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Violin Sonatas - 12 Sonatas, Op 2
Antonio Vivaldi

Walter Reiter

Violin Sonatas - 12 Sonatas, Op 2

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Format: CD
Label: Signum Classics
UPC: 0635212001424
Catnr: SIGCD 014
Release date: 01 March 2004
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Signum Classics
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0635212001424
Catalogue number
SIGCD 014
Release date
01 March 2004
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Traditionally known as the composer of the Four Seasons and the Gloria, the work of Cecilia Bartoli has shown that lesser-known works of the red priest from Venice can become hit records too.

Now we are delighted to introduce a two disc set on period instruments of the 12 Violin Sonatas, Opus 2. Cordaria features internationally-renowned baroque violinist Walter Reiter, "an artist who transcends authenticity to enter the universal" as one critic wrote, and an eminent continuo team of harpsichord, cello and theorbo.

Written in 1708, just before the 'L'estro armonico' concertos, these sonatas contain all the passion and the virtuosity, all the lyricism and emotion, which have made the concertos so eternally popular. In the words of the great Vivaldi scholar Michael Talbot, "Op. 2 is fully Vivaldian and certainly deserves to take its place among his other masterworks."

Sonates van Vivaldi die het verdienen om meesterwerken te worden
Antonio Vivaldi is alom bekend als de componist van de Vier Jaargetijden en het Gloria, maar het werk van mezzosopraan Cecilia Bartoli heeft aangetoond dat de minder bekende werken van de rode priester van Venetië ook net zulke populariteit verdienen.

Barokensemble Cordaria presenteert met genoegen dit dubbelalbum met Vivaldi’s 12 Sonates voor viool Opus 2, uitgevoerd op historische instrumenten. Cordaria bevat een toonaangevend continuo van klavecimbel, cello en theorbe, en de internationaal vermaarde barokviolist Walter Reiter, die door de critici beschreven wordt als “an artist who transcends authenticity to enter the universal.”

De sonates werden gecomponeerd in 1708, vlak voor de concerten uit de collectie L’estro armonico, en bevatten alle passie, virtuositeit, lyrisme en emotie die de concerten zo populair maakten. Het zijn vroege werken, die niet te vergelijken zijn met de Vier Jaargetijden. De muzikale taal is echter typerend voor Vivaldi, en de sonates verschillen sterk van die van zijn tijdgenoten. In de woorden van de grote Vivaldiwetenschapper Michael Talbot: “Op. 2 is fully Vivaldian and certainly deserves to take its place among his other masterworks.”

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Antonio Vivaldi

Antonio Lucio Vivaldi was an Italian Baroque composer, virtuoso violinist, teacher and cleric. Born in Venice, he is recognised 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 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 female music ensemble of the Ospedale della Pietà, a home for abandoned children where Vivaldi (who had been ordained as a Catholic priest) was employed from 1703 to 1715 and from 1723 to 1740. Vivaldi also had some...
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Antonio Lucio Vivaldi was an Italian Baroque composer, virtuoso violinist, teacher and cleric. Born in Venice, he is recognised 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 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 female music ensemble of the Ospedale della Pietà, a home for abandoned children where Vivaldi (who had been ordained as a Catholic priest) was employed 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 preferment. However, the Emperor died soon after Vivaldi's arrival, and Vivaldi himself died less than a year later in poverty.

