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Antonio Vivaldi  (1678-1741)

According to The New Penguin Dictionary of Music, Antonio Vivaldi was an Italian violinist and composer; also priest, nicknamed "the red priest" from the colour of his hair. Pupil of Legrenzi. Long in charge of music at an orphanage-conservatory in Venice, but died in obscure circumstances in Vienna. Wrote more than 450 concertos (broadly conforming to the concerto grosso type) with various solo instruments, many with illustrative titles e.g. "The Four Seasons"; also operas, church music, oratorios, including "Juditha Triumphans". Johann Sebastian Bach admired him and transcribed many of his works and there has been a notable revival of interest in his works in the mid-20th century.

Sheet Music:

1. [§] Andante Cantabile, Descant/Treble/Tenor/Bass
2. [§] Concerto in G-Minor, Treble(Tenor)/Treble(Tenor)/Bass

Recorder Music CDs:
 Piers Adams on "Concerto Recorder" 
 Piers Adams on "Priest on the Run" 
 Piers Adams on "Vivaldi-Recorder Concertos, Op 10 Nos 1-3" 
 Giovanni Antonini on "Vivaldi: Concerti da Camera" 
 Giovanni Antonini on "Vivaldi: Concerti da Camera: Vol. 1" 
 Giovanni Antonini on "Vivaldi: Concerti da Camera: Vol. 2" 
 Stefano Bagliano on "Vivaldi: Konzerte" 
 William Bennett on "The Essential Vivaldi" 
 William Bennett on "The Seventh One" 
 William Bennett on "The World of Vivaldi" 
 William Bennett on "Vivaldi/Handel-Wind Concertos" 
 William Bennett on "Vivaldi: Concertos" 
 William Bennett on "Vivaldi: The Four Seasons" 
 William Bennett on "Vivaldi Adagios" 
 Elissa Berardi on "Handel: The Italian Years" 
 Elissa Berardi on "La Serva Padrona" 
 Irmhild Beutler on "Fantasia" 
 Irmhild Beutler on "L'Apothéose de Corelli -Triosonaten des Barock" 
 Per Brochmann on "Per Brochmann/Trondheimsolistene" 
 Per Brochmann on "Recorder Concerto in C" 
 Frans Brüggen on "Frans Brüggen Edition Vol. 02 Italian Recorder Sonatas" 
 Frans Brüggen on "Frans Brüggen Edition Vol. 08 (Vivaldi: Concerti)" 
 Frans Brüggen on "The Art of Recorder" 
 Frans Brüggen on "Vivaldi: Le Quattro Stagioni" 
 Frans Brüggen on "Vivaldi: Flute Concerti, Op.10" CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
 Frans Brüggen on "Le Charme de la Flûte à bec" 
 Francis Colpron on "In Stilo Moderno" 
 Francis Colpron on "Théâtre Musical" 
 Michael Copley on "Vivaldi/Marcello: Oboe Concertos" 
 Michael Copley on "Vivaldi: Concertos" CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
 Michael Copley on "Vivaldi: Concertos" 
 Michael Copley on "Micro Classics" 
 László Czidra on "Vivaldi: Complete Recorder Concertos" 
 Alan Davis on "Scherzi Musicali" 
 David Munrow Ensemble on "The Art of the Recorder" 
 Flautando Köln on "La Spiritata 2" CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
 Sabrina Frey on "Konzert in der Augustinekirche Zürich" 
 Flanders Recorder Quartet on "Armonia di flauti" 
 Flanders Recorder Quartet on "Le Quattro Stagioni" 
 Tamara Gries on "Woodworks" CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
 Richard Harvey on "Antonio Vivaldi and Contempories: Virtuoso Recorder Concertos" 
 Richard Harvey on "Four Concertos for Violins and Recorders" 
 Richard Harvey on "The Genteel Companion" 
 Richard Harvey on "Italian Recorder Concertos" 
 Eckart Haupt on "Italian Recorder Music" 
