Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741) - IL PRETE ROSSO
CD 1
Le Quattro Stagioni (The Four Seasons)
Marco Rogliano (violin)
Ensemble Respighi / Federico Ferri, conductor (2003)
Concertos Nos. 9+12 for Violin, Strings and Basso Continuo
Ettore Pellegrino (violin), Alberto Martini (violin)
Chamber Orchestra “I Filarmonici”/ Alberto Martini, conductor (1995)
CD 2
Concertos for Strings, RV 124, 154, 302, 367, 522, 578
Fabio Biondi (violin), Adrian Chamorro (violin)
Maurizio Naddeo (cello),
Concerto Italiano / Rinaldo Alessandrini, conductor (1988)
CD 3
Concertos and Trios for Mandolin and Lute, RV 82, 85, 93, 425, 532
Carlo Aonzo (mandolin), Paola Esposito (mandolin)
Sandro Volta (lute, lombard mandolin),
Patrizia Del Ciotto (violin), Barbara Boganini (violin)
Sonia Giacalone (cello),
Doron Ensemble / Sandro Volta, conductor (1999)
CD 4
Concertos for Oboe, Strings and Basso Continuo, RV 449, 451, 454, 455, 460, 461
Paolo Grazia (oboe)
Ensemble Respighi (2003)
CD 5
Concertos for Bassoon, Strings and Basso Continuo, RV 474, 481, 483, 488, 489, 501, 502
Roberto Giaccaglia (bassoon)
Ensemble Respighi (2004)
CD 6
Six Concertos for Flute and Strings
Mario Ancillotti (flute)
Chamber Orchestra “I Filarmonici” / Alberto Martini, conductor (1994)
CD 7
Concertos Without Orchestra, RV 88, 94, 99, 101, 103, 107
Nuovo Quintetto di Venezia (1994)
CD 8: Cantatas
Tra l’erbe i zeffiri
Era la notte quando i suoi splendori
Geme l’onda che parte dal fonte
Il povero mio cor
Indarno cerca la tortorella
La farfalletta s’aggira al lume
Elena Cecchi Fedi (soprano)
Modo Antiquo / Federico Maria Sardelli, conductor (1997)
CD 9: Sacred Works
Laudate pueri Dominum
Cur sagittas, cur tela, cur faces
Ascende laeta
Non in pratis aut in hortis
Ostro picta, armata spina
Laura Antonaz (soprano)
Roberto Balconi (contralto)
Orchestra Barocca “G. B. Tiepolo” (2003)
CD 10: Music from the Operas
Orlando Furioso
L’incoronazione di Dario
Teuzzone
Giustino
Farnace
Siroe re di Persia
Orlando
L’olimpiade
Il Tamerlano
Griselda
Angelo Manzotti (male soprano)
Orchestra Barocca di Bologna / Paolo Faldi, conductor (1999)
”Vivaldi is vastly overrated. He was a boring person who simply wrote the one and the
same concerto four hundred times.“ (Igor Stravinsky)
Today it is very difficult to agree with the Russian composer’s judgement of his Italian colleague. Antonio Vivaldi (who was called ”Il prete rosso“, The Red Priest on account of his red hair) established himself as one of Italy’s most important composers - and as one of the most important of the Baroque period. This 10CD box set features a representative cross section of Vivaldi’s extensive oeuvre, which encompassed more than four hundred works. The compilation boast concertos written for different line-ups (violin, flute, oboe etc.), secular and religious vocal works as well as operatic arias (sung by a male soprano!), underlining the broad spectrum of Vivaldi’s works.
