Antonio Lucio Vivaldi (March 4, 1678 – July 28, 1741),[1] nicknamed il Prete Rosso ("The Red Priest"), was a Venetian priest and Baroque music composer, as well as a famous virtuoso violinist; he was born and raised in the Republic of Venice. The Four Seasons, a series of four violin concerti, is his best-known work and a highly popular Baroque piece.


Youth
Antonio Lucio Vivaldi was born in Venice, the capital of the Republic of Venice. He was baptized immediately at his home by the midwife. It is not known how the life of the infant was in danger, but the immediate baptism was most likely due to his poor health or to an earthquake that shook the city that day. Vivaldi's official church baptism (at least, the rites that remained other than the actual baptism itself) did not take place until two months later. His father, Giovanni Battista, a barber before becoming a professional violinist, taught him to play violin and then toured Venice playing the violin with his young son. Giovanni Battista was one of the founders of the Sovvegno dei musicisti di Santa Cecilia, a sort of trade union for musicians and composers. The president of the association was Giovanni Legrenzi, the maestro di cappella at St. Mark's Basilica and noted early Baroque composer. It is possible that the young Antonio's first lessons in composition were imparted by him. The Luxembourg scholar Walter Kolneder sees in the early liturgical work Laetatus sum (RV Anh 31, written in 1691 at the age of 13) the influence of Legrenzi's style. His father may have been a composer himself: in 1688, an opera titled La Fedeltà sfortunata was composed by a Giovanni Battista Rossi, and this was the name under which Vivaldi's father had joined the Sovvegno di Santa Cecilia ("Rossi" for "Red", because of the colour of his hair, a family trait).

Vivaldi had a medical problem that he called the tightening of the chest (probably some form of asthma). His medical problem, however, did not prevent him from learning to play the violin, composing, or taking part in many musical activities. However, he could not play wind instruments due to his lack of breath. At the age of 15 in the year of 1693, he began studying to become a priest. In 1703, at the age of 25, Vivaldi was ordained a priest and was soon nicknamed il Prete Rosso, "The Red Priest", probably because of his red hair.

Not long after his ordination, in 1704, he was given a reprieve from celebrating the Holy Mass because of his ill health. From that point onward, he appears to have withdrawn from active practice, but did remain a priest.

At the Ospedale della Pietà
In September 1703, Vivaldi became maestro di violino (master of violin) at an orphanage called the Pio Ospedale della Pietà (Devout Hospital of Mercy) in Venice.[2] There were four such institutions in Venice; their purpose was to give shelter and education to children who were abandoned, orphaned, or whose families could not support them. They were financed by funds provided by the Republic. The boys learned a trade and had to leave at age 15. The girls received a musical education, and the most talented stayed and became members of the Ospedale's renowned orchestra and choir.

Shortly after his appointment, the orphans began to gain appreciation and esteem abroad, too; Vivaldi wrote most of his concertos, cantatas, and sacred music for them. In 1704, the position of teacher of viola all'inglese was added to his duties as violin instructor.

His relationship with the board of directors of the Ospedale was often strained. The board had to take a vote every year on whether to keep a teacher. The vote on Vivaldi was seldom unanimous, and in 1709, he lost his job after a 7 against 6 vote. After a year as a freelance musician, he was recalled by the Ospedale with a unanimous vote in 1711; clearly the board had realized the importance of his role by then. In 1713, he became responsible for the musical activity of the institute. Vivaldi was promoted to maestro di' concerti (music director) in 1716.

It was during these years that Vivaldi wrote much of his music, including many operas and concerti. In 1705, the first collection (Raccolta) of his works was published: his Opus 1 is a collection of 12 sonatas for two violins and basso continuo, still in a conventional style. In 1709, a second collection of 12 sonatas for violin & basso continuo appeared (Opus 2). The real breakthrough came with his first collection of 12 concerti for one, two, and four violins with strings, L'estro armonico (Opus 3), which was published in Amsterdam in 1711 by Estienne Roger. This was a resounding success all over Europe, and was followed in 1714 by La stravaganza (Opus 4), a collection of concerti for solo violin and strings.

In February 1711, Vivaldi and his father went to Brescia, where his setting of the Stabat Mater (RV 621) was played as part of a religious festival. The work seems to have been written in haste: the string parts are simple, the music of the first three movements is repeated in the next three, and not all the text is set. However, and in part as a consequence of the forced essentiality of the music, the work reveals musical and emotional depth and is one of his early masterpieces.

In 1718, Vivaldi began to travel. Despite his frequent travels, the Pietà paid him to write two concerti a month for the orchestra and to rehearse with them at least five times when in Venice. The Pietà's records show that he was paid for 140 concerti between 1723 and 1733.

Opera impresario
In the Venice of the early 18th century, opera was the most popular musical entertainment and the most profitable for the composer. There were several theaters competing for the public attention. Vivaldi started his career as opera writer in undertone: his first opera, Ottone in villa (RV 729) was performed not in Venice, but at the Garzerie theater in Vicenza in 1713. The following year, Vivaldi made the jump to Venice and became the impresario of the theater Sant'Angelo in Venice, where his opera Orlando finto pazzo (RV 727) was performed. However, the work did not meet the public's taste, and Vivaldi had to close it after a couple of weeks and replace it with a rerun of a different work already given the previous year. In 1715, he presented Nerone fatto Cesare (RV 724, lost), with music by seven different composers, of which he was the leader, with eleven arias. This time it was a success, and in the late season, Vivaldi planned to give an opera completely of his own hand, Arsilda regina di Ponto (RV 700). However, the state censor blocked the performance, objecting to the plot: the main character, Arsilda, falls in love with another woman, Lisea, who is pretending to be a man. Vivaldi managed to get the opera through censorship the following year, and it was eventually performed to a resounding success.

In this same period of time, the Pietà commissioned several liturgical works. The most important were two oratorios. The first, Moyses Deus Pharaonis, (RV 643) is lost. The second, Juditha triumphans (RV 644), composed in 1716, is one of his sacred masterpieces. It was commissioned to celebrate the victory of the Republic of Venice against the Turks and the recapture of the island of Corfù. All eleven singing parts were performed by girls of the Pietà, both for the female and male characters. Many of the arias included parts by solo instruments—recorders, oboes, clarinets, violas d'amore, and mandolins—that showcased the range of talents of the girls.

In the same year, 1716, Vivaldi wrote and produced two more operas, L'incoronazione di Dario (RV 719) and La costanza trionfante degli amori e degli odi (RV 706). The latter was so popular that it was re-edited and represented two years later with the title Artabano re dei Parti (RV 701, lost) and was eventually performed in Prague in 1732. In the following years, Vivaldi wrote several operas that were performed all over Italy.

His modern operatic style caused him some trouble with other more conservative musicians, like Benedetto Marcello, a magistrate and amateur musician who wrote a pamphlet denouncing him and the modern style of opera. The pamphlet is called Il teatro alla moda, and its cover has a caricature of Vivaldi playing the violin. The Marcello family was the rightful owner of the Sant'Angelo theater, and a long legal battle had been fought with the management for its restitution, without success. The booklet attacks Vivaldi without mentioning him directly. The cover drawing shows a boat (the Sant'Angelo), on the left end of which stands a little angel wearing a priest's hat and playing the violin. It is a caricature of Vivaldi. The obscure writing under the picture mentions nonexistent places and names. In particular, ALDIVIVA is an anagram of A. Vivaldi.

His middle years
In 1717 or 1718, Vivaldi was offered a new prestigious position as Maestro di Cappella of the court of the prince Phillip of Hesse-Darmstadt, governor of Mantua. He moved there for three years and produced several operas, among which was Tito Manlio (RV 738). In 1721, he was in Milan, presenting the pastoral drama La Silvia (RV 734, lost) and again the next year with the oratorio L'adorazione delli tre re magi al bambino Gesù (RV 645, also lost). The next big step was a move to Rome in 1722, where his operas introduced the new style and where the new pope Benedict XIII invited Vivaldi to play for him. In 1725, he returned to Venice, where he produced four operas in the same year.

It is also in this period that he wrote the Four Seasons, four violin concertos depicting natural scenes in music. While three of the concerti are of original conception, the first, "Spring", borrows motifs from a Sinfonia in the first act of his opera "Il Giustino," composed at the same time as The Four Seasons. The inspiration for them was probably the countryside around Mantua. They were a revolution in musical conception: in them Vivaldi represented flowing creeks, singing birds (of different species, each specifically characterised), barking dogs, buzzing mosquitoes, crying shepherds, storms, drunken dancers, silent nights, hunting parties (both from the hunter's and the prey's point of view), frozen landscapes, children ice-skating, and burning fires. Each concerto was associated with a sonnet of Vivaldi's hand, describing the scenes depicted in the music. They were published as the first four of a collection of twelve, Il cimento dell'armonia e dell'inventione, his Opus 8, published in Amsterdam by Le Cène in 1725.

During his time in Mantua Vivaldi became acquainted with an aspiring young singer, Anna Tessieri Giro, who was to become his student, protégée, and favorite prima donna. Anna, along with her older half-sister Paolina, became part of Vivaldi's entourage and regularly accompanied him on his many travels. There was speculation about the nature of Vivaldi's and Giro's relationship, but no evidence to indicate anything beyond friendship and professional collaboration.

