Vivaldi: Four Seasons, Cello, Oboe & Flute Concertos; Pier Luigi Fabretti, Francesco Galligioni, Mario Folena, L'Arte dell'Arco, Federico Guglielmo (5CD)

VIVALDI
Four Seasons, Cello, Oboe & Flute Concertos

CD1  54’49
Il cimento dell’armonia e dell’inventione Op.8
12 Concerti a 4 e 5 e Consacrati all’Illustrissimo Signor Conte Venceslao di Morzin
(Amsterdam, 1725)
Concerto No.1 in E RV269
‘La primavera’
for violin, strings and basso continuo
1 I. Allegro  3’09
2 II. Largo  2’37
3 III. Allegro  3’42
Concerto No.2 in G minor RV315 ‘L’estate’
for violin, strings and basso continuo
4 I. Allegro non molto – Allegro  5’04
5 II. Adagio – Presto – Adagio – Presto – Adagio – Presto – Adagio – Presto – Adagio  2’39
6 III. Presto  2’43
Concerto No.3 in F RV293 ‘L’autunno’ for violin, strings and basso continuo
7 I. Allegro – Larghetto – Allegro asssai  4’30
8 II. Adagio molto  2’11
9 III. Allegro  3’16
Concerto No.4 in F minor RV297 ‘L’inverno’
for violin, strings and basso continuo
10 I. Allegro non molto  3’22
11 II. Largo  1’42
12 III. Allegro – Lento  3’09
Concerto No.5 in E flat RV253
‘La tempesta di mare’
for violin, strings and basso continuo
13 I. Presto – Allegro  2’36
14 II. Largo  2’40
15 III. Presto 3 ’34
Concerto No.6 in C RV180 ‘Il piacere’ for violin, strings and basso continuo
16 I. Allegro  2’48
17 II. Largo e cantabile  2’26
18 III. Allegro  2’32

CD2  53’56
Concerto No.11 in D RV210
for violin, strings and basso continuo
1 I. Allegro  4’39
2 II. Largo  3’00
3 III. Allegro  4’22
Concerto No.10 in B flat RV362
‘La caccia’
for violin, strings and basso continuo
4 I. Allegro  3’10
5 II. Adagio  2’38
6 III. Allegro  2’21
Concerto No.7 in D minor RV242
for violin, strings and basso continuo
7 I. Allegro  2’41
8 II. Largo  1’49
9 III. Allegro  2’43
Concerto No.8 in G minor RV332
for violin, strings and basso continuo
10 I. Allegro  3’06
11 II. Largo  2’41
12 III. Allegro  3’37
Concerto No.12 in C RV449*
for oboe, strings and basso continuo
13 I. Allegro  2’57
14 II. Largo  2’52
15 III. Allegro  3’15
Concerto No.9 in D minor RV454*
for oboe, strings and basso continuo
16 I. Allegro  2’58
17 II. Largo  2’16
18 III. Allegro 2’43

Federico Guglielmo solo violin & concertmaster
Pier Luigi Fabretti solo oboe*
L’Arte dell’Arco on original instruments
Glauco Bertagnin violin I (CD2)
Isabella Bison violin I (CD1) · violin II (CD2)
Mauro Massa violin II (CD1)
Mario Paladin viola
Luigi Puxeddu cello

Alessandro Pivelli (CD1) · Franco Catalini (CD2) violone/double bass
Roberto Loreggian · Francesca Bacchetta (RV210 & 362) harpsichord/chamber organ
Ivano Zanenghi (CD1) · Michele Pasotti (CD2) theorbo/Baroque guitar

CD3  47’43
Oboe Concertos
Concerto in C RV449 Op.8 No.12
1 I. Allegro  2’57
2 II. Largo  2’52
3 III. Allegro  3’16
Concerto in G minor RV460 Op.11 No.6
4 I. Allegro non tanto  3’43
5 II. Largo  3’02
6 III. Allegro non molto  3’35
Concerto in B flat RV465 Op.7 No.1
7 I. Allegro  2’16
8 II. Adagio  1’42
9 III. Allegro  1’50
Concerto in F RV456
‘Harmonia Mundi’
10 I. Largo  3’41
11 II. Allegro – Adagio  2’34
12 III. Presto  1’56
Concerto in D minor RV454 Op.8 No.9
13 I. Allegro  2’58
14 II. Largo  2’16
15 III. Allegro  2’43
Concerto in B flat RV464 Op.7 No.7
16 I. Allegro  2’40
17 II. Largo  1’42
18 III. Allegro  1’48

