The selections reveal the joy of Vivaldi's great works as well as the versatility of genuine artists in impeccable performances. Largo. 4. Concerto in D Major, Op. Largo 2:16: 3 III. Rather unfair, though witty. OFB113 Concerto in C Major (RV443, Op. Flute and Recorder Concertos by Antonio Vivaldi; Flute Concerto in D major, RV 427; Flute Concerto in D major Il gardellino, RV 428 (Op.10 No.3) ; Flute Concerto in D major, RV 429; Flute Concerto in E minor, RV 430 (unauthentic arrangement) ; Flute Concerto in E minor, RV 431 Vivaldi: Recorder Concertos Erik Bosgraaf Classical 2008; Listen on Apple Music. 44/11) for Sopranino recorder by Antonio Vivaldi. Sopranino Recorder. A Vivaldi Concerto in C for Sopranino Recorder. Concerto in D Major for Sopranino Recorder, Strings & Basso continuo "Il gardellino": II. Surprisingly, this is one of the more important voices in the recorder family. Stravinsky famously quipped that Vivaldi didn’t write 400 concertos, rather he wrote one concerto 400 times. Recorder virtuoso Dan Laurin plays the flautino (sopranino in F) and alto recorders with Bach Collegium Japan in a performance of the three piccolo concertos and four other recorder concertos by Antonio Vivaldi (1675-1741). The works on this recording: 1. The overall effect is a fantastically well-crafted, exhilarating musical journey which appeals to all tastes, and finishes in a breathtaking sprint to the inevitable conclusion! VIVALDI: COMPLETE RECORDER CONCERTOS, is part of Naxos' "The Vivaldi Collection" offers 18 tracks of exceptional music. Surprisingly, this is one of the more important voices in the recorder family. The range is also smaller than that of the other recorders being only an octave and a sixth. Download the Recorder Sheet Music of Flute Concerto No. Written for Piers Adams in 1994, David Bedford's Recorder Concerto has become a classic in the instrument's repertoire, a work synonymous with Adams' bravura musicianship. Following his 2019 performance with the Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra (USA) the newspaper critic wrote: As a 'duo' - soloist and conductor/harpsichordist - Adams and Ward have formed an electrifying musical partnership, and are available as a unique 'package' to chamber orchestras with a range of programmes centring around the Celtic Concerto and/or David Bedford's equally stunning Recorder Concerto. The concerto is scored for solo recorder (playing five different instruments from bass to sopranino - and occasionally two at once!) Following his 2019 performance with the Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra (USA) the newspaper critic wrote: "A world-class virtuoso of absolutely astonishing technical skill.... Over a blanket of quiet string haze, [the concerto] puts the soloist through mind-boggling solo work that displays the successive ranges through the members of the recorder family, from bass to sopranino. 10, No. 2, 4 & 5, Vladislav Shoot - Divertimento for recorder, vibes and strings. Vivaldi wrote only three concertos for “flautino,” the sopranino recorder, which sounds an octave higher than the “alto” recorder in F, which is the recorder that got most of the solo work in the 18th century, including the Second Brandenburg. The Sopranino Recorder only misses the top note of the Garklein by a major second. The Online Guide to Composing for Wind Instruments. For many people though, Vivaldi is the composer of The Four Seasons (the first four of the twelve concertos Op.8), and maybe the famous Gloria. 16. and 9-part strings. Concerto in C Major for Sopranino Recorder, RV 443: II. As a 'duo' - soloist and conductor/harpsichordist - Adams and Ward have formed an electrifying musical partnership, and are available as a unique 'package' to chamber orchestras with a range of programmes centring around the Celtic Concerto and/or David Bedford's equally stunning Recorder Concerto. Despite the very moderato tempo again, I also like Petri’s (rarely encountered) choice of the piercing sopranino recorder in op. 4 No. Click here for sample programmes. It would have suited a virtuoso of considerable renown. It is pitched in C one octave higher than the Soprano Recorder. VIVALDI: COMPLETE RECORDER CONCERTOS, is part of Naxos' "The Vivaldi Collection" offers 18 tracks of exceptional music. By Antonio Vivaldi La Serenissima & Pamela Thorby. 5 Telemann: Concerto TWV 51:C1 in C major for recorder, strings & b.c. Handel: Organ Concerto No. I find it best to avoid this instrument. It is pitched in F an octave higher than the Alto Recorder. Chédeville supplied the funding and received the profits, all of which was documented in a notarial act by Marchand in 1749. The sopranino recorder concerto RV 444 is a unique work among Vivaldi's oeuvre, although it could easily have been adapted to a different soloist. Personally, I love the sopranino recorder concertos. The latest research has thrown much-needed light on this facet of Vivaldi's repertoire. 