Late life and death
At the height of his career, Vivaldi received commissions from European nobles and royalty. The wedding cantata Gloria e Imeneo (RV 687) was written for the marriage of Louis XV. Opus 9, La Cetra, was dedicated to Emperor Charles VI. In 1728, Vivaldi had the chance to meet the Emperor in person when he came to Trieste to oversee the construction of a new port. Charles admired the music of the Red Priest so much that he is said to have spoken more with the composer in that occasion than with his ministers in two years. He gave him the title of knight, a gold medal, and an invitation to come to Vienna. On his part, Vivaldi gave Charles a manuscript copy of La Cetra; this is a set of concerti almost completely different from the one published with the same title as Opus 9. Probably the printing had been delayed and Vivaldi was forced to gather an improvised collection.

In 1730, accompanied by his father, he traveled to Vienna and Prague, where his opera Farnace (RV 711) was presented. Some late operas marked the collaboration with two of Italy's major writers of the time. L'Olimpiade and Catone in Utica were written by Pietro Metastasio, the major representative of the Arcadian movement and court poet in Vienna. La Griselda was rewritten by the young Carlo Goldoni from an earlier libretto by Apostolo Zeno.

Vivaldi's life, like those of many composers of the time, ended in financial difficulties. His compositions no longer held the high esteem they once did in Venice; changing musical tastes quickly made them outmoded, and Vivaldi, in response, chose to sell off sizeable numbers of his manuscripts at paltry prices to finance a migration to Vienna. The reasons for Vivaldi's departure from Venice are unclear, but it seems likely that he wished to meet Charles VI, who appreciated his compositions (Vivaldi dedicated La Cetra to Charles in 1727), and take up the position of a composer in the Imperial Court. It is ever more likely that Vivaldi went to Vienna to stage operas, especially as his place of residence was near the Kärntnertortheater. However, shortly after Vivaldi's arrival at Vienna, Charles died. This tragic stroke of bad luck left the composer without royal protection and a source of income. Vivaldi eventually died not long after, on the night between 27 and 28 July 1741 [4], of internal infection in a house owned by the widow of a Viennese saddlemaker. On 28 July he was buried in a simple grave at the Hospital Burial Ground in Vienna. Vivaldi's funeral took place at St. Stephen's Cathedral, where the young young Joseph Haydn was then a choir boy. The 19 fl 45 x cost of his funeral included a Kleinglaut, or pauper's peal of bells at 2 fl 36 x. [5] Both contemporary reports and current scholarship support the assertion that Vivaldi died a pauper. [6] His burial spot is next to the Karlskirche in Vienna, at the site of the Technical Institute. The house he lived in while in Vienna was torn down. In part of its place there is now the Hotel Sacher. Memorial plaques have been placed at both locations, as well as a Vivaldi star in the Viennese Musikmeile and a monument at the Rooseveltplatz.

Many of Vivaldi's compositions reflect a flamboyant, almost playful, exuberance. Most of Vivaldi's repertoire was rediscovered only in the first half of the 20th century in Turin and Genoa and was published in the second half. Vivaldi's music is innovative, breaking a consolidated tradition in schemes; he gave brightness to the formal and the rhythmic structure of the concerto, repeatedly looking for harmonic contrasts and innovative melodies and themes. Moreover, Vivaldi was able to compose nonacademic music, particularly meant to be appreciated by the wide public and not only by an intellectual minority. The joyful appearance of his music reveals in this regard a transmissible joy of composing; these are among the causes of the vast popularity of his music. This popularity soon made him famous in other countries such as France which was, at the time, very independent concerning its musical taste.

Vivaldi is considered one of the composers who brought Baroque music (with its typical contrast among heavy sonorities) to evolve into a classical style. Johann Sebastian Bach was deeply influenced by Vivaldi's concertos and arias (recalled in his Johannes Passion, Matthäuspassion, and cantatas). Bach transcribed a number of Vivaldi's concerti for solo keyboard, along with a number for orchestra, including the famous Concerto for Four Violins and Violoncello, Strings and Continuo (RV 580).

Vivaldi remained unknown for his published concerti, and largely ignored, even after the resurgence of interest in Bach, pioneered by Mendelssohn. Even his most famous work, The Four Seasons, was unknown in its original edition. In the early 20th century, Fritz Kreisler's concerto in the style of Vivaldi, which he passed off as an original Vivaldi work, helped revive Vivaldi's reputation. This impelled the French scholar Marc Pincherle to begin academic work on Vivaldi's oeuvre. The discovery of many Vivaldi manuscripts and their acquisition by the National University of Turin Library (with the generous sponsorship of Roberto Foa and Filippo Giordano, in memory of their sons, respectively, Mauro and Renzo) led to renewed interest in Vivaldi. People such as Marc Pincherle, Mario Rinaldi, Alfredo Casella, Ezra Pound, Olga Rudge, Arturo Toscanini, and Louis Kaufman were instrumental in the Vivaldi revival of the 20th century. The resurrection of Vivaldi's unpublished works in the 20th century is mostly thanks to the efforts of Alfredo Casella, who in 1939 organised the now historic Vivaldi Week, in which the rediscovered Gloria (RV 589) and l'Olimpiade were first heard again. Since World War II, Vivaldi's compositions have enjoyed almost universal success, and the advent of historically informed performances has only increased his fame. In 1947, the Venetian businessman Antonio Fanna founded the Istituto Italiano Antonio Vivaldi, with the composer Gian Francesco Malipiero as its artistic director, having the purpose of promoting Vivaldi's music and publishing new editions of his works.

A movie titled Vivaldi, a Prince in Venice was completed in 2005 as an Italian-French coproduction under the direction of Jean-Louis Guillermou, featuring Stefano Dionisi in the title role and Michel Serrault as the bishop of Venice. Another film inspired by the life of the composer was in a preproduction state for several years and has the working title Vivaldi. Filming was scheduled to begin in 2007, but was canceled and tentatively rescheduled for 2008.

Antonio Vivaldi is also featured on the 2008 Europe Taler. Vivaldi's music, together with that of Mozart, Tchaikovsky, and Corelli, has been included in the theories of Alfred Tomatis on the effects of music on human behaviour and used in music therapy.

His compositions include:

• Over 500 concerti; approximately 350 of these are for solo instrument and strings, and of these about 230 are for violin; the others are for bassoon, cello, oboe, flute, viola d'amore, recorder, lute, and mandolin. Approximately 40 concerti are for two instruments and strings, and approximately 30 are for three or more instruments and strings.
• 46 operas
• sinfonias
• 73 sonatas
• chamber music (even if some sonatas for flute, as Il Pastor Fido, have been erroneously attributed to him, but were composed by Chédeville).
• sacred music
• His most famous work is 1723's Le Quattro Stagioni (The Four Seasons). In essence, it resembled an early example of a tone poem, where he attempted to capture all the moods of the four seasons without the use of percussion to dramatize the effects he sought to portray. (See section above for more detailed description.)

1926 and 1930 discoveries
As one biography describes it:[7]


Recent discoveries
Recently, four sacred vocal works by Vivaldi have been discovered in the Saxon State Library in Dresden. These compositions were improperly attributed to Baldassare Galuppi, a Venetian composer of the early classical period, mostly famous for his choral works.

In the 1750s or 1760s, the Saxon court asked for some sacred works by Galuppi from the Venetian copyist Don Giuseppe Baldan. Baldan included, among authentic works by Galuppi, the four compositions by Vivaldi, passing them off as Galuppi's. He probably obtained the originals from two of Vivaldi's nephews, (Carlo Vivaldi and Daniele Mauro), who worked under him as copyists.

The recognition of Vivaldi's authorship could be made by analyzing style and instrumentation and by recognizing arias from Vivaldi's operas.

The two most recent among these discoveries are two psalm settings of Nisi Dominus (RV 803, in eight movements) and Dixit Dominus (RV 807, in eleven movements), identified in 2003 and 2005, respectively, by the Australian scholar Janice Stockigt.

RV 803 was recorded for the first time in 2005 by the King's Consort under the direction of Robert King.

The world premiere of any part of RV 807 took place on 9 August 2005, at Melba Hall, University of Melbourne [8]. It was recorded in full for the first time in 2006 by the Dresdner Instrumental-Concert under the direction of Peter Kopp. Vivaldi scholar Michael Talbot called it "arguably the best nonoperatic work from Vivaldi's pen to come to light since... the 1920s".[9]

Argippo
Vivaldi's opera Argippo (RV 697) premiered in the Palace of Count Spork, Prague in 1730. The libretto was preserved but the music was presumed to have been lost until portions of it (over two thirds) was discovered in the private archive of the Thurn und Taxis house in Regensburg, in 2006 by harpsichordist and conductor Ondrej Macek. He stated: "I found out that in 1733, three years after the premiere, the Italian music ensemble appeared in Regensburg. They'd been invited there after the theatre in Prague burnt down."[10] Macek used other arias from Vivaldi and said: "I used music from operas he wrote at the time, shortly before and after the date of the premiere, and sometimes they [the arias] fit really perfectly." Ondrej Macek and his Hofmusici orchestra chose Prague Castle (seat of the Czech presidency) the 16th-century Spanish, and was performed by 13 singers and 24 musicians[11] on May 3, 2008, the first performance since 1730. The opera is set in an Indian royal court and centers around a young princess smitten by a dishonest suitor. It has three acts and lasts over two hours.

The Four Seasons
The Four Seasons (Le quattro stagioni in original Italian) is a set of four violin concertos composed in 1723, The Four Seasons is Vivaldi's best-known work, and is among the most popular pieces of Baroque music. The work has been recorded on numerous occasions.

