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| 1. Larghetto - [Allegro] | |||
| 2. Largo | |||
| 3. Allegro | |||
| 4. Allegro Molto | |||
| 5. Andante Molto | |||
| 6. Allegro | |||
| 7. Allegro Assai | |||
| 8. Largo | |||
| 9. Allegro | |||
| 10. Allegro | |||
| 11. Largo | |||
| 12. Allegro | |||
| 13. Allegro | |||
| 14. Largo | |||
| 15. Allegro | |||
| 16. Allegro | |||
| 17. Largo | |||
| 18. Allegro | |||
| 19. Larghetto - Allegro | |||
| 20. Largo | |||
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6 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
The Naïve label has been issuing several CDs a year in its continuing Vivaldi series whose purpose is to record all the music contained in the Vivaldi autograph manuscripts held in the National University Bibliotheque (Biblioteca Nazionale Universitaria) in Turin, about 450 works in all. These manuscripts were those in Vivaldi's own home library at the time of his death in 1741.
This CD contains seven oboe concerti (presented in this order: RV 447, 455, 451, 463, 457, 453, 450). The oboist is Alfredo Bernardini, who is also one of the founding members of Zefiro. Three of the concerti (RV455, 463, 453) were originally recorded and released on the Astrée label in 1994. The others were recorded for this CD in 2008. These concerti represent a little less than half of the oboe concerti Vivaldi wrote. (One has to be careful about numbers when writing about Vivaldi's oeuvre because new works are always turning up.) The oboe had only recently been introduced in Italy when Vivaldi wrote his first work using the instrument. All of this CD's concerti have three movements. Some passages of note: in the slow movement of RV 455 the oboe is accompanied by unison violins alone and its finale is a jig; the finale of RV 451 quotes the 'Peccator videbit' movement of Vivaldi's familiar 'Beatus vir' (RV 597); the first movement of RV 450 uses the main theme from the aria 'Scocca dardi' from his opera 'Griselda' (also recorded in this series) Vivaldi: Griselda (Vivaldi Edition). The three concerti RV 450, 457 & 463 were adapted from three of Vivaldi's bassoon concerti.
The playing here is vigorous, soulful or songful in turn. Bernardini is a master of his instrument and Zefiro is completely in tune with his musical intentions.
Scott Morrison
This CD contains seven oboe concerti (presented in this order: RV 447, 455, 451, 463, 457, 453, 450). The oboist is Alfredo Bernardini, who is also one of the founding members of Zefiro. Three of the concerti (RV455, 463, 453) were originally recorded and released on the Astrée label in 1994. The others were recorded for this CD in 2008. These concerti represent a little less than half of the oboe concerti Vivaldi wrote. (One has to be careful about numbers when writing about Vivaldi's oeuvre because new works are always turning up.) The oboe had only recently been introduced in Italy when Vivaldi wrote his first work using the instrument. All of this CD's concerti have three movements. Some passages of note: in the slow movement of RV 455 the oboe is accompanied by unison violins alone and its finale is a jig; the finale of RV 451 quotes the 'Peccator videbit' movement of Vivaldi's familiar 'Beatus vir' (RV 597); the first movement of RV 450 uses the main theme from the aria 'Scocca dardi' from his opera 'Griselda' (also recorded in this series) Vivaldi: Griselda (Vivaldi Edition). The three concerti RV 450, 457 & 463 were adapted from three of Vivaldi's bassoon concerti.
The playing here is vigorous, soulful or songful in turn. Bernardini is a master of his instrument and Zefiro is completely in tune with his musical intentions.
Scott Morrison
4 of 6 people found the following review helpful
By JM Olmesdahl
Format:Audio CD
You know things are not as they should be when, listening to a disc of Vivaldi concertos, you're already bored even before the end of the first concerto. Thats exactly how it is here! What a pity because the combinations of soloists called upon by Vivaldi to play in these works should conjure up an exciting aural palette of colours. But what we get from these musicians is a rather laid back approach. There is a linearity to their playing rather than the kind of dynamism you need to drive the music forward. Alas, worst of all is the harpsichordist whose playing is not only unimaginative, it is set backward from the woodwinds and strings such that I don't know why they bothered to include it. This is not the kind of stuff we get in recordings by Andrea Marcon or Trevor Pinnock where there is real personality to the continuo. Take concerto RV 548 (track 13 of the disc) as a comparison with the same concerto recorded by Trevor Pinnock and Simon Standage on Archiv all those years ago - Vivaldi: Concerti; "Alla Rustica". It's immediately apparent that, despite their lack of Italian bloodedness, Pinnock and his players give the music such a lilt that it seems to dance and sparkle. Sadly, being Italian, as most of the players in this group seem to be, is not enough in itself to pull off a disc of Vivaldi concertos! The recording, apart from the recessed harpsichord, is decent.
0 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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Well, this is a good piece of music. Relaxing and soft. I can not say any more. I can only recommend this CD.
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