 Eckart Haupt on "Virtuoso Flute Concertos" 
 Eckart Haupt on "Vivaldi: Concerti per Flauti" 
 Eckart Haupt on "Vivaldi: Concerti per Flauti" CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
 Walter van Hauwe on "Vivaldi: Recorder Sonatas" 
 Gudrun Heyens on "Vivaldi, Mancini, Barbella: Flötenkonzerte" 
 Peter Holtslag on "Vivaldi: Recorder Concertos" 
 Peter Holtslag on "Vivaldi: Recorder Concertos" 
 Lásló Kecskeméti on "Vivaldi: Recorder Concertos" 
 Ariel Kemp on "Vivaldi's Favorites, Vol. 1" 
 Gabriela Krckova on "Oboe and Recorder Concertos" 
 Gabriela Krckova on "Vivaldi: Concerti Da Camera" 
 Gabriela Krckova on "Vivaldi: Concerti Da Camera II" 
 Gabriela Krckova on "Vivaldi: Concerto for recorder & strings in F" CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
 Helle Kristensen on "Con Strumenti" 
 Helle Kristensen on "Nocturnal Birds: Music for Recorder" 
 Dan Laurin on "Concerto Recorder" 
 Dan Laurin on "Vivaldi-Recorder Concertos" 
 Dan Laurin on "Vivaldi: Bassoon/Recorder Concertos" 
 Dan Laurin on "Vivaldi: Bassoon/Recorder Concertos" 
 Dan Laurin on "Vivaldi: Recorder Concertos" CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
 Dan Laurin on "Vivaldi: Recorder Concertos" 
 Dan Laurin on "Vivaldi: The Four Seasons" 
 Hans-Martin Linde on "Barocke Flötenkonzerte" 
 Hans-Martin Linde on "Flötenkonzerte" 
 Hans-Martin Linde on "Vivaldi, Telemann: Flötensonaten" 
 Hans-Martin Linde on "25 Vivaldi Favorites" 
 Hans-Martin Linde on "Romantic Baroque" 
 Loeki Stardust Quartet Amsterdam on "Concerti di Flauti - with the Academy of Ancient Music" 
 Loeki Stardust Quartet Amsterdam on "Dutch Masters Volume 40" 
 Loeki Stardust Quartet Amsterdam on "Extra Time" 
 Sebastien Marq on "Recorder Concerti: La Notte" 
 Matthias Maute on "Shades of Red" 
 Matthias Maute on "Gloria! Vivaldi's Angels" CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
 Matthias Maute on "Vivaldi and the Baroque Gypsies" 
 Christian Mendoze on "Musica Antiqua" 
 Christian Mendoze on "Sonates pour flute a bec & basse continue" 
 Christian Mendoze on "Vivaldi: Stabat Mater in Fm; Psalm 127 in Gm" 
 Miscellaneous on "Vivaldi: Famous Flute Concerti" CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
 Miscellaneous on "Vivaldi: La Pastourella" 
 Miscellaneous on "In Memoriam-Music for Solemn Occasions" 
 Miscellaneous on "Vivaldi: Chamber Works" 
 Dorothee Oberlinger on "A. Vivaldli" 
 Dorothee Oberlinger on "Italian Sonatas" 
 William Parrot on "Vivaldi: Maestro de'concerti" 
 Clas Pehrsson on "Recorder Concerti" 
 Clas Pehrsson on "Recorder Concertos" 
 Clas Pehrsson on "Werke von Telemann, Quantz, Vivaldi und C.P.E. Bach" 
 Clas Pehrsson on "Original Instruments - Telemann, Quantz, et al / Pehrsson" 
 Clas Pehrsson on "Recorder Concerti by Vivaldi, Sammartini & Telemann" 
 Clas Pehrsson on "Telemann, Sammartini, Vivaldi: Recorder Concertos/Pehrsson" CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
 Clas Pehrsson on "Vivaldi, Telemann: Diverse Concerti / Drottningholm" 
 Thierry Perrenoud on "Barockkonzerte für Blockflöte und Streicher" CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
 Thierry Perrenoud on "Baroque Concertos for Recorder and Strings" 
 Michala Petri on "The Art of the Recorder" CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
 Michala Petri on "Artists of the Century - Michala Petri - Ultimate Collection" 
