Istituto Per I Beni Musicali In Piemonte - Vivaldi Edition
concerti per strumenti a fiato vol. 1
tesori del piemonte vol. 11

Antonio Lucio Vivaldi (1678-1741) - Concerti per flauto traversiere

Concerts for transverse flute

Concerti RV 432, 436, 429, 440, 533, 438 'bis', 427, 431

Barthold Kuijken (flute and conductor)
Marcello Gatti (flute, RV 533)
Academia Montis Regalis

Recorded in October 2001 at the Istituto di musica Antica Academia Montis Regalis in Mondovi/Italy
Label: Opus 111

This is a great collection of Vivaldi flute concerts. The flute artist himself writes:  This is indeed Venetian art, with its colours, its gestures, somewhat elusive, changing its moods like the weather between sunshine and mist, with grandeur and delicacy....Vivaldi makes use of convention and surprise, ..., he produces an unimaginable range of colours from a very basic orchestra: strings, harpsichord, occasionally a bassoon. He writes with tremendous assurance...; he knows precisely what the flute is capable of and takes full advantage it.

The transverse flute used for this recording was built by R. Tutz in Innsbruck/Austria as copy of an instrument manufactured by I.H. Rottenburgh in Bruxelles/Beldium around 1735.

01. (2:53 min)  Concerto RV 432 in Mi minore per flauto traversiere: I. Allegro

02. (2:57 min)  Concerto RV 436 in Sol maggiore per flauto traversiere: I. Allegro
03. (3:00 min)  Concerto RV 436 in Sol maggiore per flauto traversiere: II. Largo
04. (2:43 min)  Concerto RV 436 in Sol maggiore per flauto traversiere: III. Allegro

05. (2:34 min)  Concerto RV 429 in Re maggiore per flauto traversiere: I. Allegro
06. (2:08 min)  Concerto RV 429 in Re maggiore per flauto traversiere: II. Andante
07. (3:37 min)  Concerto RV 429 in Re maggiore per flauto traversiere: III. Allegro

08. (3:27 min)  Concerto RV 440 in La minore per flauto traversiere: I. Allegro non molto
09. (1:58 min)  Concerto RV 440 in La minore per flauto traversiere: II. Larghetto
10. (3:05 min)  Concerto RV 440 in La minore per flauto traversiere: III. Allegro

11. (2:37 min)  Concerto RV 533 in Do maggiore per 2 flauti traversieri: I. Allegro molto
12. (2:08 min)  Concerto RV 533 in Do maggiore per 2 flauti traversieri: II. Largo
13. (2:09 min)  Concerto RV 533 in Do maggiore per 2 flauti traversieri: III. [Allegro]

14. (3:32 min)  Concerto RV 438 in Sol maggiore per flauto traversiere: I. Allegro
15. (2:40 min)  Concerto RV 438 in Sol maggiore per flauto traversiere: II. Andante
16. (3:25 min)  Concerto RV 438 in Sol maggiore per flauto traversiere: III. Allegro
17. (3:55 min)  Concerto RV 438 'bis' in Sol maggiore per flauto traversiere: I. [Allegro]

18. (2:54 min)  Concerto RV 427 in Re maggiore per flauto traversiere: I. Allegro
19. (3:12 min)  Concerto RV 427 in Re maggiore per flauto traversiere: II. Largo
20. (2:24 min)  Concerto RV 427 in Re maggiore per flauto traversiere: III. [Allegro]

21. (2:45 min)  Concerto RV 431 in Mi minore per flauto traversiere: I. Allegro
22. (2:17 min)  Concerto RV 431 in Mi minore per flauto traversiere: II. Allegro

Customer Review from Amazon:   found only one (translated from German):
Extremely well done flute play
By barockfreund
To make it short: The works on this CD are "typical Vivaldi" and I mean that all positive: music of classically balanced elegance. Its goal is not to be deeply psychologically involving and convoluted, but the music is in no way flat. A through and through pleasant listening experience. Since Opus 111 in its Vivaldi Edition publishes manuscripts from the Turin collection, the connoisseur additionally finds the quite Unknown (hits among Vivaldi's flute pieces like "La Notte" will not be found on this CD). What makes this recording stand out especially is: I have never heard an original baroque flute played so well. There is no doubt: this is an old venerable transverse flute with holes, and without flaps. But Kuijken's performance on this instrument by far exceeds everything else I have heard on this instrument: Kuijken manages to reach an absolutely brilliant sound, which estounds and excites, regardless of the difficulties this instrument poses. This is pure pleasure -- exceedingly well done and highly recommended![/quote]

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