonia in C major, RV112
Sinfonia in C major, RV116
Sinfonia in D major, RV122
Sinfonia in E major, RV131
Sinfonia in F major, RV137
Sinfonia in F major for 2 horns, strings and continuo, RV135
Sinfonia in G major, RV146
Sinfonia in G major, RV149

Artists

L’Archicembalo

Works

Vivaldi, Antonio

Concerto for Strings in A major, RV158 'Concerto ripieno'
Concerto for Strings in A major, RV159
Concerto for Strings in A major, RV160
Concerto for Strings in A minor, RV161
Concerto for Strings in B flat major, RV162
Concerto for Strings in B flat major, RV163 'Conca'
Concerto for Strings in B flat major, RV164
Concerto for Strings in B flat major, RV165
Concerto for Strings in B flat major, RV166
Concerto for Strings in B flat major, RV167
Concerto for Strings in B minor, RV168
Concerto for Strings in C major, RV109
Concerto for Strings in C major, RV110
Concerto for Strings in C major, RV113
Concerto for Strings in C major, RV114
Concerto for Strings in C major, RV115 'Concerto ripieno'
Concerto for Strings in C minor, RV118
Concerto for Strings in C minor, RV119
Concerto for Strings in C minor, RV120
Concerto for Strings in D major, RV121
Concerto for Strings in D major, RV123
Concerto for Strings in D major, RV124
Concerto for Strings in D major, RV126
Concerto for Strings in D minor, RV127
Concerto for Strings in D minor, RV128
Concerto for Strings in D minor, RV129 'Concerto madrigalesco'
Concerto for Strings in E minor, RV133
Concerto for Strings in E minor, RV134
Concerto for Strings in F major, RV136
Concerto for Strings in F major, RV138
Concerto for Strings in F major, RV141
Concerto for Strings in F major, RV142
Concerto for Strings in F minor, RV143
Concerto for Strings in G major, RV145
Concerto for Strings in G major, RV150
Concerto for Strings in G major, RV151 'Alla Rustica'
Concerto for Strings in G minor, RV152
Concerto for Strings in G minor, RV153
Concerto for Strings in G minor, RV154
Concerto for Strings in G minor, RV155
Concerto for Strings in G minor, RV156
Concerto for Strings in G minor, RV157
Sinfonia in C major, RV112
Sinfonia in C major, RV116
Sinfonia in D major, RV122
Sinfonia in E major, RV131
Sinfonia in F major, RV137
Sinfonia in F major for 2 horns, strings and continuo, RV135
Sinfonia in G major, RV146
Sinfonia in G major, RV149

Artists

L’Archicembalo

About

An exhilarating romp through the Venetian prince of the Italian Baroque: 50 works, many of them still little-known, in historically informed performances with plenty of impact and colour.

Founded in 2000, L’Archicembalo is a period ensemble of top-notch Italian musicians who have played with all the major native exponents of Baroque music such as Giovanni Antonini and Giuliano Carmignola. According to La Stampa, the ensemble ranks among the most inspiring and authoritative Vivaldi interpreters of our time. Part of this collection was released separately in 2015, and attracted glowing reviews: ‘The tempi are well chosen, without exaggerations, but also without being too slow… Italian ensembles have shown that [these Sinfonias] are more than nice fillers in a programme of solo concertos. In this recording the polyphonic, theatrical and expressive qualities of these pieces are brought to light.’

What sets apart these concertos and sinfonias from the multitude of other such works composed by Vivaldi is the lack of a solo instrument. Yet with his usual, inexhaustible fertility of invention, Vivaldi turned this apparent lack into an opportunity to explore the possibilities of development and counterpoint more extensively than was possible in the oppositional and accompanimental language of the solo concertos.

After a dashing opening movement there is generally a central Adagio, in the form of a tripartite song or a simple sequence of chords. This is followed by a lively, dancelike movement in two parts with two refrains. On occasion this finale is replaced by a technically superlative Fugue that displays Vivaldi’s mastery of counterpoint. Sometimes the Fugue is placed at the beginning of the Concerto, perhaps implying the original context of the work as the instrumental introduction to a solemn Mass. In complement to the concertos, the Sinfonias generally feature bolder and more brilliant string writing, evidently for use as the curtain-raiser to a theatrical event, though they now stand perfectly well on their own.

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