Antonio Vivaldi (Composer)
Born: 4th March 1678, Venice
Died: 28th July 1741, Vienna
Nationality: Italian
Antonio Lucio Vivaldi was an Italian Baroque composer, virtuoso violinist, teacher, impresario, and Roman Catholic priest. Born in Venice, the capital of the Venetian Republic, Vivaldi is regarded as one of the greatest Baroque composers, and his influence during his lifetime was widespread across Europe, being paramount in the development of Johann Sebastian Bach's instrumental music. He composed many instrumental concertos, for the violin and a variety of other musical instruments, as well as sacred choral works and more than forty operas. His best-known work is a series of violin concertos known as the Four Seasons.
Many of his compositions were written for the all-female music ensemble of the Ospedale della Pietà, a home for abandoned children.
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Recording of the Week,
A double-bill of very different Baroque violin albums
Nicola Benedetti makes a successful first venture into early music with a programme of Geminiani and Vivaldi, and Théotime Langlois de Swarte teams up with William Christie to bring some French Baroque gems to light.
Recording of the Week,
Vivaldi from Cecilia Bartoli and Ensemble Matheus
Nearly twenty years after her landmark album devoted to the operas of the 'Red Priest', the Italian mezzo is as dazzling as ever in arias from works including Orlando furioso, Il Giustino and Ottone in Villa.
Popular Works: Vivaldi
- Cello Sonata in E minor, RV40 (40)
- Concerto for 2 Mandolins, Strings and Continuo in G, R.532 (65)
- Concerto for 2 Trumpets, Strings & Continuo in C major, RV 537 (74)
- Concerto for Guitar and 2 Violins in D major, RV 93 (40)
- Concerto for Lute and 2 Violins in D major, RV 93 (74)
- Concerto in G minor for Two Cellos, RV531 (48)
- Concerto, Op. 3 No. 1 'Con quattro Violini obligati', RV 549 (46)
- Concerto, Op. 3 No. 2 'Con due Violini e Violoncello obligato', RV 578 (46)
- Concerto, Op. 3 No. 3 'Con Violino Solo obligato', RV 310 (54)
- Concerto, Op. 3 No. 5 'Con due Violini obligati', RV 519 (40)
- Concerto, Op. 3 No. 6 'Con Violino Solo obligato', RV 356 (81)
- Concerto, Op. 3 No. 7 'Con quattro Violini e Violoncello obligato', RV 567 (48)
- Concerto, Op. 3 No. 8 'Con due Violini obligati', RV 522 (117)
- Concerto, Op. 3 No. 9 'Con Violino Solo obligati', RV 230 (55)
- Concerto, Op. 3 No. 10 'Con quattro Violini e Violoncello obligato', RV 580 (107)
- Concerto, Op. 3 No. 11 'Con due Violini e Violoncello obligato', RV 565 (84)
- Concerto, Op. 3 No. 12 'Con Violino Solo obligato', RV 265 (42)
- Flautino Concerto in C major, RV443 (81)
- Flute Concerto, Op. 10 No. 1 in F major, RV 433 'La tempesta di mare' (92)
- Flute Concerto, Op. 10 No. 2 in G minor, RV 439 'La notte' (133)
- Flute Concerto, Op. 10 No. 3 in D major, RV 428 'Il gardellino' (103)
- Flute Concerto, Op. 10 No. 4 in G major, RV 435 (60)
- Flute Concerto, Op. 10 No. 5 in F major, RV 434 (66)
- Flute Concerto, Op. 10 No. 6 in G major, RV 437 (54)
- Gloria in D major, RV589 (78)
- Nulla in mundo pax sincera, motet for soprano, strings & continuo, RV 630 (43)
- Oboe Concerto in D minor, RV454 (40)
- Recorder Concerto in C minor, RV441 (54)
- Stabat Mater, RV621 (40)
- The Four Seasons (306)
- The Four Seasons: Autumn, RV293 (383)
- The Four Seasons: Spring, RV269 (409)
- The Four Seasons: Summer, RV315 (386)
- The Four Seasons: Winter, RV297 (413)
- The Four Seasons: Winter, RV297: Largo (46)
- Trio Sonata for Violin, Lute and Basso Continuo in C major, RV 82 (39)
- Trio Sonata, Op. 1 No. 12 for Two Violins & Continuo in D minor, RV 63 'La Follia' (51)
- Violin Concerto, Op. 8 No. 5 in E flat major, RV253 'La tempesta di mare' (59)
- Violin Concerto, Op. 8 No. 6 in C major, RV180 'Il Piacere' (52)
- Violin Concerto, Op. 8 No. 10 in B flat major, RV362 'La Caccia' (40)
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