Vivaldi - Concerti
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Label: Phil.Harmonie
Cat No: PHIL06003
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 1
Genre: Orchestral
Release Date: 3rd December 2021
Contents
Works
Cello Concerto in B minor, RV424Concerto for oboe and violin in B flat major, RV548
The Four Seasons (Le quattro stagioni)
Viola d'amore Concerto in A minor, RV397
Artists
Rainer Kussmaul (violin)Wolfram Christ (viola d’amore)
Georg Faust (cello)
Jonathan Kelly (oboe)
Berliner Barock Solisten
Conductor
Rainer KussmaulWorks
Cello Concerto in B minor, RV424Concerto for oboe and violin in B flat major, RV548
The Four Seasons (Le quattro stagioni)
Viola d'amore Concerto in A minor, RV397
Artists
Rainer Kussmaul (violin)Wolfram Christ (viola d’amore)
Georg Faust (cello)
Jonathan Kelly (oboe)
Berliner Barock Solisten
Conductor
Rainer KussmaulAbout
Just as with many of his contemporaries, we must regretfully acknowledge that very few details about his life have come down to us. It was almost three centuries before historians were able to verify that he was born on 4 March 1678. We know that he was ordained to the priesthood at an early age; that he served as a violinist in the Cappella di San Marco from about the age of thirty; and that he also played in ensembles with his father. Additionally, we know that he was appointed as director of an "Accademia" – in this case, an orphanage in Venice – that both provided its female charges with an education and employed them as musicians or choral singers who performed for profit. This provided the impetus for what was to become Vivaldi's immense and varied output of instrumental concertos and concerti grossi, which were written between 1716 and 1725 for performance by the students of the Ospedale della Pietà. These works represent the largest proportion of his magnificent and vivid oeuvre, which, in its more meditative moments and in the almost impressionistic quality of its timeless beauty, allows us a tangible and highly descriptive glimpse of the Baroque world.
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