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Antonio Vivaldi - Concerto for 2 Cellos in G minor, RV 531 Vivaldi’s Cello is a 2004 album of various arrangements taken from Antonio Vivaldi's operas and oratorios performed by Yo-Yo Ma and the Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra, Ton Koopman, conductor. The album was recorded on November 17-20, 2003 at De Stadsgehoorzaal, Leiden, The Netherlands. Antonio Lucio Vivaldi (4 March 1678 – 28 July 1741) was an Italian Baroque musical composer, virtuoso violinist, teacher, and Roman Catholic priest. Born in Venice, the capital of the Venetian Republic, he is regarded as one of the greatest Baroque composers, and his influence during his lifetime was widespread across Europe. 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. Vivaldi had worked there as a Catholic priest for 1 1/2 years and was employed there from 1703 to 1715 and from 1723 to 1740. Vivaldi also had some success with expensive stagings of his operas in Venice, Mantua and Vienna. After meeting the Emperor Charles VI, Vivaldi moved to Vienna, hoping for royal support. However, the Emperor died soon after Vivaldi's arrival, and Vivaldi himself died in poverty less than a year later. For more: http://www.melhoresmusicasclassicas.blogspot.com #MusicHistory #ClassicalMusic #Vivaldi

Antonio Vivaldi Nulla in mundo pax sincera, RV 630, is a sacred motet composed by Antonio Vivaldi in 1735 to an anonymous Latin text, the title of which may be translated as "In this world there is no honest peace" or "There is no true peace in this world without bitterness". Written in the key of E major and in the typical lyrical Italian Baroque style, it is scored for solo soprano, two violins, viola and basso continuo, this would normally be a cello and keyboard instrument, in Vivaldi's case often the organ. The text dwells on the imperfections of a world full of evil and sin, and praises Jesus for the salvation he offers from it. It is considered to be one of Vivaldi's most beautiful solo motets. The motet consists of three parts (Aria; Recitative; Aria), followed by a concluding Alleluia. A full performance of the piece takes approximately 13 minutes. Nulla in mundo pax sincera RV 630 1. I Nulla in mundo pax sincera 6:43 2. II Blando colore oculos mundus decipit 4:44 III Spirat anguis inter flores 3. Alleluia 2:02 For more: http://www.melhoresmusicasclassicas.blogspot.com #MusicHistory #ClassicalMusic #Vivaldi

