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Release Date: Friday 8 January 2021
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All the recorder concertos on this CD - chamber concertos or solo concertos - were written expressly for flauto or flautino and show the imagination, delicacy, freshness, virtuosity and sometimes even melancholy, which Vivaldi put into his writing for this instrument. We have intentionally chosen tuning at 440 Hz since, in Venice, in Vivaldi's time, tuning was higher than in neighbouring musical centres such as Rome, for example, where, at times, one even played at 392 Hz. With this high tuning, the sound of the gentle gut strings becomes clearer and more brilliant.
- Dorothee Oberlinger, from the liner notes
Concerto in D major «La Pastorella», RV 95
for recorder, 2 violins, cello and continuo
01. Allegro
02. Largo
03. Allegro
Concerto in G major, RV 101
for recorder, 2 violins, cello and continuo (b/c/f)
04. [...]
05. Largo
06. Allegro
Concerto in A minor, RV 108
for recorder, 2 violins and continuo
07. Allegro
08. Largo
09. Allegro
Concerto in C major, RV 444
for flautino, 2 violins, viola and continuo
10. Allegro non molto
11. Largo
12. Allegro molto
Concerto in G major, RV 443
for flautino, 2 violins, viola and continuo
13. [...]
14. Largo
15. Allegro molto
Concerto in F major, RV 442
for recorder, 2 violins, viola and continuo
16. Allegro ma non molto tutti gl'istromenti sordini
17. Cantabile
18. Largo e cantabile
19. Allegro
Concerto in B-flat major «Conca», RV 163
for 2 violins, viola and continuo
20. [...] / Allegro molto
21. Andante
22. Allegro