Composer of the Week - Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741) - Episode 2

Donald Macleod considers whether there is truth in the claim, once made by the Italian composer Luigi Dallapiccola, that Vivaldi did not write hundreds of different concertos, but actually wrote the same concerto many times over. Concerto in C for two trumpets, strings and basso continuo, RV 537 Gabriele Cassone, Luca Marzana (trumpets) Zefiro Alfredo Bernardini (conductor) naive E 8679, Trs 1-3 Concerto in A for for strings, RV 158 Collegium Musicum 90 Simon Standage (conductor) Chaconne CHAN 0867, Trs 1-3 Concerto in F for recorder, oboe, violin, bassoon and basso continuo, RV 98 (La tempesta di mare) Michael Schneider (recorder) Hans-Peter Westermann (oboe) Mary Utiger (violin) Michael McCraw (bassoon) Rainer Zipperling (cello) Harald Hoeren (harpsichord) Deutsche Harmonia Mundi RD77156, Trs 4-6 Concerto in B minor for four violins, cello, strings and basso continuo, RV 580 John Holloway, Monica Huggett, Catherine Mackintosh, Elizabeth Wilcock (violin) Susan Sheppard (cello) Academy of Ancient Music Christopher Hogwood (conductor) L'Oiseau-Lyre 410 553-2, Tr 2 Concerto in E flat for bassoon, strings and continuo, RV 483 Klaus Thunemann (bassoon) I Musici Philips 416 355-2, Trs 7-9 Concerto in C for violin, two string orchestras and basso continuo, RV 581 (Per la santissima assontione di Maria Vergine) Antonio de Secondi (violin) Concerto Italiano Rinaldo Alessandrini (conductor) naive/Opus 111 OP 30383, Trs 26-28.