The concertos were first published in 1725 as part of a set of twelve, Vivaldi's Op. 8, entitled Il cimento dell'armonia e dell'inventione (The Contest between Harmony and Invention). The first four concertos were designated Le quattro stagioni, each being named after a season. Each one is in three movements, with a slow movement between two faster ones. At the time of writing the Four Seasons, the modern solo form of the concerto had not yet been defined (typically a solo instrument and accompanying orchestra). Vivaldi's original arrangement for solo violin with string quartet and basso continuo helped to define the form. In modern times, others have made transcriptions and arrangements to be performed on different instrumentation.

• Concerto No. 1 in E major, Op. 8, RV 269, "La primavera" (Spring)
  • 1. Allegro
  • 2. Largo
  • 3. Allegro Pastorale
• Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 8, RV 315, "L'estate" (Summer)
  • 1. Allegro non molto
  • 2. Adagio e piano - Presto e forte
  • 3. Presto/li>
• Concerto No. 3 in F major, Op. 8, RV 293, "L'autunno" (Autumn)
  • 1. Allegro
  • 2. Adagio molto
  • 3. Allegro/li>
• Concerto No. 4 in F minor, Op. 8, RV 297, "L'inverno" (Winter)
  • 1. Allegro non molto
  • 2. Largo
  • 3. Allegro/li>

The texture of each concerto is varied, resembling its respective season. For example, "Winter" is peppered with silvery staccato notes from the high strings, calling to mind icy rain, whereas "Summer" evokes a thunderstorm in its final movement.

The four concertos were written to go along with four sonnets. Though it is not known who wrote these sonnets there is a theory that Vivaldi wrote them himself. The sonnets are as follows in the original Italian with an English translation:

Italian	English
La Primavera	Spring
Allegro Giunt' è la Primavera e festosetti La Salutan gl' Augei con lieto canto, E i fonti allo Spirar de' Zeffiretti Con dolce mormorio Scorrono intanto: Vengon' coprendo l' aer di nero amanto E Lampi, e tuoni ad annuntiarla eletti Indi tacendo questi, gl' Augelletti; Tornan' di nuovo al lor canoro incanto: Largo E quindi sul fiorito ameno prato Al caro mormorio di fronde e piante Dorme 'l Caprar col fido can' à lato. Allegro Di pastoral Zampogna al suon festante Danzan Ninfe e Pastor nel tetto amato Di primavera all' apparir brillante.	Allegro Springtime is upon us. The birds celebrate her return with festive song, and murmuring streams are softly caressed by the breezes. Thunderstorms, those heralds of Spring, roar, casting their dark mantle over heaven, Then they die away to silence, and the birds take up their charming songs once more. Largo On the flower-strewn meadow, with leafy branches rustling overhead, the goat-herd sleeps, his faithful dog beside him. Allegro Led by the festive sound of rustic bagpipes, nymphs and shepherds lightly dance beneath the brilliant canopy of spring.
L'Estate	Summer
Allegro non molto - Allegro Sotto dura Staggion dal Sole accesa Langue l' huom, langue 'l gregge, ed arde il Pino; Scioglie il Cucco la Voce, e tosto intesa Canta la Tortorella e 'l gardelino. Zeffiro dolce Spira, mà contesa Muove Borea improviso al Suo vicino; E piange il Pastorel, perche sospesa Teme fiera borasca, e 'l suo destino; Adagio e piano - Presto e forte Toglie alle membra lasse il Suo riposo Il timore de' Lampi, e tuoni fieri E de mosche, e mossoni il Stuol furioso! Presto Ah che pur troppo i Suo timor Son veri Tuona e fulmina il Ciel e grandioso Tronca il capo alle Spiche e a' grani alteri.	Allegro non molto Under a hard Season, fired up by the Sun Languishes man, languishes the flock and burns the pine We hear the cuckoo's voice; then sweet songs of the turtledove and finch are heard. Soft breezes stir the air... but threatening north wind sweeps them suddenly aside. The shepherd trembles, fearing violent storms and his fate. Adagio e piano - Presto e forte The fear of lightning and fierce thunder Robs his tired limbs of rest As gnats and flies buzz furiously around. Presto Alas, his fears were justified The Heavens thunders and roar and majestically Cuts the head off the wheat and damages the grain.
L'Autunnu	Autumn
Allegro Celebra il Vilanel con balli e Canti Del felice raccolto il bel piacere E del liquor de Bacco accesi tanti Finiscono col Sonno il lor godere Adagio molto Fà ch' ogn' uno tralasci e balli e canti L' aria che temperata dà piacere, E la Staggion ch' invita tanti e tanti D' un dolcissimo Sonno al bel godere. Allegro I cacciator alla nov' alba à caccia Con corni, Schioppi, e canni escono fuore Fugge la belua, e Seguono la traccia; Già Sbigottita, e lassa al gran rumore De' Schioppi e canni, ferita minaccia Languida di fuggir, mà oppressa muore.	Allegro Celebrates the peasant, with songs and dances, The pleasure of a bountiful harvest. And fired up by Bacchus' liquor, many end their revelry in sleep. Adagio molto Everyone is made to forget their cares and to sing and dance By the air which is tempered with pleasure And (by) the season that invites so many, many Out of their sweetest slumber to fine enjoyment Allegro The hunters emerge at the new dawn, And with horns and dogs and guns depart upon their hunting The beast flees and they follow its trail; Terrified and tired of the great noise Of guns and dogs, the beast, wounded, threatens Languidly to flee, but harried, dies.
L'Inverno	Winter
Allegro non molto Aggiacciato tremar trà nevi algenti Al Severo Spirar d' orrido Vento, Correr battendo i piedi ogni momento; E pel Soverchio gel batter i denti; Largo Passar al foco i di quieti e contenti Mentre la pioggia fuor bagna ben cento Allegro Caminar Sopra il giaccio, e à passo lento Per timor di cader gersene intenti; Gir forte Sdruzziolar, cader à terra Di nuove ir Sopra 'l giaccio e correr forte Sin ch' il giaccio si rompe, e si disserra; Sentir uscir dalle ferrate porte Sirocco Borea, e tutti i Venti in guerra Quest' é 'l verno, mà tal, che gioia apporte.	Allegro non molto To tremble from cold in the icy snow, In the harsh breath of a horrid wind; To run, stamping one's feet every moment, Our teeth chattering in the extreme cold Largo Before the fire to pass peaceful, Contented days while the rain outside pours down. Allegro We tread the icy path slowly and cautiously, for fear of tripping and falling. Then turn abruptly, slip, crash on the ground and, rising, hasten on across the ice lest it cracks up. We feel the chill north winds course through the home despite the locked and bolted doors... this is winter, which nonetheless brings its own delights.

In addition to these sonnets, Vivaldi provided instructions such as "The barking dog" (in the second movement of "Spring"), "Languor caused by the heat" (in the first movement of "Summer"), and "the drunkards have fallen asleep" (in the second movement of "Autumn").

The Four Seasons are, therefore, tone poems. Together they are an enduring example of program music. It is often referenced in popular culture.

This list is a brief listing of ensembles with a speciality in Vivaldi's repertoire, including historically informed ensembles.

• La Serenissima
• Aradia Ensemble
• The English Concert
• I Solisti Veneti
• Europa Galante
• Concerto Italiano
• Il Giardino Armonico
• Academy of Ancient Music
• Tempesta di Mare

• André Romijn. Hidden Harmonies: The Secret Life of Antonio Vivaldi, 2007 ISBN 978-0-9554100-1-7
• Manfred Bukofzer (1947). Music in the Baroque Era. New York, W. W. Norton & Co. ISBN 0-393-09745-5.
• Gianfranco Formichetti, Venezia e il prete col violino. Vita di Antonio Vivaldi, Bompiani (2006), ISBN 88-452-5640-5.
• Karl Heller, Antonio Vivaldi: The Red Priest of Venice, Amadeus Press (1997), ISBN 1-57467-015-8
• Walter Kolneder, Antonio Vivaldi: Documents of His Life and Works, C F Peters Corp (1983), ISBN 3-7959-0338-6
• Barbara Quick, Vivaldi's Virgins (novel), HarperCollins (2007), ISBN 978-0-06-089052-0.
• Eleanor Selfridge-Field (1994). Venetian Instrumental Music, from Gabrieli to Vivaldi. New York, Dover Publications. ISBN 0-486-28151-5.
• Michael Talbot, Antonio Vivaldi, Insel Verlag (1998), ISBN 3-458-33917-5
• Michael Talbot: "Antonio Vivaldi", Grove Music Online, ed. L. Macy (Accessed August 26, 2006), (subscription access)
• Vivaldi: Voice of the Baroque, H. C. Robbins Landon, 1996 University of Chicago Press, ISBN-10: 0226468429

• 1. Antonio Vivaldi from britannica.com Quote: born March 4, 1678, Venice, Republic of Venice [Italy] died July 28, 1741, Vienna, Austria
• 2. Michael Talbot, Grove online
• 3. Baroque Music As far as his theatrical activities were concerned, the end of 1716 was a high point for Vivaldi. In November, he managed to have the Ospedale della Pietà perform his first great oratorio, Juditha Triumphans devicta Holofernis barbaric. [sic] This work was an allegorical description of the victory of the Venetians over the Turks in August 1716.
• 4. Talbot (pg.69) gives the 27th as the day of death. Formichetti (pg.194) reports that he died during the night and his death was the first registered on the next day. Heller (pg.263) states: "The composer’s death is noted in the official coroner’s report and in the burial account book of St. Stephen’s Cathedral Parish as having occurred on 28 July 1741". But the so-called Totenbeschauprotokoll is no reliable source, since the date can always refer to the entry, not to the actual time of death.
• 5. Compared to a noble's funeral at upwards of 100 fl, this was meager treatment indeed.
• 6. H.C. Robbins Landon supplies this assertion, and furthermore quotes the report of Vivaldi's death which reached Venice in the Commemorali Gradenigo: "Abbe Lord Antonio Vivaldi, incomparable virtuoso of the violin, known as the Red Priest, much esteemed for his compositions and concertos, who earned more than 50,000 ducats in his life, but his disorderly prodigality caused him to die a pauper in Vienna." Landon, Vivaldi: Voice of the Baroque Thames and Hudson 1993, p.166
• 7. Antonio Vivaldi biography by Alexander Kuznetsov and Louise Thomas, a booklet attached to the CD "The best of Vivaldi", published and recorded by Madacy Entertainment Group Inc, St. Laurent Quebec Canada
• 8. Clive O'Connell, "A great discovery, on any score", review of the performance, The Age, 10 August 2005
• 9. Michael Talbot, liner notes to the CD Vivaldi: Dixit Dominus, Körnerscher Sing-Verein Dresden (Dresdner Instrumental-Concert), Peter Kopp, Deutsche Grammophone 2006.
• 10. BBC NEWS, Vivaldi work revived 278 years on
• 11. independent.co.uk, Vivaldi's long-lost opera returns to Prague after 278 years

Works with Opus number
The following is a list of compositions by Antonio Vivaldi that were published during his lifetime and assigned an opus number.

