Vivaldi: Concerti Solenni

Download & Streams (Spotify, Itunes store, Google Play, Deezer, Apple Play, Tidal, Amazon): https://brilliant-classics.lnk.to/vivaldiconcerti

It is remarkable that concertos by Vivaldi are still awaiting their first recordings, and this CD programmes 8 ‘solemn’ concertos. Solemn in this context usually meant a slow introduction, acting as a prelude to the following 3 movements. Vivaldi was a master at creating concertos from other works, and these were known as ‘pasticcio’ concertos. For example, sinfonias or overtures to his many operas provided a happy hunting ground for such concertos, and on this CD the concertos are a mix of Vivaldi’s pasticcios and those of the Pablo Queipo de Llano, a Vivaldi scholar and author the comprehensive CD booklet essay.

To illustrate how adept Vivaldi was at turning existing works to new uses, the finale of RV197 was originally the double fugue from the overture to the serenata La senna festeggiante RV693. This had in turn been adapted by Vivaldi from the closing section of Lotti’s Moralita d’una perla. The opening movement of RV155 was reused by Vivaldi for his Salve Regina RV618
The tradition of pasticcio concertos arranged from other composer’s works was common practice at the Dresden court, where the director was Johann Georg Pisendal, a pupil of Vivaldi. Many movements by Vivaldi were found among the manuscripts in Dresden, and form the basis for these reconstructions.

00:00:00 Concerto per archi e basso continuo in do Minore RV 197
00:03:31 Concerto per archi e basso continuo in do Minore RV 197
00:06:10 Concerto per archi e basso continuo in do Minore RV 197
00:07:58 Sinfonia per archi e basso continuo in la maggiore RV Anh. 85
00:10:05 Sinfonia per archi e basso continuo in la maggiore RV Anh. 85
00:12:52 Sinfonia per archi e basso continuo in la maggiore RV Anh. 85
00:16:45 Concerto per 2 Violini, archi e basso continuo in sol Minore RV 155
00:19:05 Concerto per 2 Violini, archi e basso continuo in sol Minore RV 155
00:22:54 Concerto per 2 Violini, archi e basso continuo in sol Minore RV 155
00:26:33 Concerto per 2 Violini, archi e basso continuo in sol Minore RV 155
00:30:56 Concerto per archi e basso continuo in sol Minore RV 316
00:33:27 Concerto per archi e basso continuo in sol Minore RV 316
00:34:39 Concerto per archi e basso continuo in sol Minore RV 316
00:36:36 Concerto per archi e basso continuo in do maggiore RV 185
00:37:41 Concerto per archi e basso continuo in do maggiore RV 185
00:40:10 Concerto per archi e basso continuo in do maggiore RV 185
00:41:37 Concerto per archi e basso continuo in do maggiore RV 185
00:44:00 Concerto per 2 Violini, archi e basso continuo in re Minore RV 247
00:46:46 Concerto per 2 Violini, archi e basso continuo in re Minore RV 247
00:49:59 Concerto per 2 Violini, archi e basso continuo in re Minore RV 247
00:53:04 Concerto per archi e basso continuo in fa maggiore RV 292
00:55:32 Concerto per archi e basso continuo in fa maggiore RV 292
00:57:46 Concerto per archi e basso continuo in fa maggiore RV 292
00:58:35 Concerto per archi e basso continuo in fa maggiore RV 292
01:02:51 Concerto per archi e basso continuo in mi Minore RV 134
01:05:38 Concerto per archi e basso continuo in mi Minore RV 134
01:07:08 Concerto per archi e basso continuo in mi Minore RV 134