Vivaldi and the Organ #2519
. . . though he wrote no solo works for the instrument, Antonio Vivaldi had a profound if inadvertent influence on the pipe organ, and particularly on Bach.
Hour 1
ANTONIO VIVALDI (trans. Bach): Concerto in d for Two Violins. Op. 3, no. 11 (BWV 596) –Jean Guillou (1988 Kleuker-Steinmeyer/Tonhalle, Zurich, Switzerland) Dorian 90118
VIVALDI (trans. Bach): Violin Concerto in b, RV 813 (BWV 979) –Konstantin Volostnov (2010 Grenzing/Tauride Palace, St. Petersburg, Russia) Melodya 10 02677
VIVALDI: Concerto in F for Violin, Organ, and Strings, RV 542 –German Baroque Soloists; Rudolf Ewerhart (1810 Anonymous/St. John’s Church, Altenberge bei Münster, Germany) FSM 92201
VIVALDI (trans. De Beauregard): Violin Concerto in F, Op. 8, no. 3 (Autumn, fr Four Seasons) –Arnaud de Beauregard (1981 Kleuker/Chant d’Oiseau Church, Brussels, Belgium) Beauregard 2000
Filler – VIVALDI/BACH: Fugue (iii.), fr Concerto in d, BWV 596 (see above)
Hour 2
VIVALDI (trans. Bach): Concerto in a, Op. 3, no. 8 (BWV 593) –Gerhard Gnann (1745 J-A Silbermann/Protestant Temple, Wasselonne, France) Aeolus 10761/17
VIVALDI (trans Todorovski): Violin Concerto in C, Op. 4, no. 7 –Catherine Todorovski (1982 Grenzing/St. Cyprien Abbey, Perigord, France) Syrius 141373
VIVALDI: Sonata in C for Violin, Oboe, Organ and Chalumeau, RV 779 –L’Arte dell’Arco; Roberto Loreggian (17th C. Anonymous/Oratorio San Bovo, Padua, Italy) Brilliant Classics 95310/30
VIVALDI (trans. Bach): Violin Concerto in B-flat, RV 381 (BWV 980 in G) –Konstantin Volostnov (2010 Grenzing/Tauride Palace, St. Petersburg, Russia) Melodya 10 02677
Filler – VIVALDI (trans. Torodovski): Allegro (ii.), fr Concerto in C, Op. 4, no. 7 (see above)
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