5 in F major, HWV293, Op. The tiny Garklein (a German word for very small) is in fact the smallest of all woodwind instrument pitched an octave above the Piccolo Flute. BBC Symphony Orchestra / Martyn Brabbins (CD Recording)BBC Concert Orchestra / Stuart Bedford (Radio 2 Broadcast)Philharmonia Orchestra / Martyn Brabbins (Royal Festival Hall, London)European Union Chamber OrchestraChamber Orchestra of Lapland / John Storgards (Finland)Tromsoe Symphony Orchestra (Norway) Baroque Band (Chicago, USA) Salem Chamber Orchestra (Oregon, USA) Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra (USA)Singapore Symphony Orchestra Chamber Orchestra of Hong KongIrish Chamber Orchestra Academy of Ancient Music / Paul Goodwin English Sinfonia Orchestra of St John’s / John Lubbock City of London Sinfonietta Opus 20 String Ensemble / Scott Stromann London Musici / Mark Stephenson Guildhall String Ensemble City of Oxford Orchestra, Vivalidi - Concerti for Sopranino Recorder in C major (RV443), C major (RV444), A minor (RV445), D major (Il Gardellino), Vivaldi - Concerti for Treble Recorder in C minor (RV441) and G minor (La Notte), Telemann - Concerti for Treble Recorder in C major and F major, Suite in A minor, Sammartini - Concerto for Descant Recorder in F major, Bach - Brandenburg Concerti nos. The Sopranino was a favorite solo instrument in the Baroque era. The Italian term flautino means simply a "small flute". Listen to Concerto For Sopranino Recorder, Strings & Continuo In A Minor, Rv 445: Allegro Molto by La Serenissima & Pamela Thorby, 49 Shazams. Largo e Cantabile-:--/ 0:30; Concerto in fa maggiore per flauto, archi e B.C., RV 442 “Tutti gl’istromenti sordini”: III. 4th and 5th Brandenburg concertos. He has performed it over 30 times with orchestras across the world, to rapturous critical acclaim (his recording with the BBC Symphony Orchestra hailed in BBC Music Magazine as 'beyond virtuosity into the realms of improbability...'), winning over many new audiences both to the stratospheric technical and expressive possibilities of the recorder and to Bedford's highly engaging musical language. Piers Adams' baroque concerto repertoire includes all of Vivaldi's spectacular concertos for sopranino and treble recorder, an original arrangement of the Four Seasons, two concertos and the Suite in A minor by Telemann, Sammartini's concerto for Descant Recorder and Bach's 2nd. Piers Adams is recognised as one of the world's most highly skilled and flamboyant performers of the recorder's virtuoso baroque concerto repertoire, appearing with both modern and period instrument orchestras. Concerto in C major for Piccolo [on Sopranino Recorder], Strings and bc, RV443 10-4, it lends it lots of verve and makes it sound something like Vivaldi’s version of the pied-piper of Hamelin, and the Largo still elicits fine poetry, although, regrettably, Petri doesn’t ornament at all there. 3 in D Major 'Il Gardellino', RV 428 (Sopranino Recorder) by Vivaldi. It is pitched in F an octave higher than the Alto Recorder. An alleged "Opus 13", Il pastor fido (The Faithful Shepherd) was published in 1737 by Jean-Noël Marchand through a secret agreement with Nicolas Chédeville to publish a collection of Chédeville's compositions under Vivaldi's name. Stylistically it fits loosely into the category of 'post-minimalism', but contains varying elements from rock-like riffs to Vivaldi … Anglo-Irish composer and conductor Crispin Ward wrote his Celtic Concerto for Piers Adams in 2018, after working with him on several projects, including performances of David Bedford's Recorder Concerto which provided the inspiration for this new work. Making use of research published by Federico Maria Sardelli, Lauzer performs two of the flautino concertos according to Vivaldi’s directions for downward transposition (perhaps to accommodate a specific occasion), which permits performance on a soprano recorder rather than a sopranino … VIVALDI: COMPLETE RECORDER CONCERTOS, is part of Naxos' "The Vivaldi Collection" offers 18 tracks of exceptional music. The Sopranino was a favorite solo instrument in the Baroque era. 21. Fictitious Opus 13. Largo By Antonio Vivaldi Horacio Franco , Camerata de Aguascalientes , Rafael Machado Amongst the ensembles with whom he has collaborated in baroque repertoire are the Academy of Ancient Music, the Irish Chamber Orchestra, Baroque Band (Chicago), A Far Cry (Boston), the English Sinfonia, the European Union Chamber Orchestra, the Lapland Chamber Orchestra, the Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra, the City Chamber Orchestra of Hong Kong, the Singapore Symphony Orchestra, the Tromsoe Symphony Orchestra and many others. Preview. Between them Adams and Ward make up a half-and-half mix of English and Irish (Ward has three Irish grandparents, Adams has one) and this dual heritage is on ample display in this compelling new addition to the recorder's repertoire. He has performed it over 30 times with orchestras across the world, to rapturous critical acclaim (his recording with the BBC Symphony Orchestra hailed in BBC Music Magazine as '. 