VIVALDI: Complete Oboe Concertos. Pier Luigi Fabretti, L'Arte dell'Arco, Federico Guglielmo (3CD)

CD1 The Printed 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

Total time 47’43

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

CD2 The Turin Autographs
Concerto in D RV453
1 I. Allegro 3’10
2 II. Largo 2’03
3 III. Allegro 3’08

Concerto in A minor RV463 ‘per fagotto ridotto per hautboy’
4 I. Allegro 3’05
5 II. Largo 3’28
6 III. Allegro 2’55

Concerto in C RV450 ‘per fagotto ridotto per hautboy’
7 I. Allegro molto 4’13
8 II. Larghetto 3’08
9 III. Allegro 2’50

Concerto in F RV457 ‘per fagotto ridotto per hautboy’
10 I. Allegro non molto 4’34
11 II. Andante 2’56
12 III. Allegro molto 2’44

Concerto in C RV448 ‘per fagotto accomodato per hautboy’
13 I. [Without tempo indication] 4’26
14 II. Larghetto 4’00
15 III. Allegro 2’43

Concerto in A minor RV461
16 I. Allegro non molto 3’30
17 II. Larghetto 2’56
18 III. Allegro 2’31

Concerto in C RV451
19 I. Allegro molto 2’44
20 II. Largo 3’16
21 III. Allegro 2’52

Total time 67’23

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

CD3
The European Collections
Concerto in C RV184*
1 I. Allegro – Adagio 5’14
2 II. Andante 2’32
3 III. Allegro 3’25

Concerto in A minor RV462*
4 I. Allegro 1’52
5 II. Largo 2’27
6 III. Allegro 2’02

Concerto in C RV447
7 I. Allegro non molto 4’43
8 II. Larghetto 3’32
9 III. Minuetto 6’22

Concerto in F RV455 ‘per Sassonia’
10 I. [Without tempo indication] 3’28
11 II. Grave 2’15
12 III. Allegro 2’42

Concerto in C RV452*
13 I. Allegro 2’08
14 II. Adagio 1’55
15 III. Allegro 2’12

Concerto in F RV458*
16 I. Allegro 2’05
17 II. Adagio e staccato 1’56
18 III. Allegro (Presto) 1’46

Concerto in C RV446*
19 I. [Without tempo indication] 3’14
20 II. Adagio 2’55
21 III. Allegro 2’00

Concerto in G minor RV459 (fragment)**
22 I. Allegro 2’04
23 II. Adagio 0’57
24 III. Allegro (da capo) 2’09

Total time 66’09

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 (CDs 1 & 2)
Elisa Imbalzano violin II (CD3)
Mario Paladin viola
Luigi Puxeddu cello
Franco Catalini violone
Roberto Loreggian harpsichord & chamber organ (Diapason: 415 Hz · Temperament: Vallotti)

*First recording on original instruments
**World premiere recording