Vivaldi: Concerti for piccolo

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Release Date: 3rd Dec 2012
Catalogue No: LVC1171
Label: Saphir Productions
Length: 58 minutes

Vivaldi: Recorder Concerto in C major, RV444

Work length10:42

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Jean-Louis Beaumadier (soloist)
Orchestre National de France
Jean-Pierre Rampal

I. Allegro non molto

Track length3:45

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II. Largo

Track length4:05

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III. Allegro molto

Track length2:52

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Vivaldi: Flute Concerto in E minor, RV 445

Work length10:46

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Jean-Louis Beaumadier (soloist)
Orchestre National de France
Jean-Pierre Rampal

I. Allegro

Track length4:47

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II. Larghetto

Track length2:38

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III. Allegro

Track length3:21

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Vivaldi: Flautino Concerto in C major, RV443

Work length10:01

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Jean-Louis Beaumadier (soloist)
Orchestre National de France
Jean-Pierre Rampal

I. Allegro

Track length4:47

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$1.40

II. Largo

Track length2:25

$1.00

$1.40

III. Allegro molto

Track length2:49

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Vivaldi: Concerto in A minor, RV 108

Work length8:10

$3.00

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Jean-Louis Beaumadier (soloist)
Orchestre National de France
Jean-Pierre Rampal

I. Allegro

Track length2:44

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II. Largo

Track length2:33

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III. Allegro

Track length2:53

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Vivaldi: Concerto for 2 Flutes, Strings and Continuo in C, R533

Work length7:03

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Jean-Louis Beaumadier (soloist), Philippe Pierlot (soloist), Elisabeth Gelis (soloist), Thérèse Bussiere-Meyer (soloist), Christophe Poiget (soloist)
Ensemble Instrumental La Follia
Christophe Poiget

I. Allegro

Track length2:33

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II. Largo

Track length2:22

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III. —

Track length2:08

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Vivaldi: Recorder Concerto in C minor, RV441

Work length11:25

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$4.20

Jean-Louis Beaumadier (soloist), Elisabeth Gelis (soloist), Thérèse Bussiere-Meyer (soloist), Christophe Poiget (soloist)
Ensemble Instrumental La Follia
Christophe Poiget

I. Allegro non molto

Track length4:56

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$1.40

II. Largo

Track length2:33

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$1.40

III. Allegro

Track length3:56

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$1.40

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Aside from his numerous flute concertos (including the six of the famous Op. 10), Vivaldi's catalogue includes three unpublished concerti for ottavino (piccolo) without opus number (the autograph manuscripts are to be found in the Turin Library), which are practically unique in Italian Baroque music. For this unusual soloist, Vivaldi 'imposes runs of great volubility and perilous breaks' (Marc Pincherle) in his allegros whilst also revealing, in the slow movements, 'the instrument’s unsuspected expressive possibilities'.

Even though not initially written for piccolo, the other three concertos that round out this programme are particularly well suited to the instrument. The one in A minor (P. 77) was originally a concerto da camera for recorder, two violins - in a tight dialogue with intentionally parallel parts - and bass. The Concerto in C minor (P. 440) had also been written for recorder whereas the Concerto for two flutes in C major (P. 76) called for two transverse flutes. All three feature two particularly nimble and voluble - even spectacular - fast movements flanking a mysterious, questioning or serene nocturnal cantilena. But, in addition, each one takes on a clearly pronounced character: playful and mischievous in the case of the Concerto in A minor, dramatic for the one in C minor, and festive and cheerful in the Concerto for two flutes.

Vivaldi: Concerti for piccolo

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