Antonio Vivaldi Juditha triumphans devicta Holofernis barbarie (Judith triumphant over the barbarians of Holofernes), RV 644, is an oratorio by Antonio Vivaldi, the only survivor of the four that he is known to have composed. Although the rest of the oratorio survives completely intact, the overture has been lost. The Latin libretto was written by Iacopo Cassetti based upon the Book of Judith. The exact date of composition and performance of Juditha triumphans are not known, but the allegorical treatment of the Venetian defense of Corfu dominated public discussion in Venice throughout 1716. This work was an allegorical description of the victory of the Venetians (the Christians) over the Turks in August 1716. The work was commissioned to celebrate the victory of the Republic of Venice over the Turks during the siege of Corfu: in July 1716, the Turks had landed on Corfu and set siege to the island. The population resisted the occupation and, in August, Venice signed an alliance with the Holy Roman Emperor. On 18 August, under the leadership of count Johann Matthias von der Schulenburg, the decisive battle was won and the Turks abandoned the island. Although widely reported to have been performed at the Ospedale della Pietà in November 1716, the victorious General Schulenburg could not have been in the audience of any performance prior to January 3, 1717. Juditha Triumphans RV 644 01 - Chorus militum pugnantium in Acie cum timpano bellico: Arma, caedes 02 - Recitativo Holofernes: Felix en fausta dies 03 - Aria Holofernes: Nil arma, nil bella 04 - Recitativo Vagaus et Holofernes: Mi Dux, Domine mi 05 - Aria Vagaus: Matrona inimica 06 - Recitativo Holofernes et Vagaus: Huc accedat Matrona 07 - Aria Juditha: Quo cum Patriae me ducit amore 08 - Recitativo Abra: Ne timeas non 09 - Aria Abra: Vultus tui vago splendori 10 - Recitativo Abra et Juditha: Vide humilis prostrata 11 - Vagaus et adstantium militum chorus: O quam vaga 12 - Recitativo Vagaus: Quem vides prope 13 - Aria Vagaus: Quamvis ferro 14 - Recitativo Holofernes et Jutitha: Quid cerno! 15 - Aria Juditha: Quanto magis generosa 16 - Recitativo Holofernes et Juditha: Magna, o foemina petis 17 - Aria Holofernes: Sede o cara 18 - Recitativo Juditha et Holofernes: Tu Judux es 19 - Aria Juditha: Agitata infido flatu 20 - Recitativo Holofernes: In tentorio supernae 21 - Aria Vagaus: O servi volate 22 - Recitativo Vagaus et Abra: Tu quoque hebraica ancilla 23 - Aria Juditha: Veni, me sequere 24 - Recitativo Abra: Venio Juditha 25 - Aria Abra: Fulgeat sol frontis decorae 26 - Recitativo di Abra: In urbe interim pia 27 - Chorus virginum psalentium in Bethulia: Mundi Rector 28 - Recitativo Ozias: Summi Regis in mente 29 - Aria Ozias: O Sydera, o stellae 30 - Recitativo Ozias et Holofernes: Jam saevientis in hostem 31 - Aria Holofernes: Nox obscura 32 - Recitativo Holofernes et Juditha: Belligerae meae sorti 33 - Aria Juditha: Transit aetas 34 - Recitativo Holofernes et Juditha: Haec in crastinum serva 35 - Aria Holofernes: Noli o cara te adorantis 36 - Recitativo Juditha et Holofernes: Tibi dona salutis 37 - Chorus: Plena noctare non mero 38 - Recitativo Holofernes: Tormenta mentis tuae 39 - Aria Juditha: Vivat in pace 40 - Recitativo Juditha: Sic in Pace inter hostes 41 - Aria Vagaus: Umbrae carae 42 - Recitativo Vagaus: Quae fortunata es tu 43 - Aria Abra: Non ita reducem progeniem noto 44 - Recitativo Abra: Jam pergo, postes claudo 45 - Recitativo accompagnato Juditha: Summe Astroum Creator 46 - Aria Juditha: In somno profundo 47 - Recitativo accompagnato Juditha: Impii, indigni tiranni 48 - Recitativo Juditha et Abra: Abra, accipe munus 49 - Aria di Abra: Si fulgida per te 50 - Recitativo di Vagaus: Jam non procul ab axe 51 - Aria Vagaus: Armatae face 52 - Recitativo Ozias: Quam insolita luce 53 - Aria Ozias: Gaude felix Bethulia 54 - Recitativo accompagnato Ozias: Ita decreto aeterno 55 - Chorus exultantium Virginum pro Judithae triumpho: Salve invicta Juditha formosa For more: http://www.melhoresmusicasclassicas.blogspot.com #MusicHistory #ClassicalMusic #Vivaldi

Antonio Vivaldi Antonio Lucio Vivaldi (4 March 1678 – 28 July 1741) was an Italian Baroque musical composer, virtuoso violinist, teacher, and Roman Catholic priest. Born in Venice, the capital of the Venetian Republic, he is regarded as one of the greatest Baroque composers, and his influence during his lifetime was widespread across Europe. 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. Vivaldi had worked there as a Catholic priest for 1 1/2 years and was employed there from 1703 to 1715 and from 1723 to 1740. Vivaldi also had some success with expensive stagings of his operas in Venice, Mantua and Vienna. After meeting the Emperor Charles VI, Vivaldi moved to Vienna, hoping for royal support. However, the Emperor died soon after Vivaldi's arrival, and Vivaldi himself died in poverty less than a year later. Oboe concert in A minor 1. Allegro 3:20 2. Largo 3:16 3. Allegro 3:01 For more: http://www.melhoresmusicasclassicas.blogspot.com #MusicHistory #ClassicalMusic #Vivaldi