10, and Related Variants. Vivaldi a terminé cinq concertos pour flûte à bec et cordes: les RV 441 et 442 pour flauto (flûte à bec alto en fa) et les RV 443, 444 et 445 pour flautino, lesquels étaient, jusqu’à ces dernières années, toujours enregistrés à la flûte à bec sopranino en fa; de nos jours, ils le sont de plus en plus à la soprano, en prenant au pied de la lettre une directive du compositeur demandant à ce que les instruments soient … At least twice, the soloist must play two instruments at the same time... the flashy technical display is extraordinary.". Vivaldi: Piccolo Concerto in A minor, RV 445 Allegro By Antonio Vivaldi The Georgian Chamber Orchestra , Horacio Frano 3 'Il Gardellino' for Sopranino Recorder, Strings & Basso Continuo: III. Vivaldi wrote this "Concerto per Flautino" sometime between 1728 and 1729 and although there is not a reliable evidence that the frontispiece information "Concerto per Flautino" means the sopranino recorder (in 'F') as a soloist. The parts provided here correspond to the Dover Publication entitled Six Concertos for Flute and String Orchestra, Op. Sheet Music for With orchestral accompaniment This is a piano reduction edition with the solo part. Vivaldi’s so-called “Piccolo” concertos are in actuality for the Sopranino Recorder. Unlike the Garklein, it does possess the full range of two octaves and a major second. What's more, they are at least played on the right instruments! The concerto is scored for solo recorder (playing five different instruments from bass to sopranino - and occasionally two at once!) Amongst the orchestras who have invited Adams to perform this work are the BBC Symphony Orchestra, BBC Concert Orchestra, English Chamber Orchestra, City of London Chamber Orchestra, English Sinfonia, Orchestra of St Johns, Singapore Symphony Orchestra, City Chamber Orchestra of Hong Kong and the Lapland Chamber Orchestra. I own a Garklein and cannot play it. Flute and Recorder Concertos by Antonio Vivaldi; Flute Concerto in D major, RV 427; Flute Concerto in D major Il gardellino, RV 428 (Op.10 No.3) ... Sopranino Recorder Concerto in A minor, RV 445; Flute Concerto in D major, RV 783 Flute Concerto in G major, RV 784 (lost) Flute Concerto in G … Click, BBC Symphony Orchestra / Martyn Brabbins (CD Recording). Vivaldi's recorder concertos form an attractive if somewhat marginalised part of his output and they are presented here with real zest and imagination. By Antonio Vivaldi La Serenissima, Adrian Chandler & Sara Deborah Struntz. and 9-part strings. By Antonio Vivaldi László Kecskeméti, Nicolaus Esterházy Sinfonia, Tamas Zalay. Flute and Recorder Concertos by Antonio Vivaldi; Flute Concerto in D major, RV 427; Flute Concerto in D major Il gardellino, RV 428 (Op.10 No.3) ... Sopranino Recorder Concerto in A minor, RV 445; Flute Concerto in D major, RV 783 Flute Concerto in G major, RV 784 (lost) Flute Concerto in G … The Celtic Concerto exploits the full range of expressive and virtuosic qualities of the recorder in a substantial, 18-minute work, which combines elements of baroque dance, English lyricism and of course Celtic melody, in an evocative, filmic musical landscape. Vivaldi’s so-called “Piccolo” concertos are in actuality for the Sopranino Recorder. Discover releases, reviews, track listings, recommendations, and more about Handel*, Telemann*, Vivaldi*, Bernard Krainis, The London Strings, Neville Marriner* - Concertos For … Amongst the orchestras who have invited Adams to perform this work are the BBC Symphony Orchestra, BBC Concert Orchestra, English Chamber Orchestra, City of London Chamber Orchestra, English Sinfonia, Orchestra of St Johns, Singapore Symphony Orchestra, City Chamber Orchestra of Hong Kong and the Lapland Chamber Orchestra. It is also practically useless. Concerto in fa maggiore per flauto, archi e B.C., RV 442 “Tutti gl’istromenti sordini”: II. 2:14 PREVIEW Concerto in A Minor for Sopranino Recorder, RV 445: II. A performer of 35 years of professional experience he brings not only breathtaking flair but also in-depth knowledge of baroque style to his work with string orchestras, and frequently directs performances from his recorder. Stylistically it fits loosely into the category of 'post-minimalism', but contains varying elements from rock-like riffs to Vivaldi-esque arpeggios to pastoral English lyricism. It is also far more comfortable on the hands (in other words, I personally can play this instrument comfortably). The finger holes are so close together than my not abnormally large fingers overlap one another. TITLE TIME; Concerto in C Major, RV 444, for Sopranino Recorder, Two Violins, Viola, Basso Continuo 9:30: 1 I. Allegro non molto 4:08: 2 II. 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