Concerto No. 5: op. 10/5. RV 434/PV 262. flute (treble recorder), string orchestra and basso continuo.

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L'Estro Armonico: Concerto grosso in A Minor. op. 3/6. RV 356 / PV 1. violin, strings and organ.

Concerto G Minor: op. 12/1. RV 317 / PV 343. violin, String orchestra and Organ.

Though Antonio Vivaldi was an extremely prolific composer, writing over 500 concerti for various instruments, few of his compositions have had the kind of lasting notoriety attained by The Four Seasons. Undoubtedly his best-remembered work, this set of four violin concerti comes from a larger collection of 12 violin concerti entitled The Contest Between Harmony and Invention. Each concerto in The Four Seasons represents a different season of the year, and is based on an accompanying sonnet, speculated to have been written by Vivaldi himself. In addition to helping define the concerto form (three movements, fast-slow-fast), The Four Seasons also explored the boundaries of programmatic music: the concerti contain sections evoking barking dogs, singing birds, thunderstorms, and drunken farmers, among other things. This Urtext edition is complete, containing violin and piano reduction parts for all four seasons. Edited by Christopher Hogwood. Published by Barenreiter Verlag. Difficulty: A5

Vivaldi: The Four Seasons - Complete (Solo Part with Piano Reduction)

Bärenreiter

DIXIT DOMINUS. SALMO 109 RV 594 CHANT

RICORDI

THE FOUR SEASONS - LE QUATTRO STAGIONI PIANO

Concerti Per Archi E B.C.: In Mi Min. Rv 133

KYRIE RV 587

Although he composed in many musical genres, Vivaldi truly redefined the concerto and made it distinctly his own. And although adept at writing for a variety of instruments, the violin remained his primary instrument. The composer's 12 concertos known as "L'estro armonico" [Harmonic Innovation] are distinguished from all other ensemble music of their time by their emphasis on virtuosity, their rhythmic exuberance, flexible instrumentation, independent approaches to thematic development, and their genuine innovations in concerto form. This magnificent work, dedicated to the Florentine Grand Prince Ferdinand III de Medici, incorporates twelve works organized as four sets. Each set contains a concerto for four solo violins, one for two solo violins, and one for a single solo violin. A distinguished addition to the music literature, this volume has been newly edited and engraved under the guidance of Dr. Eleanor Selfridge-Field, a recognized authority on music of the Italian Baroque, with associate editor Edmund Correia, Jr.

L'Estro Armonico, Op. 3, in Full Score: 12 Concertos for Violins and String Orchestra

Dover Publications

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Sounds of Celebration

Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation

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