L'estro Armonico

L'estro Armonico

L'Estro Armonico, Op. 3, ("Harmonic Inspiration" in Italian) is a collection of twelve concertos for 1, 2 and 4 violins written by Antonio Vivaldi in 1711. It largely augmented the reputation of Vivaldi as Il Prete Rosso; (The Red Priest). Vivaldi scholar Michael Talbot went so far as to say the works are "perhaps the most influential collection of instrumental music to appear during the whole of the eighteenth century".[1] The collection was mostly put together in a chronological order. These concerti are often called concerti grossi due to their use of a concertino-style ensemble (solo cello is often used).

Contents

List of concerti

These works are laid out in the following movements:

L'Estro Armonico, Op. 3, Concerto No. 1 in D major for four violins and strings, RV 549:

  1. Allegro
  2. Largo e spiccato
  3. Allegro

L’Estro Armonico, Op. 3, Concerto No. 2 in G minor for two violins, cello and strings, RV 578:

  1. Adagio e spiccato
  2. Allegro
  3. Larghetto
  4. Allegro

L'Estro Armonico, Op. 3, Concerto No. 3 in G major for violin and strings, RV 310:

  1. Allegro
  2. Largo
  3. Allegro

L’Estro Armonico, Op. 3, Concerto No. 4 in E minor for four violins and strings, RV 550:

  1. Andante
  2. Allegro assai
  3. Adagio
  4. Allegro

L'Estro Armonico, Op. 3, Concerto No. 5 in A major for two violins and strings, RV 519:

  1. Allegro
  2. Largo
  3. Allegro

L’Estro Armonico, Op. 3, Concerto No. 6 in A minor for violin and strings, RV 356:

  1. Allegro
  2. Largo
  3. Presto

L’Estro Armonico, Op. 3, Concerto No. 7 in F major for four violins, cello and strings, RV 567:

  1. Andante
  2. Adagio
  3. Allegro - Adagio
  4. Allegro

L’Estro Armonico, Op. 3, Concerto No. 8 in A minor for two violins and strings, RV 522:

  1. Allegro
  2. Larghetto e spiritoso
  3. Allegro

L'Estro Armonico, Op. 3, Concerto No. 9 in D major for violin and strings, RV 230:

  1. Allegro
  2. Larghetto
  3. Allegro

L’Estro Armonico, Op. 3, Concerto No. 10 in B minor for four violins, cello and strings, RV 580:

  1. Allegro
  2. Largo - Larghetto
  3. Allegro

L'Estro Armonico, Op. 3, Concerto No. 11 in D minor for two violins, cello and strings, RV 565:

  1. Allegro - Adagio e spiccato - Allegro
  2. Largo e spiccato
  3. Allegro

L'Estro Armonico, Op. 3, Concerto No. 12 in E major for violin and strings, RV 265:

  1. Allegro
  2. Largo e spiccato
  3. Allegro

Transcriptions

Johann Sebastian Bach later transcribed six concertos from this set. Concertos Nos. 3, 9 and 12 were arranged for solo keyboard and are cataloged as BWV 978, 972 and 976. Also, Concertos Nos. 8 and 11 became Bach's Concerti for solo organ, BWV's 593 and 596. Lastly, the four-violin concerto No. 10 was reworked into the concerto for four harpsichords and strings, BWV 1065.

Recordings

Notes

  1. ^ Quoted by H. C. Robbins Landon, Vivaldi: voice of the baroque, p. 42, University Of Chicago Press (1996), ISBN 978-0226468426
  2. ^ Allmusic

External links

v · d · eCompositions by Antonio Vivaldi with opus number

Op. 1 · Op. 2 · Op. 3 (L'estro Armonico) · Op. 4 (La stravaganza) · Op. 5 · Op. 6 · Op. 7 · Op. 8 (Il cimento dell'armonia e dell'inventione) · Op. 9 (La cetra) · Op. 10 · Op. 11 · Op. 12

List of compositions by Antonio Vivaldi · Ryom-Verzeichnis


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