 Michala Petri on "Blockflötenkonzerte" 
 Michala Petri on "Blockflötenkonzerte" 
 Michala Petri on "Everybody's Vivaldi" 
 Michala Petri on "Italian Recorder Sonatas" 
 Michala Petri on "Michala Petri - Recorder Sonatas" 
 Michala Petri on "Virtuose Blockflötenkonzerte" 
 Michala Petri on "Virtuoso Recorder Concertos" 
 Michala Petri on "Vivaldi: Concertos for Recorder" 
 Michala Petri on "Vivaldi: Concertos Op 10; Sammartini / Michala Petri" 
 Michala Petri on "Vivaldi: Flötenkonzerte op. 10" 
 Michala Petri on "Vivaldi: Four Seasons" 
 Michala Petri on "Vivaldi: Six Concertos" 
 Philip Pickett on "Recorder Works" 
 Scott Reiss on "Baroque Recorder Concerti" 
 Daniel Rothert on "Vivaldi: Flute Concerti Op. 10" 
 Michel Sanvoisin on "The Perfect Vivaldi" 
 Michel Sanvoisin on "Vivaldi: Vivaldi Favorites" 
 Michael Schneider on "Baroque Esprit: Florilegium Musicale" 
 Michael Schneider on "Italienische Blockflötenmusik" 
 Michael Schneider on "Virtuoso Italian Recorder Music" 
 Michael Schneider on "Vivaldi: Chamber Music with Wind Instruments" 
 Michael Schneider on "Vivaldi: Concertos for Recorder, P78, P4" 
 Michael Schneider on "Vivaldi: Flute Concertos Op. X Original Versions" 
 Michael Schneider on "Vivaldi: The Concertos For Recorder" 
 Danya Segal on "Vivaldi: Concertos and Chamber Works" 
 The Schwanewede Recorder Consort on "Recorder Memories: Schwanewede Recorder Consort" 
 Maurice Steger on "An Italian Ground" 
 Maurice Steger on "La Castella" 
 Maurice Steger on "Portrait" CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
 Maurice Steger on "Tino Flautino" 
 Maurice Steger on "Vivaldi: Concerti" 
 Conrad Steinmann on "Barockmusik für Blockflöte" 
 Jiri Stivin on "Brabec/Stivín/Hudeck Play Vivaldi" 
 Jiri Stivin on "Largo" 
 Jiri Stivin on "Vivaldi: Famous Flute Concerti" CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
 Jiri Stivin on "Vivaldi: Recorder Concertos" 
 Jiri Stivin on "Vivaldi: Recorder Concertos" 
 Jiri Stivin on "Vivaldi: Recorder Concertos" 
 Jiri Stivin on "Vivaldi: Recorder Concertos" 
 Pamela Thorby on "Baroque Recorder Concertos" 
 Pamela Thorby on "Baroque Recorder Concertos" 
 Pamela Thorby on "Vivaldi: La Pastorella - Baroque Chamber Concertos from Venice" 
 Pamela Thorby on "The Winged Lion" 
 Han Tol on "Corelli und Company (Barockmusik für Blockflöte, Cembalo)" CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
 John Tyson on "Music for Recorder and Strings" 
 Unknown on "Vivaldi: Chamber concerto for recorder,oboe,bassoon in Gm" CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
 Unknown on "Vivaldi: Maestro de'concerti" 
 Unknown on "Vivaldi: The Four Seasons" CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
 Marion Verbruggen on "Vivaldi-Recorder Concertos" 
 Marion Verbruggen on "Vivaldi-Chamber Concertos" 
 Marion Verbruggen on "Vivaldi: Le quattro stagioni" 
 Marion Verbruggen on "Vivaldi-Concertos" CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
 Marion Verbruggen on "Vivaldi: The Four Seasons (Arranged for Recorders)" CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
 Marion Verbruggen on "Vivaldi: Flute Concertos; Recorder Concertos" 
 Wiener Blockflötenensemble on "Venice Music" 
 Marie-Thérése Yan on "Italian Baroque Recorder Music" 
 American Recorder Orchestra of the West on "The French Spirit"