Antonio Vivaldi - Gloria Antonio Vivaldi wrote at least three settings of the hymn Gloria in excelsis Deo, whose words date probably from the 4th Century and which is an integral part of the Ordinary of the Mass. Two survive: RV 588 and RV 589. A third, RV 590, is mentioned only in the Kreuzherren catalogue and presumed lost. The RV 589 Gloria is a familiar and popular piece among sacred works by Vivaldi. It was probably written at about the same time as the RV 588, possibly in 1715. 1. Allegro: Gloria in excelsis Deo 2:12 2. Andante: Et in terra pax 5:06 3. Allegro: Laudamus te 2:26 4. Adagio - Allegro: Gratias agimus tibi 1:34 5. Largo: Domine Deus, rex coelestis 4:16 6. Allegro: Domine Fili 2:08 7. Adagio: Domine Deus, Agnus Dei 4:56 8. Adagio - Allegro: Qui tollis 1:02 9. Allegro: Qui sedes 2:27 10. Allegro: Quoniam 0:46 11. Allegro: Cum Sancto Spiritu 2:58 For more: http://www.melhoresmusicasclassicas.blogspot.com #MusicHistory #ClassicalMusic #Vivaldi

Antonio Vivaldi - Dixit Dominus Antonio Vivaldi composed several settings of the Dixit Dominus (The Lord said [unto my Lord]), the Latin version of Psalm 110. They include a setting in ten movements for five soloists, double choir and orchestra, RV 594, another setting in eleven movements for five voices, five-part choir and orchestra, RV 595, and a recently discovered setting in eleven movements for five soloists, choir and orchestra, RV 807, which had been attributed to Baldassare Galuppi. It is said to be one of his "most significant sacred works." There are three recorded compositions of Dixit Dominus – Psalm 110 in Latin (or Psalm 109 in the Vulgate) – by Vivaldi. Each is an extended setting of the vespers psalm for five soloists, choir and orchestra; one only having been identified as his work in 2005. Psalm 110 is regularly included in Vespers services, usually as the opening psalm. Dixit Dominus has been said to be one of his "most significant sacred works". 1. Allegro: Dixit Dominus 2:24 2. Largo: Donec ponam 5:13 3. Allegro: Virgam virtutis tuae 2:57 4. Andante: Tecum principium 4:03 5. Adagio - Allegro: Juravit 2:47 6. Allegro: Dominus a dextris tuis 1:58 7. Largo - Allegro molto: Judicabit 3:20 8. Andante: De torrente 3:34 9. Allegro: Gloria Patri 1:29 10. Allegro: Sicut erat 2:42 For more: http://www.melhoresmusicasclassicas.blogspot.com #MusicHistory #ClassicalMusic #Vivaldi

Antonio Vivaldi - Introduzione al Dixit An introduzione is a motet for solo voice intended to be sung before certain choral settings of liturgical texts. Eight introduzioni by Antonio Vivaldi survive, each in three or four movements. The texts of introduzioni are non-liturgical, but sometimes paraphrases of liturgical texts. In the Ryom Verzeichnis, Vivaldi's introduzioni are numbered from RV 635–642. Vivaldi's introduzioni are written for a solo singer, either alto or soprano, accompanied by instruments. The musical structure seems to derive from the text: four of the eight (RV 635, 636, 637, and 642) consist of two arias in da capo form surrounding a central recitative. One (RV 638) has a central aria flanked by two recitatives; another (RV 640) has just two movements – recitative then aria – and a third (RV 641) has four movements (two recitatives, aria, recitative). The remaining one (RV 639) has the structure 'aria-recitative-aria' but Vivaldi interwove the second aria into the first movement of the liturgical work which followed it - the Gloria (RV 588). 1. Allegro: Canta in prato 4:34 2. Recitativo: Sacra fulgescit nobis 0:49 3. Allegro: Avenae restrictae sinceri 0:52 For more: http://www.melhoresmusicasclassicas.blogspot.com #MusicHistory #ClassicalMusic #Vivaldi

Antonio Vivaldi - Concerto for flute and orchestra op.10 N°6 Antonio Lucio Vivaldi (4 March 1678 – 28 July 1741) was an Italian Baroque musical composer, virtuoso violinist, teacher, and Roman Catholic priest. Born in Venice, the capital of the Venetian Republic, he is regarded as one of the greatest Baroque composers, and his influence during his lifetime was widespread across Europe. 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. Vivaldi had worked there as a Catholic priest for 1 1/2 years and was employed there from 1703 to 1715 and from 1723 to 1740. Vivaldi also had some success with expensive stagings of his operas in Venice, Mantua and Vienna. After meeting the Emperor Charles VI, Vivaldi moved to Vienna, hoping for royal support. However, the Emperor died soon after Vivaldi's arrival, and Vivaldi himself died in poverty less than a year later. For more: http://www.melhoresmusicasclassicas.blogspot.com #MusicHistory #ClassicalMusic #Vivaldi