• Opus 1, twelve sonatas for two violins and basso continuo (1705)
• Opus 2, twelve sonatas for violin and basso continuo (1709)
• Opus 3, L'estro Armonico (Harmonic inspiration), twelve concertos for various combinations. Best known concerti are No. 6 in A minor for violin, No. 8 in A minor for two violins and No. 10 in B minor for four violins (1711).
• Opus 4, La stravaganza (The extraordinary), twelve violin concertos (c. 1714)
• Opus 5, (second part of Opus 2), four sonatas for violin and two sonatas for two violins and basso continuo (1716).
• Opus 6, six violin concertos (1716–21)
• Opus 7, two oboe concertos and 10 violin concertos (1716–1717)
• Opus 8, Il cimento dell'armonia e dell'inventione (The Contest between Harmony and Invention), twelve violin concertos including the celebrated work, Le quattro stagioni (The Four Seasons), consisting of the first four concertos in opus 8 (1723).
• Opus 9, La cetra (The lyre), twelve violin concertos and one for two violins (1727)
• Opus 10, six flute concertos (c. 1728) There are two versions of the opus, one for recoder, printed in Venice.
• Opus 11, five violin concertos, one oboe concerto, the second in E minor, RV 277, being known as "Il favorito" (1729)
• Opus 12, five violin concertos and one without solo (1729)
• Opus 13, Il pastor fido (The Faithful Shepherd), six sonatas for musette, viela, recorder, flute, oboe or violin, and basso continuo (1737, spurious works by Nicolas Chédeville).

44 Concerti for Strings & Basso Continuo

• RV 109 Concerto C Major
• RV 110 Concerto C Major
• RV 111 Concerto C Major - Related to the sinfonia for the opera "Il giustino" RV 717.
• RV 113 Concerto C Major
• RV 114 Concerto C Major
• RV 115 Concerto C Major - "ripieno".
• RV 117 Concerto C Major - Related to the serenata "La Sena festeggiante" RV 693.
• RV 118 Concerto C minor
• RV 119 Concerto C minor
• RV 120 Concerto C minor
• RV 121 Concerto D Major
• RV 123 Concerto D Major
• RV 124 Concerto D Major
• RV 126 Concerto D Major
• RV 127 Concerto D minor
• RV 128 Concerto D minor
• RV 129 Concerto D minor - "Madrigalesco".
• RV 133 Concerto E minor - Of doubtful authenticity.
• RV 134 Concerto E minor - Also listed as a sinfonia by Ryom.
• RV 136 Concerto F Major
• RV 138 Concerto F Major
• RV 139 Concerto F Major - Related to RV 543.
• RV 141 Concerto F Major
• RV 142 Concerto F Major
• RV 143 Concerto F minor
• RV 144 Concerto G Major - "introdutione" by G. Tartini; withdrawn by Ryom. Inauthentic.
• RV 145 Concerto G Major
• RV 150 Concerto G Major
• RV 151 Concerto G Major - "Alla rustica".
• RV 152 Concerto G minor - "ripieno"
• RV 153 Concerto G minor
• RV 154 Concerto G minor
• RV 155 Concerto G minor
• RV 156 Concerto G minor
• RV 157 Concerto G minor
• RV 158 Concerto A Major - "ripieno"
• RV 159 Concerto A Major
• RV 160 Concerto A Major
• RV 161 Concerto A minor
• RV 163 Concerto B Flat Major - "conca"
• RV 164 Concerto B Flat Major
• RV 165 Concerto B Flat Major
• RV 166 Concerto B Flat Major
• RV 167 Concerto B Flat Major

39 Concerti for Bassoon, Strings & Basso Continuo

• RV 466 Concerto C Major
• RV 467 Concerto C Major
• RV 468 Concerto C Major - Incomplete.
• RV 469 Concerto C Major
• RV 470 Concerto C Major - Related to RV 447 & RV 448.
• RV 471 Concerto C Major - Closely related to RV 450.
• RV 472 Concerto C Major
• RV 473 Concerto C Major
• RV 474 Concerto C Major
• RV 475 Concerto C Major
• RV 476 Concerto C Major
• RV 477 Concerto C Major
• RV 478 Concerto C Major
• RV 479 Concerto C Major
• RV 480 Concerto C minor
• RV 481 Concerto D minor - Closely related to RV 406.
• RV 482 Concerto D minor - Incomplete.
• RV 483 Concerto E Flat Major
• RV 484 Concerto E minor
• RV 485 Concerto F Major - Related to RV 457.
• RV 486 Concerto F Major
• RV 487 Concerto F Major
• RV 488 Concerto F Major
• RV 489 Concerto F Major
• RV 490 Concerto F Major
• RV 491 Concerto F Major
• RV 492 Concerto G Major
• RV 493 Concerto G Major
• RV 494 Concerto G Major
• RV 495 Concerto G minor
• RV 496 Concerto G minor - Dedicated to the Marquis of Marzin.
• RV 497 Concerto A minor
• RV 498 Concerto A minor
• RV 499 Concerto A minor
• RV 500 Concerto A minor
• RV 501 Concerto B Flat Major - "La notte".
• RV 502 Concerto B Flat Major
• RV 503 Concerto B Flat Major
• RV 504 Concerto B Flat Major

26 Concerti for Cello, Strings & Basso Continuo

• RV 398 Concerto C Major
• RV 399 Concerto C Major
• RV 400 Concerto C Major
• RV 401 Concerto C minor
• RV 402 Concerto C minor
• RV 403 Concerto D Major
• RV 404 Concerto D Major
• RV 405 Concerto D minor
• RV 406 Concerto D minor - Related to RV 481.
• RV 407 Concerto D minor
• RV 408 Concerto E Flat Major
• RV 410 Concerto F Major
• RV 411 Concerto F Major
• RV 412 Concerto F Major
• RV 413 Concerto G Major
• RV 414 Concerto G Major
• RV 415 Concerto G Major - Inauthentic.
• RV 416 Concerto G minor
• RV 417 Concerto G minor
• RV 418 Concerto A minor
• RV 419 Concerto A minor
• RV 420 Concerto A minor
• RV 421 Concerto A minor
• RV 422 Concerto A minor
• RV 423 Concerto B Flat Major
• RV 424 Concerto B minor

Concerto for Cello, Bassoon, Strings & Basso Continuo

• RV 409 Concerto E minor

Concerto for 2 Cellos, Strings & Basso Continuo

• RV 531 Concerto G minor

2 Concerti for 2 Clarinets, 2 Oboes, Strings & Basso Continuo

• RV 559 Concerto C Major
• RV 560 Concerto C Major

3 Concerti for Flautino, Strings & Basso Continuo

• RV 443 Concerto C Major
• RV 444 Concerto C Major
• RV 445 Concerto A minor

15 Concerti for Flute, Strings & Basso Continuo

• RV 426 Concerto D Major
• RV 427 Concerto D Major
• RV 428 Concerto D Major - "Il gardellino", closely related to RV 90.
• RV 429 Concerto D Major
• RV 430 Concerto E minor - Closely related to RV 275a.
• RV 431 Concerto E minor - Incomplete.
• RV 432 Concerto E minor - Incomplete.
• RV 433 Concerto F Major - "La tempesta di mare", closely related to RV 98 & RV 570.
• RV 434 Concerto F Major - Closely related to RV 442.
• RV 435 Concerto G Major - Published in Amsterdam by Le Cene (#544).
• RV 436 Concerto G Major
• RV 437 Concerto G Major - Closely related to RV 101.
• RV 438 Concerto G Major
• RV 439 Concerto G minor - "La notte", closely related to RV 104.
• RV 440 Concerto A minor

2 Concerti for Flute, 2 Violins & Basso Continuo

• RV 89 Concerto D Major
• RV 102 Concerto G Major

5 Concerti for Flute, Oboe, Violin, Bassoon, Strings & Basso Continuo

• RV 88 Concerto C Major
• RV 98 Concerto F Major - Related to RV 433 and RV 570; all three works titled "La tempesta di mare".
• RV 99 Concerto F Major - Related to RV 571.
• RV 107 Concerto G minor
• RV 570 Concerto F Major - "Tempesta di mare"; related to RV 98 & RV 433. Violin in 1st movement only.