Pier Luigi Fabretti oboe
(Pau Orriols, Vilanova i la Geltrú, 2008 after Thomas Stanesby Junior, c.1720)
L’Arte dell’Arco on original instruments
Federico Guglielmo violin I & concertmaster
Carlo Lazari violin II
Mario Paladin viola
Luigi Puxeddu cello
Franco Catalini violone
Roberto Loreggian harpsichord & chamber organ

CD4  65’38
Cello Concertos
Concerto in D minor RV405
1 I. (Without tempo indication)  2’39
2 II. Adagio  3’47
3 III. Allegro 2’18
Concerto in G minor RV417
4 I. Allegro  2’41
5 II. Andante  3’53
6 III. Allegro  3’00
Concerto in D RV403
7 I. Allegro  2’48
8 II. (Without tempo indication)  1’41
9 III. Allegro  2’37
Concerto in F RV410
10 I. Allegro  3’19
11 II. Adagio, solo a piacimento  3’49
12 III. (Without tempo indication)  3’26
Concerto in A minor RV420
13 I. Andante  3’43
14 II. Adagio  3’23
15 III. Allegro  3’26
Concerto in G RV414
16 I. Allegro molto  3’27
17 II. Andante 2’47
18 III. Presto  3’12
Concerto in G minor RV416
19 I. Allegro  3’32
20 II. Adagio (Largo)  3’11
21 III. Allegro  2’47

Francesco Galligioni cello
L’Arte dell’Arco on original instruments
Federico Guglielmo violin I & concertmaster
Gianpiero Zanocco violin II
Simone Laghi viola
Giuseppe Barutti cello
Ivano Zanenghi theorbo
Alessando Pivelli double bass
Roberto Loreggian harpsichord & chamber organ

CD5  50’01
Flute Concertos Op.10
6 Concerti a Flauto Traverso, Violino Primo e Secondo, Alto Viola, Organo e Violoncello (Amsterdam, 1729)
Concerto No.1 in F RV433
‘La tempesta di mare’
1 I. Allegro  2’37
2 II. Largo  1’57
3 III. Presto  2’11
Concerto No.2 in G minor RV439
‘La notte’
4 I. Largo  2’39
5 II. Presto (Fantasmi) – Largo  1’19
6 III. Presto  1’04
7 IV. Largo (Il sonno)  1’53
8 V. Allegro  2’15
Concerto No.3 in D RV428
‘Il gardellino’
9 I. Allegro  3’52
10 II. (Cantabile) 3’14
11 III. Allegro  2’59
Concerto No.4 in G RV435
12 I. Allegro  2’39
13 II. Largo  2’53
14 III. Allegro  2’15
Concerto No.5 in F RV434
15 I. Allegro ma non tanto  3’26
16 II. Largo cantabile  2’43
17 III. Allegro  1’51
Concerto No.6 in G RV437
18 I. Allegro  3’59
19 II. Largo  1’46
20 III. Allegro  2’21

Mario Folena flute
L’Arte dell’Arco on original instruments
Federico Guglielmo violin I & concertmaster
Isabella Bison violin II
Mario Paladin viola
Cristiano Contadin violotto
Roberto Loreggian harpsichord/chamber organ
Ivano Zanenghi theorbo/Baroque guitar

Recordings: CD1: 19-21 June 2014; CD2: 25-27 June 2014; CD3: 1–3 February, 7–10 September & 3–6 November 2012; CD4: 20–23 January, 17–19 February, 14–16 April & 26–29 May 2014; CD5: 9–11 July 2014, Abbey of St Mary of Carceri, Padua, Italy