Six Sonatas for violin and two violins RV 18, 30, 33, 35, 76, 72, Op. V, 1716

VIVALDI ANTONIO

Concertos for the EmperorFollowing the artistic heights and the overwhelming popular success of opus 8 (Il Cimento dell”Armonia e dell”Invenzione), nearly two years elapsed before Vivaldi and his Dutch publisher issued a new collection of twelve concertos, a collection which represented in some way the promised continuation of the earlier work: La Cetra.
Concerti consacrati alla Sacra, Cesarea, Cattolica, Real Maestà di Carlo VI […] da Don Antonio Vivaldi […] Opera Nona.
The fact that the cultivated and melancholic Hapsburg emperor-known throughout Europe for his talents as a harpsichordist, conductor and even, to some extent, composer- consented to receiving such a dedication was certainly not an inconsiderable honor.
As to the musical contents of opus 9, this collection has a less clearly defined character than the virtuosic opp. 6 and 7 and the experimental op. 8; one might say that it is more eclectic.

Tracklist

Disco n.1
Vivaldi, Antonio
Violin Sonata in F Major, Op. 5, No. 13, RV 18
  1 - I. Preludio (3:22)
  2 - II. Corrente (1:22)
  3 - III. Sarabanda (1:35)
  4 - IV. Giga (1:51)
Violin Sonata in A Major, Op. 5, No. 14, RV 30
  5 - I. Preludio (2:24)
  6 - II. Corrente (1:39)
  7 - III. Gavotta (2:13)
Violin Sonata in B-Flat Major, Op. 5, No. 15, RV 33
  8 - I. Preludio (3:05)
  9 - II. Allemande (2:12)
  10 - III. Corrente (2:14)
  11 - IV. Gavotte: Presto (1:38)
Violin Sonata in B Minor, Op. 5, No. 16, RV 35
  12 - I. Preludio (2:59)
  13 - II. Allemande (3:05)
  14 - III. Corrente (2:06)
Trio Sonata in B-Flat Major, Op. 5, No. 17, RV 76
  15 - I. Preludio (3:14)
  16 - II. Allemanda (2:58)
  17 - III. Corrente (2:40)
Trio Sonata in G Minor, Op. 5, No. 18, RV 72
  18 - I. Preludio (4:14)
  19 - II. Allemanda (2:52)
  20 - III. Air menuet (1:27)

Composer: VIVALDI ANTONIO
Performers: “I Filarmonici” Violino solista: Alberto Martini – violini: Alberto Martini, Alberto Ambrosini, Elena Telò, Lamberto Cadoppi, Elisa Citterio, Isabella Ferrarini, Gianluca Freddi; viole: Luigi Azzolini, Francesco Lattuada; violoncelli: Lorenzo Corbolini, Andrea Bergamelli; contrabbasso: Pino Carraro; cembalo: Francesco Baroni
Historical Period: Late Baroque
Code: TC 672228
Edition: 1995
Barcode: 8007194100549
Set: 1
Total tracks: 20
Total duration: 00:50:02

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