Concerto for Flute, Violin & Bassoon or 2 Violins & Cello and Basso Continuo

• RV 106 Concerto G minor

3 Concerti for Flute, Violin, Bassoon, Strings & Basso Continuo

• RV 91 Concerto D Major
• RV 96 Concerto D minor
• RV 100 Concerto F Major

Concerto for Flute and 2 Violins, or 3 Violins, Bassoon & Basso Continuo

• RV 104 Concerto G minor - Related to RV 439, both entitled "La notte"

Concerto for 2 Flutes, Strings & Basso Continuo

• RV 533 Concerto C Major

Concerto for 2 Flutes, 2 Oboes, Violin, Cello, Harpsichord, Strings & Basso Continuo

• RV 572 Concerto F Major - "Il Proteo o il mondo al rovescio". Related to RV 544.

Concerto for 2 Flutes, 2 Violins, 2 Bassoons, Strings & Basso Continuo

• RV 751 Concerto D Major - Lost.

2 Concerti for 2 Horns, Strings & Basso Continuo

• RV 538 Concerto F Major
• RV 539 Concerto F Major

Concerto for Lute, 2 Violins & Basso Continuo

• RV 93 Concerto D Major

Concerto for Mandolin, Strings & Basso Continuo

• RV 425 Concerto C Major

Concerto for 2 Mandolins, Strings & Basso Continuo

• RV 532 Concerto G Major

20 Concerti for Oboe, Strings & Basso Continuo

• RV 446 Concerto C Major
• RV 447 Concerto C Major - Related to RV 448 & RV 470.
• RV 448 Concerto C Major - Related to RV 447 & RV 470.
• RV 449 Concerto C Major - Oboe version of violin concerto RV 178.
• RV 450 Concerto C Major - Closely related to RV 471.
• RV 451 Concerto C Major
• RV 452 Concerto C Major
• RV 453 Concerto D Major
• RV 454 Concerto D minor - Same as Violin concerto RV 236 from "Il cimento dell'armonia e dell'inventione".
• RV 455 Concerto F Major
• RV 456 Concerto F Major - Walsh #384 of doubtful authenticity.
• RV 457 Concerto F Major - Closely related to RV 485.
• RV 458 Concerto F Major
• RV 459 Concerto G minor - Incomplete.
• RV 460 Concerto G minor - Closely related to RV 334.
• RV 461 Concerto A minor
• RV 462 Concerto A minor
• RV 463 Concerto A minor - Related to RV 500.
• RV 464 Concerto B Flat Major - Inauthentic.
• RV 465 Concerto B Flat Major - Inauthentic.

Concerto for Oboe, Bassoon, Strings & Basso Continuo

• RV 545 Concerto G Major

3 Concerti for 2 Oboes, Strings & Basso Continuo

• RV 534 Concerto C Major
• RV 535 Concerto D minor
• RV 536 Concerto A minor

Concerto for 2 Oboes, 2 Claren, 2 Recorders, 2 Violins, Bassoon, Strings & Basso Continuo

• RV 556 Concerto C Major - "Per la solennita di S. Lorenzo".

Concerto for 2 Oboes, 2 Horns, 2 Bassoons, Strings & Basso Continuo

• RV 573 Concerto F Major - Lost.

2 Concerti for Recorder, Strings & Basso Continuo

• RV 441 Concerto C minor
• RV 442 Concerto F Major

Concerto for Recorder, Oboe, Bassoon, Strings & Basso Continuo

• RV 103 Concerto G minor

3 Concerti for Recorder, Oboe, Violin, Bassoon & Basso Continuo

• RV 94 Concerto D Major
• RV 101 Concerto G Major - Related to RV 437.
• RV 105 Concerto G minor

Concerto for Recorder, Oboe, Violin, or 3 Violins, Bassoon & Basso Continuo

• RV 95 Concerto D Major - "La pastorella".

Concerto for Recorder, Oboe, 2 Violins & Basso Continuo

• RV 87 Concerto C Major

Concerto for Recorder, Violin, Bassoon or Cello & Basso Continuo

• RV 92 Concerto D Major

Concerto for Recorder, 2 Violins & Basso Continuo

• RV 108 Concerto A minor

Concerto for 2 Trumpets, Strings & Basso Continuo

• RV 537 Concerto C Major

7 Concerti for Viola d'amore, Strings & Basso Continuo

• RV 392 Concerto D Major
• RV 393 Concerto D minor
• RV 394 Concerto D minor
• RV 395 Concerto D minor
• RV 395a Concerto D minor
• RV 396 Concerto A Major - Related to RV 744.
• RV 397 Concerto A minor

