Antonio Vivaldi and Claudio Scimone, two names forever bound to each other in a quest for originality and beauty. The one as a baroque genius to be rediscovered after two centuries of neglect, the other as a resolutely modern conductor and Vivaldi’s foremost rediscoverer as from the ’60s.

Contents:

CD 1-2
Concertos for mandolin, RV532, RV425, RV558, RV93
Concertos for viola d’amore, RV392-397, RV540, RV97

CD 3-4
Il cimento dell’armonia e dell’inventione, op.8
incl. Le quattro stagioni, La tempesta di mare, Il piacere, La caccia

CD 5-6
L’estro armonico, op.3

CD 7-8
La Stravaganza, op.4

CD 9-10
La Cetra, op.9

CD 11-12
Violin Concertos con titoli:
‘Il riposo’, ‘Grosso Mogul’, ‘L’amoroso’, ‘O Sia il corneto da posta’, ‘II sospetto’, ‘L’inquietudine’, ‘Il favorito’, ‘Il Cucù’, ‘Amato bene’, ‘Il Ritiro’, ‘Per eco in lontano’, ‘Con violino discordato’
Oboe Concertos, RV457, RV463

CD 13
5 Solemn Concertos

CD 14
8 Flute Concertos

CD 15
8 Oboe Concertos

CD 16
6 Bassoon Concertos
Concerto for 2 trumpets, RV537
Concerto for 2 horns, RV539