VIVALDI

Bassoon Concertos Vol. 2

Concerto in A minor RV 499

1. I. Allegro

2. II. Largo

3. III. Allegro

Concerto in C major RV 472

4. I. Allegro non molto

5. II. Andante molto

6. III. Allegro

Concerto in F major RV 490

7. I. Allegro

8. II. Larghetto

9. III. Allegro

Concerto in G minor RV 496

10. I. [senza indicazione di tempo]

11. II. Largo

12. III. [senza indicazione di tempo]

Concerto in B flat major RV 504

13. I. Allegro mà poco

14. II. Larghetto

15. III. Allegro

Concerto in E flat minor RV 483

16. I. Presto

17. II. Larghetto

18. III. Allegro

Concerto in C major RV 470

19. I. Allegro non molto

20. II. Larghetto

21. III. Allegro

Sergio Azzolini (bassoon),

L'Aura Soave

This is the second volume of Bassoon concertos to be released by Naïve as part of the prestigious “Vivaldi Edition”. As with the first, the recording features the outstanding combination of the soloist Sergio Azzolini, an acknowledged expert in baroque performance, and the critically acclaimed period instrument group L’Aura Soave.

Internationally renowned bassoonist Sergio Azzolini was born in 1967 in Bolzano, Italy. As a baroque bassoon player he is a member of the Ensemble Baroque de Limoges, and appears regularly as soloist with L’Aura Soave Cremona, Sonatori della Gioiosa Marca and La Stravaganza Köln. He is also a member of the ensemble Parnassi Musici.

The group L’Aura Soave was formed in 1995 by lutenist and musicologist Diego Cantalupi with the aim of exploring Italian vocal and instrumental traditions and little-known Italian composers of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Among the noted soloists with whom it appears are Emma Kirkby, Barbara Hendricks, Sophie Daneman, and Nuria Rial.

Naïve OP30518