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Disc #1
01.
Sonata no. 1 in G minor:: Preludio Andante
03:37
(Antonio Vivaldi)
02.
Sonata no. 1 in G minor:: Giga Allegro
01:53
(Antonio Vivaldi)
03.
Sonata no. 1 in G minor:: Sarabanda Largo
02:12
(Antonio Vivaldi)
04.
Sonata no. 1 in G minor:: Corrente Allegro
01:43
(Antonio Vivaldi)
05.
Sonata no. 2 in A minor:: Preludio à Capriccio Presto
00:36
(Antonio Vivaldi)
06.
Sonata no. 2 in A minor:: Presto
00:27
(Antonio Vivaldi)
07.
Sonata no. 2 in A minor:: Corrente Allegro
01:30
(Antonio Vivaldi)
08.
Sonata no. 2 in A minor:: Adagio
01:08
(Antonio Vivaldi)
09.
Sonata no. 2 in A minor:: Giga Allegro
02:22
(Antonio Vivaldi)
10.
Sonata no. 3 in D minor:: Preludio Andante
06:59
(Antonio Vivaldi)
11.
Sonata no. 3 in D minor:: Corrente Allegro
01:36
(Antonio Vivaldi)
12.
Sonata no. 3 in D minor:: Adagio
01:18
(Antonio Vivaldi)
13.
Sonata no. 3 in D minor:: Giga Allegro
01:42
(Antonio Vivaldi)
14.
Sonata no. 4 in F major:: Andante
03:40
(Antonio Vivaldi)
15.
Sonata no. 4 in F major:: Allemanda Allegro
02:14
(Antonio Vivaldi)
16.
Sonata no. 4 in F major:: Sarabanda Andante
03:33
(Antonio Vivaldi)
17.
Sonata no. 4 in F major:: Corrente Presto
02:16
(Antonio Vivaldi)
18.
Sonata no. 5 in B minor:: Preludio Andante
03:25
(Antonio Vivaldi)
19.
Sonata no. 5 in B minor:: Corrente Allegro
02:25
(Antonio Vivaldi)
20.
Sonata no. 5 in B minor:: Giga Presto
01:18
(Antonio Vivaldi)
21.
Sonata no. 6 in C major:: Preludio Andante
06:20
(Antonio Vivaldi)
22.
Sonata no. 6 in C major:: Allemanda Presto
01:21
(Antonio Vivaldi)
23.
Sonata no. 6 in C major:: Giga Allegro
01:54
(Antonio Vivaldi)

Disc #2
01.
Sonata no. 7 in C minor:: Preludio Andante
02:26
(Antonio Vivaldi)
02.
Sonata no. 7 in C minor:: Allemanda Allegro
02:29
(Antonio Vivaldi)
03.
Sonata no. 7 in C minor:: Corrente Allegro
01:33
(Antonio Vivaldi)
04.
Sonata no. 8 in G major:: Preludio Largo
03:36
(Antonio Vivaldi)
05.
Sonata no. 8 in G major:: Giga Presto
01:59
(Antonio Vivaldi)
06.
Sonata no. 8 in G major:: Corrente Allegro
01:14
(Antonio Vivaldi)
07.
Sonata no. 9 in E minor:: Preludio Andante
06:01
(Antonio Vivaldi)
08.
Sonata no. 9 in E minor:: Cappriccio Allegro
01:19
(Antonio Vivaldi)
09.
Sonata no. 9 in E minor:: Giga Allegro
02:46
(Antonio Vivaldi)
10.
Sonata no. 9 in E minor:: Gavotta Presto
00:37
(Antonio Vivaldi)
11.
Sonata no. 10 in F minor:: Preludio Largo
03:40
(Antonio Vivaldi)
12.
Sonata no. 10 in F minor:: Allemanda Allegro
02:16
(Antonio Vivaldi)
13.
Sonata no. 10 in F minor:: Giga Allegro
02:13
(Antonio Vivaldi)
14.
Sonata no. 11 in D major:: Preludio Andante
05:37
(Antonio Vivaldi)
15.
Sonata no. 11 in D major:: Fantasia Presto
01:27
(Antonio Vivaldi)
16.
Sonata no. 11 in D major:: Gavotta Allegro
01:17
(Antonio Vivaldi)
17.
Sonata no. 12 in A minor:: Preludio Largo
04:27
(Antonio Vivaldi)
18.
Sonata no. 12 in A minor:: Cappriccio Presto
01:20
(Antonio Vivaldi)
19.
Sonata no. 12 in A minor:: Grave
01:47
(Antonio Vivaldi)
20.
Sonata no. 12 in A minor:: Allemanda Allegro
02:37
(Antonio Vivaldi)
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