Notes and Editorial Reviews
"Gloriously alert and full-bodied playing produces a disc that is just waiting to be enjoyed... The music is unmistakably Vivaldi, of course, but ranges from brilliant violin figuration to creamy slow-drawn chords, and from vocal transcriptions to short fugues (and what enjoyable fugues, too!). The cumulative effect of it all is like visiting a workshop and finding there examples of all the things an artist might do when freed from the demands of a particular public. Concerto Italiano’s performances cannot be faulted. Alessandrini has a knack for vital and exciting music-making that is utterly straightforward and free from overworked mannerism. It is a difficult balance to achieve, but here it is allied to playing that is gloriously
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alert and full-bodied. This disc is just waiting to be enjoyed, so go on – it might bring you closer to Vivaldi as well!" - Lindsay Kemp, GRAMOPHONE
"Rachel Podger’s wonderful Gramophone Award-winning disc of Vivaldi’s Op 8 concertos, La stravaganza opened many ears to the incredible Vivaldian riches that lay beyond The Four Seasons. Here, to prove that you don’t need a soloist for concertos of striking imagination and vitality, is another in the Vivaldi pilgrimage Opus 111 has undertaken. Entrusted to one of Italy’s finest period-instrument ensembles, Concerto Italiano, and their inspirational director Rinaldo Alessandrini, this disc makes a highly appealing programme of concertos for strings alone from the 59 examples that Vivaldi left. Alessandrini argues that ‘the absence of a pronounced ego allows the composer to concentrate, in richer detail, on purely musical matters’ – a case he fully justifies on this delightful disc". - GRAMOPHONE
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Works on This Recording
1.
Concerto for Strings in A major, RV 159 by Antonio Vivaldi
Conductor:
Rinaldo Alessandrini
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Concerto Italiano
Period: Baroque
Written: Venice, Italy
2.
Concerto for Strings in G minor, RV 153 by Antonio Vivaldi
Conductor:
Rinaldo Alessandrini
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Concerto Italiano
Period: Baroque
Written: Venice, Italy
3.
Concerto for Strings in D major, RV 121 by Antonio Vivaldi
Conductor:
Rinaldo Alessandrini
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Concerto Italiano
Period: Baroque
Written: Venice, Italy
4.
Concerto for Strings in D minor, RV 129 "Madrigalesco" by Antonio Vivaldi
Conductor:
Rinaldo Alessandrini
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Concerto Italiano
Period: Baroque
Written: Venice, Italy
5.
Concerto for Strings in G minor, RV 154 by Antonio Vivaldi
Conductor:
Rinaldo Alessandrini
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Concerto Italiano
Period: Baroque
Written: Venice, Italy
6.
Concerto for Strings in C major, RV 115 "Ripieno" by Antonio Vivaldi
Conductor:
Rinaldo Alessandrini
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Concerto Italiano
Period: Baroque
Written: Venice, Italy
7.
Concerto for Strings in F minor, RV 143 by Antonio Vivaldi
Conductor:
Rinaldo Alessandrini
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Concerto Italiano
Period: Baroque
Written: Venice, Italy
8.
Concerto for Strings in F major, RV 141 by Antonio Vivaldi
Conductor:
Rinaldo Alessandrini
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Concerto Italiano
Period: Baroque
Written: Venice, Italy
9.
Concerto for Strings in C minor, RV 120 by Antonio Vivaldi
Conductor:
Rinaldo Alessandrini
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Concerto Italiano
Period: Baroque
Written: Venice, Italy
10.
Concerto for Strings in G minor, RV 156 by Antonio Vivaldi
Conductor:
Rinaldo Alessandrini
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Concerto Italiano
Period: Baroque
Written: Venice, Italy
11.
Concerto for Strings in A major, RV 158 by Antonio Vivaldi
Conductor:
Rinaldo Alessandrini
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Concerto Italiano
Period: Baroque
Written: Venice, Italy
12.
Concerto for Strings in D major, RV 123 by Antonio Vivaldi
Conductor:
Rinaldo Alessandrini
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Concerto Italiano
Period: Baroque
Written: Venice, Italy
Sound Samples
Concerto for Strings in A major, RV 159: I. Allegro
Concerto for Strings in A major, RV 159: II. Adagio
Concerto for Strings in A major, RV 159: III. Allegro
Concerto for Strings in G minor, RV 153: I. Allegro
Concerto for Strings in G minor, RV 153: II. Andante
Concerto for Strings in G minor, RV 153: III. Allegro assai
Concerto for Strings in D major, RV 121: I. Allegro molto
Concerto for Strings in D major, RV 121: II. Adagio
Concerto for Strings in D major, RV 121: III. Allegro
Concerto for Strings in D minor, RV 129, "Concerto madrigalesco": I. Adagio
Concerto for Strings in D minor, RV 129, "Concerto madrigalesco": II. Allegro
Concerto for Strings in D minor, RV 129, "Concerto madrigalesco": III. Adagio
Concerto for Strings in D minor, RV 129, "Concerto madrigalesco": IV. [Allegro]
Concerto for Strings in G minor, RV 154: I. Allegro
Concerto for Strings in G minor, RV 154: II. Adagio
Concerto for Strings in G minor, RV 154: III. Allegro
Concerto for Strings in C major, RV 115, "Concerto ripieno": I. Allegro
Concerto for Strings in C major, RV 115, "Concerto ripieno": II. [Adagio]
Concerto for Strings in C major, RV 115, "Concerto ripieno": III. Allegro
Concerto for Strings in F minor, RV 143: I. Allegro
Concerto for Strings in F minor, RV 143: II. Adagio
Concerto for Strings in F minor, RV 143: III. [Allegro]
Concerto for Strings in F major, RV 141: I. Allegro molto
Concerto for Strings in F major, RV 141: II. Andante molto
Concerto for Strings in F major, RV 141: III. Allegro molto
Concerto for Strings in C minor, RV 120: I. Allegro non molto
Concerto for Strings in C minor, RV 120: II. Largo
Concerto for Strings in C minor, RV 120: III. Allegro
Concerto for Strings in G minor, RV 156: I. Allegro
Concerto for Strings in G minor, RV 156: II. Adagio
Concerto for Strings in G minor, RV 156: III. Allegro
Concerto for Strings in A major, RV 158, "Concerto ripieno": I. Allegro molto
Concerto for Strings in A major, RV 158, "Concerto ripieno": II. Andante molto
Concerto for Strings in A major, RV 158, "Concerto ripieno": III. Allegro
Concerto for Strings in D major, RV 123: I. Allegro
Concerto for Strings in D major, RV 123: II. Adagio
Concerto for Strings in D major, RV 123: III. Allegro
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