Antonio VIVALDI

 

Concertos for the Emperor

 

Six violin concertos from the Vienna MS

 

Concerto No. 2 in C major RV 189;

Concerto No. 3 in C minor RV 202 (later published as Op.11 no.5);

Concerto No. 10, L'Amoroso in E major RV 271;

Concerto No. 11 Il favorito in E minor RV 277 (later published as Op.11 no.2);

Concerto No. 7 in C major RV 183;

Concerto No. 4 in F major RV 286 per la solennità di San Lorenzo

 

The English Concert/Andrew Manze

 

Andrew Manze, leading The English Concert in their second recording together, demonstrates the electrifying, spontaneous style of playing that has made him one of the hottest properties on the classical music scene. This programme brings together for the first time a reconstruction of six violin concertos from the manuscript Vivaldi presented to the Holy Roman Emperor Charles VI.

 

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