Vivaldi's Violin Concerto in A minor, Op. 3, No. 6 (RV356)

Author: Antonio Vivaldi
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Publish Date: 2005-11-01
Features: Antonio Vivaldi was born in Venice around 1680 and died in his hometown around 1743, at which time he was serving as the director of a music school. Vivaldi composed approximately over a hundred violin concertos. For a long time, these works became the of the concerto form and were highly regarded by many people, to the extent that even geniuses like Bach adapted some of them into equally valuable harpsichord and organ works. The violin solo part in this version is a direct facsimile of the 18th-century English edition published by Walsh. With very few exceptions, Vivaldi's original bowing techniques have been preserved intact. In the largo movement, Vivaldi deviated from the basic rules of the accompaniment concept recognized by his time; he omitted the harpsichord and used only the violin and viola as the principal accompanying instruments. In early versions, "cantabile" referred only to the performance style of this movement, and the parenthetical markings were added by the editor as expressive signs.