Concerto for Viola d'amore, Lute, Strings & Basso Continuo

• RV 540 Concerto D minor

Concerto for Viola, 2 Horns, 2 Oboes, Bassoon, Strings & Basso Continuo

• RV 97 Concerto F Major

253 Concerti for Violin, Strings & Basso Continuo

• RV 170 Concerto C Major
• RV 171 Concerto C Major
• RV 172 Concerto C Major - Dedicated to Pisendel.
• RV 172a Concerto C Major - Of doubtful authenticity. Different 3rd movement and additional 2nd movement from RV 172; incomplete.
• RV 173 Concerto C Major
• RV 174 Concerto C Major - Lost.
• RV 175 Concerto C Major
• RV 176 Concerto C Major
• RV 177 Concerto C Major
• RV 178 Concerto C Major - "Il cimento dell'armonia e dell'inventione". Also exists as an Oboe concerto RV 449.
• RV 179 Concerto C Major - Related to RV 581.
• RV 179a Concerto C Major - Different 3rd movement from RV 179; incomplete.
• RV 180 Concerto C Major - "Il piacere" from "Il cimento dell'armonia e dell'inventione".
• RV 181 Concerto C Major
• RV 181a Concerto C Major - "La cetra".
• RV 182 Concerto C Major
• RV 183 Concerto C Major
• RV 184 Concerto C Major
• RV 185 Concerto C Major - "La stravaganza".
• RV 186 Concerto C Major
• RV 187 Concerto C Major
• RV 188 Concerto C Major
• RV 189 Concerto C Major
• RV 190 Concerto C Major
• RV 191 Concerto C Major
• RV 193 Concerto C Major - Lost.
• RV 194 Concerto C Major
• RV 195 Concerto C Major - Roger #417.
• RV 196 Concerto C minor - "La stravaganza".
• RV 197 Concerto C minor
• RV 198 Concerto C minor
• RV 198a Concerto C minor - "La cetra".
• RV 199 Concerto C minor - "Il sospetto"
• RV 200 Concerto C minor - Lost.
• RV 201 Concerto C minor
• RV 202 Concerto C minor
• RV 203 Concerto D Major
• RV 204 Concerto D Major - "La stravaganza".
• RV 205 Concerto D Major - Dedicated to Pisendel.
• RV 206 Concerto D Major
• RV 207 Concerto D Major
• RV 208 Concerto D Major - "Grosso Mogul" - Bach BWV 594.
• RV 208a Concerto D Major
• RV 209 Concerto D Major
• RV 210 Concerto D Major - "Il cimento dell'armonia e dell'inventione".
• RV 211 Concerto D Major
• RV 212 Concerto D Major - "fatto per la Solennita della S. Lingua di S. Antonio in Padua".
• RV 212a Concerto D Major
• RV 213 Concerto D Major
• RV 213a Concerto D Major - Different 3rd movement from RV 213; incomplete.
• RV 214 Concerto D Major
• RV 215 Concerto D Major
• RV 216 Concerto D Major
• RV 217 Concerto D Major
• RV 218 Concerto D Major
• RV 219 Concerto D Major
• RV 220 Concerto D Major - Roger #432/433.
• RV 221 Concerto D Major - "Violino in tromba".
• RV 222 Concerto D Major
• RV 223 Concerto D Major - Closely related to RV 263a and RV 762.
• RV 224 Concerto D Major
• RV 224a Concerto D Major - Different 2nd movement from RV 224.
• RV 225 Concerto D Major
• RV 226 Concerto D Major
• RV 227 Concerto D Major
• RV 228 Concerto D Major
• RV 229 Concerto D Major
• RV 230 Concerto D Major - "L'estro armonico". Bach BWV 972.
• RV 231 Concerto D Major
• RV 232 Concerto D Major
• RV 233 Concerto D Major
• RV 234 Concerto D Major - "L'inquietudine".
• RV 235 Concerto D minor
• RV 236 Concerto D minor - "Il cimento dell'armonia e dell'inventione". Also exists as an Oboe concerto RV 454.
• RV 237 Concerto D minor - Dedicated to Pisendel.
• RV 238 Concerto D minor - "La cetra".
• RV 239 Concerto D minor
• RV 240 Concerto D minor
• RV 241 Concerto D minor
• RV 242 Concerto D minor - "Per Pisendel" from "Il cimento dell'armonia e dell'inventione".
• RV 243 Concerto D minor - "con violino senza cantin". For violin without an E string; with scordatura.
• RV 244 Concerto D minor
• RV 245 Concerto D minor
• RV 246 Concerto D minor
• RV 247 Concerto D minor
• RV 248 Concerto D minor
• RV 249 Concerto D minor - "La stravaganza".
• RV 250 Concerto E Flat Major
• RV 251 Concerto E Flat Major
• RV 252 Concerto E Flat Major
• RV 253 Concerto E Flat Major - "La tempesta di mare" from "Il cimento dell'armonia e dell'inventione".
• RV 254 Concerto E Flat Major
• RV 255 Concerto E Flat Major - Lost.
• RV 256 Concerto E Flat Major - "Il ritiro"
• RV 257 Concerto E Flat Major
• RV 258 Concerto E Flat Major
• RV 259 Concerto E Flat Major
• RV 260 Concerto E Flat Major
• RV 261 Concerto E Flat Major
• RV 262 Concerto E Flat Major
• RV 263 Concerto E Major
• RV 263a Concerto E Major - "La cetra".
• RV 264 Concerto E Major
• RV 265 Concerto E Major - "L'estro armonico". Bach BWV 976.
• RV 266 Concerto E Major
• RV 267 Concerto E Major
• RV 268 Concerto E Major
• RV 269 Concerto E Major - "Spring" from "Il cimento dell'armonia e dell'inventione".
• RV 270 Concerto E Major - "Il ruposo - Per il Santissimo Natale".
• RV 270a Concerto E Major - Different 2nd movement from RV 270; incomplete.
• RV 271 Concerto E Major - "L'amoroso".
• RV 272 Concerto E minor - By J.A. Hasse; withdrawn and moved to Anh. 64 & 64a.
• RV 273 Concerto E minor
• RV 274 Concerto E minor
• RV 275 Concerto E minor - Roger #432/433.
• RV 275a Concerto E minor - Related to RV 430; both of doubtful authenticity.
• RV 276 Concerto E minor - Roger #188.
• RV 277 Concerto E minor - "Il favorito".
• RV 278 Concerto E minor
• RV 279 Concerto E minor - "La stravaganza".
• RV 280 Concerto E minor
• RV 281 Concerto E minor
• RV 282 Concerto F Major
• RV 283 Concerto F Major
• RV 284 Concerto F Major - "La stravaganza".
• RV 285 Concerto F Major
• RV 285a Concerto F Major
• RV 286 Concerto F Major - "Per la solennita di S. Lorenzo".
• RV 287 Concerto F Major
• RV 288 Concerto F Major
• RV 289 Concerto F Major
• RV 290 Concerto F Major - Lost.
• RV 291 Concerto F Major - Walsh #6 of his Op. 4.
• RV 292 Concerto F Major
• RV 293 Concerto F Major - "Autumn" from "Il cimento dell'armonia e dell'inventione".
• RV 294 Concerto F Major - "Il ritiro".
• RV 294a Concerto F Major
• RV 295 Concerto F Major
• RV 296 Concerto F Major
• RV 297 Concerto F minor - "Winter" from "Il cimento dell'armonia e dell'inventione".
• RV 298 Concerto G Major - "La stravaganza".
• RV 299 Concerto G Major - Bach BWV 973.
• RV 300 Concerto G Major - "La cetra".
• RV 301 Concerto G Major - "La stravaganza".
• RV 302 Concerto G Major
• RV 303 Concerto G Major
• RV 304 Concerto G Major - Lost.
• RV 305 Concerto G Major - Lost.
• RV 306 Concerto G Major
• RV 307 Concerto G Major
• RV 308 Concerto G Major
• RV 309 Concerto G Major - "Il mare tempestoso"; lost.
• RV 310 Concerto G Major - "L'estro armonico". Bach BWV 978.
• RV 311 Concerto G Major - "Violino in tromba".
• RV 312 Concerto G Major
• RV 313 Concerto G Major - "Violino in tromba".
• RV 314 Concerto G Major - Dedicated to Pisendel.
• RV 314a Concerto G Major
• RV 315 Concerto G minor - "Summer" from "Il cimento dell'armonia e dell'inventione".
• RV 316 Concerto G minor - Lost; Bach BWV 975.
• RV 316a Concerto G minor - "La stravaganza".
• RV 317 Concerto G minor
• RV 318 Concerto G minor
• RV 319 Concerto G minor
• RV 320 Concerto G minor - Incomplete.
• RV 321 Concerto G minor
• RV 322 Concerto G minor - Incomplete.
• RV 323 Concerto G minor
• RV 324 Concerto G minor
• RV 325 Concerto G minor
• RV 326 Concerto G minor
• RV 327 Concerto G minor
• RV 328 Concerto G minor
• RV 329 Concerto G minor
• RV 330 Concerto G minor
• RV 331 Concerto G minor
• RV 332 Concerto G minor - "Il cimento dell'armonia e dell'inventione".
• RV 333 Concerto G minor
• RV 334 Concerto G minor - "La cetra". Closely related to RV 460.
• RV 335 Concerto A Major - Walsh #435; related to RV 518, but of doubtful authenticity.
• RV 335a Concerto A Major - "Il rosignuolo" 2nd movement different from RV 335.
• RV 336 Concerto A Major
• RV 337 Concerto A Major - Lost.
• RV 338 Concerto A Major - Walsh #454 attributed to J. Meck withdrawn by Ryom and assigned to Anh. 65.
• RV 339 Concerto A Major
• RV 340 Concerto A Major - Dedicated to Pisendel.
• RV 341 Concerto A Major
• RV 342 Concerto A Major
• RV 343 Concerto A Major - Scordatura violin.
• RV 344 Concerto A Major
• RV 345 Concerto A Major - "La cetra".
• RV 346 Concerto A Major
• RV 347 Concerto A Major - "La stravaganza".
• RV 348 Concerto A Major - "La cetra". Scordatura for the violin.
• RV 349 Concerto A Major
• RV 350 Concerto A Major
• RV 351 Concerto A Major - Lost.
• RV 352 Concerto A Major
• RV 353 Concerto A Major
• RV 354 Concerto A minor
• RV 355 Concerto A minor - Of questionable authenticity.
• RV 356 Concerto A minor - "L'estro armonico".
• RV 357 Concerto A minor - "La stravaganza".
• RV 358 Concerto A minor - "La cetra".
• RV 359 Concerto B Flat Major - "La cetra".
• RV 360 Concerto B Flat Major - Incomplete.
• RV 361 Concerto B Flat Major
• RV 362 Concerto B Flat Major - "La caccia" from "Il cimento dell'armonia e dell'inventione".
• RV 363 Concerto B Flat Major - "Il cornetto da posta".
• RV 364 Concerto B Flat Major - Roger #432/433.
• RV 364a Concerto B Flat Major - Different 2nd movement from RV 364; listed by Mme Boivin & Le Clerc.
• RV 365 Concerto B Flat Major
• RV 366 Concerto B Flat Major - "Il Carbonelli".
• RV 367 Concerto B Flat Major
• RV 368 Concerto B Flat Major
• RV 369 Concerto B Flat Major
• RV 370 Concerto B Flat Major
• RV 371 Concerto B Flat Major
• RV 372 Concerto B Flat Major
• RV 373 Concerto B Flat Major - Inauthentic.
• RV 374 Concerto B Flat Major
• RV 375 Concerto B Flat Major
• RV 376 Concerto B Flat Major
• RV 377 Concerto B Flat Major
• RV 378 Concerto B Flat Major - Incomplete.
• RV 379 Concerto B Flat Major
• RV 380 Concerto B Flat Major
• RV 381 Concerto B Flat Major - Closely related to RV 528 and RV 383a; Bach BWV 980.
• RV 382 Concerto B Flat Major - Of doubtful authenticity.
• RV 383 Concerto B Flat Major
• RV 383a Concerto B Flat Major - "La stravaganza". Related to RV 381 &
• RV 528. 2nd & 3rd Movements closely related to RV 383.
• RV 384 Concerto B minor
• RV 385 Concerto B minor - Of doubtful authenticity.
• RV 386 Concerto B minor
• RV 387 Concerto B minor
• RV 388 Concerto B minor
• RV 389 Concerto B minor
• RV 390 Concerto B minor
• RV 391 Concerto B minor - "La cetra". Scordatura for the violin.
• RV 742 Concerto D Major - Fragment.
• RV 743 Concerto F minor - Concerto? mentioned in Vivaldi's autograph thematic catalog, lost.
• RV 744 Concerto A Major - Fragment, end of 1st and 2nd movements only.
• RV 745 Concerto B Flat Major - Fragment; 3rd movement only.
• RV 752 Concerto D Major - Lost.
• RV 761 Concerto C minor - Related to RV 201.
• RV 762 Concerto E Major - Related to RV 223.
• RV 763 Concerto A Major - "L'ottavina". Related to RV 353.
• RV 768 Concerto A Major - Related to RV 396.
• RV 769 Concerto D minor - Related to RV 393.
• RV 770 Concerto D minor - Related to RV 395.
• RV 771 Concerto C minor - Incomplete.
• RV 772 Concerto D Major - Incomplete.
• RV 773 Concerto F Major - Incomplete.

3 Concerti for Violin, Double String Orchestra & Basso Continuo

• RV 581 Concerto C Major - "Per la S.S. Assuzione di Maria Vergine". Related to RV 179.
• RV 582 Concerto D Major - "Per la S.S. Assuzione di Maria Vergine".
• RV 583 Concerto B Flat Major - Scordatura violin.

Concerto for Violin, Cello all'Inglese, Strings & Basso Continuo

• RV 546 Concerto A Major

2 Concerti for Violin, Cello, Strings & Basso Continuo

• RV 544 Concerto F Major - "Il proteo o sia il mondo al rovescio", related to RV 572.
• RV 547 Concerto B Flat Major

Concerto for Violin, 2 Cellos, Strings & Basso Continuo

• RV 561 Concerto C Major

2 Concerti for Violin, Oboe, Strings & Basso Continuo

• RV 543 Concerto F Major - Related to RV 139.
• RV 548 Concerto B Flat Major

Concerto for Violin, Oboe, 2 Recorders, 2 Oboes, Bassoon, Strings & Basso Continuo

• RV 576 Concerto G minor - Dedicated to the Prince of Saxony.

