Composer: Antonio Vivaldi
Orchestra: Orchestre de l’Opéra Royal
Conductor: Stefan Plewniak
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Château de Versailles Spectacles
Catalogue: CVS065
Release: 2022
Size: 1.17 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Concerto N°5 en Do Majeur RV 114
01. I. Allegro
02. II. Adagio
03. III. Chaconne
Concerto N°4 en Fa Majeur RV 136
04. I. Allegro
05. II. Andante
06. III. Menuet, Allegro
Concerto N°11 en Sol Majeur RV 150
07. I. Allegro
08. II. Largo
09. III. Allegro
Concerto N°1 en Sol mineur RV 157
10. I. Allegro
11. II. Largo
12. III. Allegro
Concerto N°12 en La Majeur RV 159
13. I. Allegro
14. II. Adagio
15. III. Allegro
Concerto N°10 en Ré Majeur RV 121
16. I. Allegro molto
17. II. Adagio
18. III. Allegro
Concerto N°6 en Sol mineur RV 154
19. I. Allegro
20. II. Andante
21. III. Allegro
Concerto N°7 en La Majeur RV 160
22. I. Allegro
23. II. Andante
24. III. Allegro
Concerto N°3 en Do mineur RV 119
25. I. Allegro
26. II. Largo
27. III. Allegro
Concerto N°9 en Si bémol Majeur RV 164
28. I. Allegro
29. II. Adagio
30. III. Allegro
Concerto N°8 en Ré mineur RV 127
31. I. Allegro
32. II. Largo
33. III. Allegro
Concerto N°2 en Mi mineur RV 133
34. I. Allegro
35. II. Largo
36. III. Presto
Vivaldi’s work is extraordinarily profuse, and from his “extraordinary fury of composition” resulted a collection of 12 concertos, preserved in Paris since then, genuine jewels of Vivaldian music! However, for whom were they composed? The French Ambassador in Venice, Jacques-Vincent Languet, who made numerous commissions to Vivaldi in the 1720s? Perhaps as a magnificent gift to a visiting French music lover… Or perhaps François-Etienne, Duke of Lorraine and Bar? A fine music lover and musician, who in 1745 became Emperor Francis I of Austria, gave early protection to Vivaldi, who introduced himself in 1731 as “maestro di cappella di S.A.R. il Serenissimo Sig. Duca di Lorena”. The Paris Concertos would then have passed through the Luneville Court, which was very musical? The mystery is there, but these works influenced Parisian musical life. Stefan Plewniak’s raging violin gives them back their full glory in this virtuoso interpretation by the Orchestre de l’Opera Royal de Versailles!