Composer of the Week - Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741) - Episode 4

Donald Macleod explores Vivaldi's friendship with the German violinist Johann Georg Pisendel and discovers why so much of the Italian composer's music eventually came to light in a library in Dresden. Concerto in F for violin, two oboes, two horns, bassoon, strings and basso continuo, RV 571 Giovanni Guglielmo (violin) L'Arte dell'Arco Christopher Hogwood (conductor) Deutsche Harmonia Mundi 05472 77501 2, Trs 16-18 Sonata in G minor for violin and continuo, RV 26 Fabio Biondi (violin) Rinaldo Alessandrini (harpsichord) Maurizio Naddeo (cello) Opus 111 OPS 30-154, Trs 1-5 Nisi Dominus, RV 803 Carolyn Sampson (soprano) Tuva Semmingsen (mezzo-soprano) Hilary Summers (contralto) The King's Consort Robert King (conductor) Hyperion CDS44181, Trs 13-20 Concerto in G minor for violin, two recorders, two oboes, bassoon, strings and basso continuo, RV 577 (for the orchestra of Dresden) Peter Hanson (violin) Peter Holtslag, Catherine Latham (recorders) Paul Goodwin, Lorraine Wood (oboes) Alberto Grazzi (bassoon) The English Concert Trevor Pinnock (conductor) Archiv 445 839-2, Trs 13-15.