Antonio Vivaldi Antonio Lucio Vivaldi (4 March 1678 – 28 July 1741) was an Italian Baroque musical composer, virtuoso violinist, teacher, and Roman Catholic priest. Born in Venice, the capital of the Venetian Republic, he is regarded as one of the greatest Baroque composers, and his influence during his lifetime was widespread across Europe. 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. Vivaldi had worked there as a Catholic priest for 1 1/2 years and was employed there from 1703 to 1715 and from 1723 to 1740. Vivaldi also had some success with expensive stagings of his operas in Venice, Mantua and Vienna. After meeting the Emperor Charles VI, Vivaldi moved to Vienna, hoping for royal support. However, the Emperor died soon after Vivaldi's arrival, and Vivaldi himself died in poverty less than a year later. Concerto for flute and orchestra Op.10 No. 5 1- Allegro ma non tanto 2- Largo e cantabile 3- Allegro For more: http://www.melhoresmusicasclassicas.blogspot.com #MusicHistory #ClassicalMusic #Vivaldi

Antonio Vivaldi - La Tempesta Di Mare: Presto II La tempesta di mare ("The Storm at Sea"), a flute concerto in F Major (RV 433; P. 261), is the first of Six Flute Concertos, Op. 10 by Antonio Vivaldi, published in the late 1720s. La tempesta di mare may also refer to two earlier versions of the same concerto, RV 98, a concerto da camera (chamber concerto) featuring the flute, from which Vivaldi derived the concerto grosso RV 570. La tempesta di mare may also refer to the violin concerto with the same name published in the same 1725 edition as the Four Seasons: this is however a different composition than the three flute concerto variants. Vivaldi helped to bring the concerto to a mainstream form, not only by expanding on ritornello form, but by emphasizing the slow movements of concertos, which were in a two part binary form. Solo instruments that Vivaldi wrote concertos for include violin, bassoon, cello, oboe, viola d'amore, flute and mandolin. He also wrote ensemble concertos (concerto grosso and/or chamber concerto), where three or more soloists participate, which number over 30 written. Vivaldi had an extensive influence on the concerto genre, helping to pioneer the structure, expanding the boundaries of the genre, and showing that any instrument could have a concerto. Vivaldi's contemporaries and predecessors such as Purcell, Bach and Handel featured the flute (traverso and/or recorder) significantly in their works.[2] RV 433 was conceived as a concerto for transverse flute in D. The first publication of the concerto, included as No. 1 in Vivaldi's Op. 10, VI Concerti a Flauto Traverso, was around 1728 in Amsterdam, by Michel-Charles Le Cène. The La tempesta di mare name for the concerto is given in the score. Giving a musical impression of a storm was a popular theme in baroque music. For instance operas like Marin Marais' Alcyone contained famous storm scenes. Telemann wrote a secular cantata La Tempesta (The Storm), TWV 20:42, after an Italian libretto by Metastasio. Vivaldi wrote several tempesta di mare concertos. Two variants of RV 433, RV 98 and RV 570, are in the chamber concerto and concerto grosso format respectively. RV 98 is scored for flute, oboe, violin, bassoon, and continuo, from which Vivaldi created the RV 570 concerto grosso by adding orchestral violins to reinforce the solo oboe and violin, and a viola part doubling the bass at the upper octave. An unrelated tempesta di mare concerto, a violin concerto in E♭ major, RV 253, is included as No. 5 in Vivaldi's Op. 8 Il cimento dell'armonia e dell'inventione. The Four Seasons, the first four concertos of that collection, also include a few musical depictions of stormy weather. According to Federico Maria Sardelli the chamber concerto version of La tempesta di mare, RV 98, was possibly written for Ignazio Sieber, during the time in which he worked with the composer at the Ospedale della Pietà from 1713 to 1716. This means that this version of the concerto may have been the earliest flute concerto ever composed, and also the first flute piece to include the problematic high F6. Sardelli's conclusions, if correct, would overturn "the received scholarly view that, rather than writing for the recorder in the first two or three decades of the eighteenth century, then switching over to the flute, Vivaldi already preferred the flute in the 1710s and did not start writing for the recorder until the early 1720s" For more: http://www.melhoresmusicasclassicas.blogspot.com #MusicHistory #ClassicalMusic #Vivaldi