Composer: Antonio Vivaldi
Performer: Paolo Carlini, I Virtuosi Italiani
Conductor: Alberto Martini
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Tactus
Catalogue: TC672262
Release: 2024
Size: 326 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Bassoon Concerto in E-Flat Major, RV 483
01. I. Presto
02. II. Larghetto
03. III. Allegro
Bassoon Concerto in F Major, RV 485
04. I. Allegro non molto
05. II. Andante
06. III. Allegro molto
Bassoon Concerto in A Minor, RV 497
07. I. Allegro molto
08. II. Andante molto
09. III. Allegro
Bassoon Concerto in B-Flat Major, RV 501 “La notte”
10. I. Largo
11. II. Andante molto
12. III. Presto
13. IV. Il sonno
14. V. Sorge l’aurora
Bassoon Concerto in A Minor, RV 498
15. I. Allegro
16. II. Larghetto
17. III. Allegro
Bassoon Concerto in E Minor, RV 484
18. I. Allegro poco
19. II. Andante
20. III. Allegro
Bassoon Concerto in B-Flat Major, RV 502
21. I. Allegro
22. II. Largo
23. III. Allegro
The group of concertos for bassoon by Antonio Vivaldi (Venice, 4 March 1678 – Vienna, 28 July 1741) is the largest such collection in terms of quantity after those for violin: no less than thirty-nine are in fact extant, and only two are incomplete. But beyond these details, “what is remarkable”, as Cesare Fertonani recently wrote, “is Vivaldi’s extraordinary understanding of the technical possibilities of the bassoon, reflected in his avant- garde treatment of the instrument which attains the complete and sumptuous dignity of a soloist, and his intuition probably unprecedented in the history of music of its expressive potential.” Paolo Carlini is the soloist of this selection of the most important concerts dedicated to the instrument by Vivaldi, flanked by the famous “Virtuosi Italiani” orchestra, directed by Alberto Martini as a violin concert maestro.