Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)
Antonio Lucio Vivaldi was born in Venice in 1678, in a period during which the cello was acquiring popularity in the world of concerts and an important role in musical entertainment. The Red Priest ennobled the soul of the cello. It gave him the inspiration for no less than twenty-seven concertos for solo cello, a concerto for cello and bassoon (rv 409 in E minor), another one for two cellos, string instruments and basso continuo (rv 531 in G minor), a considerable number of works with the indication “violoncello obbligato”, and nine sonatas for cello and basso continuo (in addition to the beginning of a tenth sonata which has been lost). For these works, musicological research has often placed the name of Vivaldi side by side with that of Antonio Vandini, whose six sonatas for cello and basso continuo have been recorded for Tactus by Bologna Baroque in 2018 (TC 692202). For the recording, we used two cellos of the Fondazione Orpheon that belong to Maestro Jose Vasquez: a cello of the Montagnana School (circa 1750) for the solo part and a Simone Cimapane from 1692 (that according to some written evidence had belonged to Arcangelo Corelli’s orchestra) for the basso continuo part.
Tracklist
Disco n.1
Antonio Vivaldi
Sonata I RV 47 in Sib maggiore
1 - I. Largo (5:24)
2 - II. Allegro (2:07)
3 - III. Largo (2:42)
4 - IV. Allegro (2:03)
Sonata II RV 41 in Fa maggiore
5 - I. Largo (4:13)
6 - II. Allegro (2:35)
7 - III. Largo (3:37)
8 - IV. Allegro (2:36)
Sonata III RV 43 in La minore
9 - I. Largo (4:55)
10 - II. Allegro (3:37)
11 - III. Largo (5:11)
12 - IV. Allegro (2:51)
Sonata IV RV 45 in Sib maggiore
13 - I. Largo (4:33)
14 - II. Allegro (2:45)
Sonata V RV 40 in Mi minore
15 - III. Largo (2:47)
Sonata IV RV 45 in Sib maggiore
16 - IV. Allegro (3:08)
Disco n.2
Antonio Vivaldi
Sonata V RV 40 in Mi minore
1 - I. Largo (4:24)
2 - II. Allegro (2:48)
3 - III. Largo (2:47)
4 - IV. Allegro (2:05)
Sonata VI RV 46 in Sib maggiore
5 - I. Largo (2:28)
6 - II. Allegro (2:37)
7 - III. Largo (2:24)
8 - IV. Allegro (2:23)
Sonata VII RV 44 in La minore
9 - I. Largo (2:29)
10 - II. Allegro poco (3:57)
11 - III. Largo (3:51)
12 - IV. Allegro (2:43)
Sonata VIII RV 39 in Mib maggiore
13 - I. Larghetto (4:08)
14 - II. Allegro (3:01)
15 - III. Andante (2:20)
16 - IV. Allegro (2:41)
Sonata IX RV 42 in Sol minore
17 - I. Preludio-Largo (3:52)
18 - II. Allemanda-Andante (4:04)
19 - III. Sarabanda-Largo (4:41)
20 - III. Giga-Allegro (2:40)
- Composer: Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)
- Performers: Bologna Baroque
- Musicological Text: Antonello Manzo, Paolo Potì
- Historical Period: Late Baroque
- Code: TC672291
- Edition: July 2023
- Barcode: 8007194200645
- Set: 1
- Total tracks: 36
- Total duration: 110:09