Concerto for Violin, Oboe, Salmoe, 3 Viole all'Inglese, Strings & Basso Continuo

• RV 579 Concerto B Flat Major - "Concerto funebre"

Concerto for Violin, 2 Oboes, Strings & Basso Continuo

• RV 563 Concerto D Major

Concerto for Violin, 2 Oboes, 2 horns, Bassoon, Cello, Strings & Basso Continuo

• RV 569 Concerto F Major - Cello in 3rd movement only.

Concerto for Violin, 2 Oboes, 2 horns, Bassoon, Strings & Basso Continuo

• RV 568 Concerto F Major

Concerto for Violin, 2 Oboes, 2 horns, Cello, Bassoon, Strings & Basso Continuo

• RV 571 Concerto F Major - Related to RV 99.

Concerto for Violin, 2 Oboes, 2 Horns, Strings & Basso Continuo

• RV 562 Concerto D Major

Concerto for Violin, 2 Oboes, 2 Horns, Timpani, Strings & Basso Continuo

• RV 562a Concerto D Major - Different 2nd movement from RV 562.

Concerto for Violin, 2 Oboes, 2 Recorders, Bassoon, Strings & Basso Continuo

• RV 577 Concerto G minor - For the orchestra at Dresden.

4 Concerti for Violin, Organ, Strings & Basso Continuo

• RV 541 Concerto D minor
• RV 542 Concerto F Major - Of doubtful authenticity.
• RV 766 Concerto C minor - Related to RV 510.
• RV 767 Concerto F Major - Related to RV 765.

Concerto for Violin, Organ (or Violin), Cello, Strings & Basso Continuo

• RV 554a Concerto C Major - Sames as RV 554 with Cello instead of Oboe.

Concerto for Violin, Organ (or Violin), Oboe, Strings & Basso Continuo

• RV 554 Concerto C Major

Concerto for Violin, 2 Trombon da caccia, 2 Oboes, Bassoon, Strings & Basso Continuo

• RV 574 Concerto F Major - Dedicated to Pisendel.

28 Concerti for 2 Violins, Strings & Basso Continuo

• RV 505 Concerto C Major
• RV 506 Concerto C Major
• RV 507 Concerto C Major
• RV 508 Concerto C Major
• RV 509 Concerto C minor
• RV 510 Concerto C minor
• RV 511 Concerto D Major
• RV 512 Concerto D Major
• RV 513 Concerto D Major - Witvogel #48.
• RV 514 Concerto D minor
• RV 515 Concerto E Flat Major
• RV 516 Concerto G Major
• RV 517 Concerto G minor
• RV 518 Concerto A Major - Related to RV 355, but of doubtful authenticity.
• RV 519 Concerto A Major - "L'estro armonico".
• RV 520 Concerto A Major - Incomplete.
• RV 521 Concerto A Major
• RV 522 Concerto A minor - "L'estro armonico". Bach BWV 593.
• RV 523 Concerto A minor
• RV 524 Concerto B Flat Major
• RV 525 Concerto B Flat Major
• RV 526 Concerto B Flat Major - Incomplete.
• RV 527 Concerto B Flat Major
• RV 528 Concerto B Flat Major - Related to RV 381 & RV 383a.
• RV 529 Concerto B Flat Major
• RV 530 Concerto B Flat Major - "La cetra".
• RV 764 Concerto B Flat Major - Related to RV 548.
• RV 765 Concerto F Major - Related to RV 767 & RV 515.

2 Concerti for 2 Violins, Cello, Strings & Basso Continuo

• RV 565 Concerto D minor - "L'estro armonico". Bach BWV 596.
• RV 578 Concerto G minor - "L'estro armonico".

2 Concerti for 2 Violins, 2 Cellos, Strings & Basso Continuo

• RV 564 Concerto D Major
• RV 575 Concerto G Major

Concerto for 2 Violins, 2 Oboes or Bassoons, 2 Recorders, Strings & Basso Continuo

• RV 557 Concerto C Major - Bassoon added in 2nd movement.

Concerto for 2 Violins, 2 Oboes, Bassoon, Strings & Basso Continuo

• RV 564a Concerto D Major - Anonymous version of RV 564.

Concerto for 2 Violins, 2 Organs, Double String Orchestra & Basso Continuo

• RV 584 Concerto F Major - Incomplete. One violin & organ as soloists in each orchestra.

Concerto for 2 Violins, 2 Recorders, 2 Oboes, Bassoon, Strings & Basso Continuo

• RV 566 Concerto D minor

Concerto for 2 Violins in tromba marina, 2 Recorders, 2 trumpets, 2 Mandolines, 2 Salmoe, 2 Theorboes, Cello, Strings & Basso Continuo

• RV 558 Concerto C Major - "com molto stromenti".

Concerto for 3 Violins, Strings & Basso Continuo

• RV 551 Concerto F Major

Concerto for 3 Violins & Cello or Flute, Oboe, Violin & Bassoon and Basso Continuo

• RV 90 Concerto D Major - Closely related to RV 428; both works titled "Il gardellino".

Concerto for 3 Violins, Oboe, 2 Recorders, 2 Viole all'Inglese, Salmoe, 2 Cellos, 2 Harpsichords, 2 Trumpets, Strings & Basso Continuo

• RV 555 Concerto C Major - 2 Trumpets in 3rd movement only.

3 Concerti for 4 Violins, Strings & Basso Continuo

• RV 549 Concerto D Major - "L'estro armonico".
• RV 550 Concerto E minor - "L'estro armonico".
• RV 553 Concerto B Flat Major

Concerto for Violin (echo), 3 Violins, Strings & Basso Continuo

• RV 552 Concerto A Major

2 Concerti for 4 Violins, Cello, Strings & Basso Continuo

• RV 567 Concerto F Major - "L'estro armonico".
• RV 580 Concerto B minor - "L'estro armonico". Bach BWV 1065.

Concerto for 4 Violins, 4 Recorders, 3 Cellos, Organ, Double String Orchestra & Basso Continuo

• RV 585 Concerto A Major - 2 Violins & 2 Recorders as soloists in the first orchestra (with Cello in the 3rd movement). 2 Violins & 2 Recorders as soloists in the second orchestra (with Cello & organ in the 3rd movement). Basso continuo in the 2nd movement is assigned to theorbo or organ.

Operas listed by date.

• Ottone in villa (1713)
• Orlando finto pazzo (1714)
• Arsilda regina di Ponto (1715)
• L'incoronazione di Dario (1716)
• Scanderbeg (1718)
• Il Teuzzone (1719)
• Tito Manlio (1719)
• La verità in cimento (1720)
• Ercole su'l Termodonte (1723)
• Il Giustino (1724)
• Dorilla in Tempe (1726)
• Farnace (1727)
• Orlando furioso (1727)
• Rosilena ed Oronta (1728)
• Argippo (1730, rediscovered in 2006)
• La fida ninfa (1732)
• Motezuma (1733)
• L'Olimpiade (1734)
• Bajazet (Tamerlano) (1735)
• Griselda (1735)
• Catone in Utica (1737)
• Rosmira fedele (1738)

17 sinfonias for strings and basso continuo

• RV 111a Sinfonia C Major - With a different second movement from RV 111 and related to the sinfonia from the opera "Il Giustino" RV 717.
• RV 112 Sinfonia C Major
• RV 116 Sinfonia C Major
• RV 122 Sinfonia D Major
• RV 125 Sinfonia D Major - Incomplete.
• RV 131 Sinfonia E Major
• RV 132 Sinfonia E Major - Inauthentic.
• RV 135 Sinfonia F Major
• RV 137 Sinfonia F Major
• RV 140 Sinfonia F Major - Also listed as a concerto by Ryom.
• RV 146 Sinfonia G Major - In Breitkopf catalog under Roellig. Also exists for 3 violins & Basso Continuo. Also listed as a concerto by Ryom.
• RV 147 Sinfonia G Major
• RV 148 Sinfonia G Major - Later moved to Anh. 68 by Ryom.
• RV 149 Sinfonia G Major
• RV 162 Sinfonia B Flat Major
• RV 168 Sinfonia B minor
• RV 169 Sinfonia B minor

2 sinfonias for violin, strings, and basso continuo

• RV 192 Sinfonia C Major
• RV 192a Sinfonia C Major - Different 3rd movement from RV 192; incomplete.

Sinfonia for unknown instrumentation

• RV 741 Sinfonia C Major - Lost.

Sonata for strings and basso continuo

• RV 130 Sonata E Flat Major - "Santo Sepolcro".

10 Sonatas for Cello & Basso Continuo

• RV 38 Sonata D minor - Lost.
• RV 39 Sonata E Flat Major
• RV 40 Sonata E minor
• RV 41 Sonata F Major
• RV 42 Sonata G minor
• RV 43 Sonata A Major
• RV 44 Sonata A minor
• RV 45 Sonata B Flat Major
• RV 46 Sonata B Flat Major
• RV 47 Sonata B Flat Major

4 Sonatas for flute and basso continuo

• RV 48 Sonata C Major
• RV 49 Sonata D minor
• RV 50 Sonata E minor
• RV 51 Sonata G minor

Sonata for flute, violin and basso continuo

• RV 84 Sonata D Major

6 Sonatas for Musette, Vielle, Flute (Recorder), Oboe or Violin & Basso Continuo (Inauthentic)

• RV 54 Sonata C Major - "Il pastor fido".
• RV 55 Sonata C Major - "Il pastor fido".
• RV 56 Sonata C Major - "Il pastor fido".
• RV 57 Sonata G Major - "Il pastor fido".
• RV 58 Sonata G minor - "Il pastor fido".
• RV 59 Sonata A Major - "Il pastor fido".

Sonata for Oboe & Basso Continuo

• RV 53 Sonata C minor

Sonata for 2 Oboes & Basso Continuo

• RV 81 Sonata G minor

Sonata for Recorder(?) & Basso Continuo

• RV 52 Sonata F Major

Sonata for 2 Recorders & Basso Continuo

• RV 80 Sonata G Major - Inauthentic.

42 Sonatas for Violin & Basso Continuo

• RV 1 Sonata A Major
• RV 2 Sonata C Major - Dedicated to Pisendel and closely related to 2nd & 4th movements of RV 4.
• RV 3 Sonata C Major
• RV 4 Sonata C Major - Incomplete, related to RV 2.
• RV 5 Sonata C minor
• RV 6 Sonata C minor - Dedicated to Pisendel.
• RV 7 Sonata C minor - Incomplete.
• RV 7a Sonata
• RV 8 Sonata C minor
• RV 9 Sonata D Major
• RV 10 Sonata D Major
• RV 11 Sonata D Major - Incomplete.
• RV 12 Sonata D minor
• RV 13 Sonata D minor - Inauthentic.
• RV 14 Sonata D minor
• RV 15 Sonata D minor
• RV 16 Sonata E minor
• RV 17 Sonata E minor - Incomplete, related to RV 17a in Manchester.
• RV 17a Sonata E minor - Complete version of RV 17 with a different 3rd movement.
• RV 20 Sonata F Major
• RV 21 Sonata F minor
• RV 22 Sonata G Major
• RV 23 Sonata G Major
• RV 24 Sonata G Major - Inauthentic.
• RV 25 Sonata G Major - Dedicated to Pisendel.
• RV 26 Sonata G minor
• RV 27 Sonata G minor
• RV 28 Sonata G minor
• RV 29 Sonata A Major - Dedicated to Pisendel.
• RV 31 Sonata A Major
• RV 32 Sonata A minor
• RV 34 Sonata B Flat Major
• RV 36 Sonata B minor
• RV 37 Sonata B minor - Incomplete.
• RV 754 Sonata C Major - Related to RV 4.
• RV 755 Sonata D Major - Related to RV 11.
• RV 756 Sonata E Flat Major
• RV 757 Sonata G minor - Related to RV 28.
• RV 758 Sonata A Major - Related to RV 746 (withdrawn) and RV 29.
• RV 759 Sonata B Flat Major - Related to RV 34.
• RV 760 Sonata B minor - Related to RV 37.
• RV 776 Sonata G Major - Probably unauthentic pastiche.

Sonata for Violin, Cello & Basso Continuo

• RV 83 Sonata C minor

Sonata for Violin, Oboe, obbligatto Organ, optional Salmoe or Chalumeau & Basso Continuo

• RV 779 Sonata C Major

25 Sonatas for 2 Violins & Basso Continuo

• RV 18 Sonata F Major
• RV 19 Sonata F Major - Dedicated to Pisendel.
• RV 30 Sonata A Major
• RV 33 Sonata B Flat Major
• RV 35 Sonata B minor
• RV 60 Sonata C Major
• RV 61 Sonata C Major
• RV 62 Sonata D Major
• RV 63 Sonata D minor - Based on variations on "La Folia"
• RV 64 Sonata D minor
• RV 65 Sonata E Flat Major
• RV 66 Sonata E Major
• RV 67 Sonata E minor
• RV 68 Sonata F Major
• RV 69 Sonata F Major
• RV 70 Sonata F Major
• RV 71 Sonata G minor
• RV 72 Sonata G minor
• RV 73 Sonata G minor
• RV 74 Sonata G minor
• RV 75 Sonata A Major
• RV 76 Sonata B Flat Major
• RV 77 Sonata G minor
• RV 78 Sonata B Flat Major
• RV 79 Sonata B minor

Trio sonata for recorder, bassoon, and basso continuo

• RV 86 Trio Sonata A minor

2 trio sonatas for violin, lute, and basso continuo

• RV 82 Trio Sonata C Major
• RV 85 Trio Sonata G minor

• Missa Sacrum, RV 586 (disputed)
• Kyrie, RV 587
• Gloria, RV 588
• Gloria, RV 589
• Gloria, RV 590 (lost)
• Credo, RV 591
• Credo, RV 592 (disputed)
• Domine ad adiuvandum me, RV 593
• Dixit Dominus, RV 594
• Dixit Dominus, RV 595 ("di Praga")
• Confetibor, tibi Domine, RV 596
• Beatus vir, RV 597
• Beatus vir, RV 598
• Beatus vir, RV 599 (lost)
• Laudate pueri Dominum, RV 600
• Laudate pueri Dominum, RV 601
• Laudate pueri Dominum, RV 602
• Laudate pueri Dominum, RV 603
• In exitu Israel, RV 604
• Credidi propter quod, RV 605 (now RV Anh. 35b)
• Laudate Dominum, RV 606
• Laetatus sum, RV 607
• Nisi Dominus, RV 608
• Lauda Jerusalem, RV 609
• Magnificat, RV 610/610a/610b/611
• Deus Tuorum Militum, RV 612
• Gaude Mater Ecclesia, RV 613
• Laudate Dominum, RV 614 (disputed)
• Regina coeli, RV 615 (incomplete)
• Salve Regina, RV 616
• Salve Regina, RV 617
• Salve Regina, RV 618
• Salve Regina, RV 619 (lost)
• Sanctorum Meritis, RV 620
• Stabat Mater, RV 621
• Te Deum, RV 622 (lost)
• Canta in Prato, Ride in Monte, RV 623 — not to be confused with RV 636, which is "Canta in Prato, Ride in Fonte"
• Carae Rosae Respirate, RV 624 — incomplete without reconstruction of lost second violin and viola parts
• Clarae, Stellae, RV 625
• In Furore Iustissimae Irae, RV 626
• In Turbate Mare, RV 627
• Invicti Bellate, RV 628 (incomplete, yet reconstructed and recorded by Academia Montis Regalis)
• Longe Mala, Umbrae, Terrores, RV 629 — not to be confused with RV 640, which is a similar motet on the same text but intended for different purposes
• Nulla in mundo pax sincera, RV 630
• O Qui Coeli Terraque Serenitas, RV 631
• Sum in Medio Tempestatum, RV 632
• Vestro Principi Divino, RV 633
• Vos Aurae per Montes, RV 634
• Introduzione al Dixit (RV 595) "Ascende Laeta," RV 635
• Introduzione al Dixit (RV 594?) "Canta in Prato, Ride in Fonte," RV 636 — not to be confused with RV 623, which is "Canta in Prato, Ride in Monte"
• Introduzione ad un Gloria "Cur sagittas," RV 637 — the preceding work that was to follow this introductory motet, most likely a lost setting of the Gloria in B (RV 590), is now presumably lost
• Introduzione al Miserere "Filiae Maestae Jerusalem," RV 638
• Introduzione al Gloria (RV 588) "Jubilate o amoeni chori," RV 639 — Introductory motet has third movement interwoven with Gloria (RV 588).
• Introduzione al Gloria (RV 589) "Longe Mala, Umbrae, Terrores," RV 640 — not to be confused with RV 629, which is a similar motet on the same text but intended for different purposes
• Introduzione al Miserere "Non in pratis," RV 641
• Introduzione al Gloria (RV 589) "Ostro Picta," RV 642
• Oratorio Moyses Deus Pharaonis, RV 643 (lost)
• Oratorio Juditha triumphans, RV 644
• Oratorio L'adorazione delli tre re magi al bambino Gesu, RV 645 (lost)
• Confetibor, tibi domine, RV 789 — manuscript found in damaged condition
• Beatus Vir, RV 795
• Magnificat, RV 797 (lost) — possibly related to the extant settings of RV 610/610a/610b/611
• Nisi Dominus, RV 803
• Salve Regina, RV 804 (lost)
• Dixit Dominus, RV 807

A possible setting, or even settings (considering the many settings of other liturgical text Vivaldi composed) of the Miserere may have existed, as hinted by the two introductory sets of movements intended for the piece(s), but such composition(s) have been lost.

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Chamber Music
Chamber Concerto for Lute in D Major RV93 performed by Unknown
Violin Sonata in G Minor RV27 - Mov. 1-2+4 performed by Unknown
Violin Sonata in G Minor RV27 - Mov. 3-4+4 performed by Unknown
Vivaldi Fuga (RV 565) performed by Baltic Baroque

Orchestral
Concerto For Two Violins Am Op. 3-8 RV522 performed by Tafelmusik + Lamon, Gilardeau
Concerto for Violin Am 6 Op.3-6 RV356 L´estro Armonico performed by Tafelmusik + Wallfisch
Flute Concerto RV434 performed by Unknown
Four Seasons 1 performed by Ann-Sophie Mutter
Four Seasons 2 performed by Ann-Sophie Mutter
Four Seasons 3 performed by Ann-Sophie Mutter
Four Seasons 4 performed by Ann-Sophie Mutter
Four Seasons 5 performed by Ann-Sophie Mutter
Gloria performed by Pacific Baroque Orchestra
Mandolin concerto Mov 1 performed by Unknown
Mandolin concerto Mov 2 performed by Unknown
Mandolin concerto Mov 3 performed by Unknown

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Vivaldi - Concerto for Oboe and Orchestra in C major (RV 447) - 2. Andante
Vivaldi - Credo (RV 591)
Vivaldi - Nulla in mundo pax sincera (RV 630)
Vivaldi - Op. 4 Concerto 1-4 four seasons

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