Vivaldi: Complete Cello Concertos

Vivaldi: Complete Cello Concertos

Vivaldi: Complete Cello Concertos
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Composer: Antonio Vivaldi
Conductor: Paul Robinson
Conductor: Richard Stamp
Performer: Elizabeth Keenan
Performer: Valerie Weeks
Orchestra: Toronto Chamber Orchestra
Edition: Music CD
Format: Box set
CD Release Date: 2005-05-31
Music Label: RCA
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
  1. Cello Concerto, for cello, strings & continuo in D minor, RV 405: Allegro
  2. Cello Concerto, for cello, strings & continuo in D minor, RV 405: Adagio
  3. Cello Concerto, for cello, strings & continuo in D minor, RV 405: Allegro
  4. Cello Concerto, for cello, strings & continuo in C minor 'Alla Rustica,' RV 401: Allegro non molto
  5. Cello Concerto, for cello, strings & continuo in C minor 'Alla Rustica,' RV 401: Adagio
  6. Cello Concerto, for cello, strings & continuo in C minor 'Alla Rustica,' RV 401: Allegro ma non molto
  7. Cello Concerto, for cello, strings & continuo in B flat major, RV 423: Allegro
  8. Cello Concerto, for cello, strings & continuo in B flat major, RV 423: Largo
  9. Cello Concerto, for cello, strings & continuo in B flat major, RV 423: Allegro
  10. Cello Concerto, for cello, strings & continuo in C major, RV 399: Allegro
  11. Cello Concerto, for cello, strings & continuo in C major, RV 399: Largo
  12. Cello Concerto, for cello, strings & continuo in C major, RV 399: Allegro
  13. Cello Concerto, for cello, strings & continuo in E minor, RV 409: Adagio
  14. Cello Concerto, for cello, strings & continuo in E minor, RV 409: Allegro
  15. Cello Concerto, for cello, strings & continuo in E minor, RV 409: Allegro
  16. Double Horn Concerto, for 2 horns, strings & continuo in F major, RV 538: Largo
Music CD 2
  1. Cello Concerto, for cello, strings & continuo in D major, RV 403: Allegro
  2. Cello Concerto, for cello, strings & continuo in D major, RV 403: Andante e spiritoso
  3. Cello Concerto, for cello, strings & continuo in D major, RV 403: Allegro
  4. Cello Concerto, for cello, strings & continuo in B minor, RV 424: Allegro non molto
  5. Cello Concerto, for cello, strings & continuo in B minor, RV 424: Largo
  6. Cello Concerto, for cello, strings & continuo in B minor, RV 424: Allegro
  7. Cello Concerto, for cello, strings & continuo in A minor, RV 422: Allegro
  8. Cello Concerto, for cello, strings & continuo in A minor, RV 422: Largo cantabile
  9. Cello Concerto, for cello, strings & continuo in A minor, RV 422: Allegro
  10. Cello Concerto, for cello, strings & continuo in C minor, RV 402: Allegro
  11. Cello Concerto, for cello, strings & continuo in C minor, RV 402: Adagio
  12. Cello Concerto, for cello, strings & continuo in C minor, RV 402: Allegro
  13. Cello Concerto, for cello, strings & continuo in F major, RV 412: Allegro
  14. Cello Concerto, for cello, strings & continuo in F major, RV 412: Larghetto
  15. Cello Concerto, for cello, strings & continuo in F major, RV 412: Allegro
  16. Cello Concerto, for cello, strings & continuo in G major, RV 414: Allegro molto
  17. Cello Concerto, for cello, strings & continuo in G major, RV 414: Largo
  18. Cello Concerto, for cello, strings & continuo in G major, RV 414: Allegro
  19. Cello Concerto, for cello, strings & continuo in D minor, RV 406: Allegro non molto
  20. Cello Concerto, for cello, strings & continuo in D minor, RV 406: Andante
  21. Cello Concerto, for cello, strings & continuo in D minor, RV 406: Minuetto
Music CD 3
  1. Cello Concerto, for cello, strings & continuo in F major, RV 411: Allegro
  2. Cello Concerto, for cello, strings & continuo in F major, RV 411: Largo
  3. Cello Concerto, for cello, strings & continuo in F major, RV 411: Allegro molto
  4. Cello Concerto, for cello, strings & continuo in D major, RV 404: Allegro
  5. Cello Concerto, for cello, strings & continuo in D major, RV 404: Affetuoso (Adagio)
  6. Cello Concerto, for cello, strings & continuo in D major, RV 404: Allegro vivace
  7. Cello Concerto, for cello, strings & continuo in A minor, RV 420: Andante
  8. Cello Concerto, for cello, strings & continuo in A minor, RV 420: Adagio
  9. Cello Concerto, for cello, strings & continuo in A minor, RV 420: Allegro
  10. Cello Concerto, for cello, strings & continuo in D minor, RV 407: Allegro
  11. Cello Concerto, for cello, strings & continuo in D minor, RV 407: Largo
  12. Cello Concerto, for cello, strings & continuo in D minor, RV 407: Allegro
  13. Cello Concerto, for cello, strings & continuo in G minor, RV 417: Allegro
  14. Cello Concerto, for cello, strings & continuo in G minor, RV 417: Andante
  15. Cello Concerto, for cello, strings & continuo in G minor, RV 417: Allegro
  16. Double Concerto ('Il Proteo, o sia Il mondo al rovescio'), for violin, cello, strings & continuo in F major, RV 544: Allegro
  17. Double Concerto ('Il Proteo, o sia Il mondo al rovescio'), for violin, cello, strings & continuo in F major, RV 544: Largo
  18. Double Concerto ('Il Proteo, o sia Il mondo al rovescio'), for violin, cello, strings & continuo in F major, RV 544: Allegro
Music CD 4
  1. Cello Concerto, for cello, strings & continuo in A minor, RV 418: Allegro
  2. Cello Concerto, for cello, strings & continuo in A minor, RV 418: Largo
  3. Cello Concerto, for cello, strings & continuo in A minor, RV 418: Allegro
  4. Cello Concerto, for cello, strings & continuo in E flat major, RV 408: Allegro non molto
  5. Cello Concerto, for cello, strings & continuo in E flat major, RV 408: Largo
  6. Cello Concerto, for cello, strings & continuo in E flat major, RV 408: Allegro
  7. Cello Concerto, for cello, strings & continuo in G minor, RV 416: Allegro
  8. Cello Concerto, for cello, strings & continuo in G minor, RV 416: Adagio
  9. Cello Concerto, for cello, strings & continuo in G minor, RV 416: Allegro
  10. Cello Concerto, for cello, strings & continuo in A minor, RV 419: Allegro
  11. Cello Concerto, for cello, strings & continuo in A minor, RV 419: Adagio
  12. Cello Concerto, for cello, strings & continuo in A minor, RV 419: Allegro
  13. Cello Concerto, for cello, strings & continuo in G major, RV 413: Allegro
  14. Cello Concerto, for cello, strings & continuo in G major, RV 413: Largo
  15. Cello Concerto, for cello, strings & continuo in G major, RV 413: Allegro
  16. Double Concerto, for violin & cello, strings & continuo in B flat major, RV 547: Allegro
  17. Double Concerto, for violin & cello, strings & continuo in B flat major, RV 547: Andante
  18. Double Concerto, for violin & cello, strings & continuo in B flat major, RV 547: Allegro

Music reviews of Vivaldi: Complete Cello Concertos

Music Review: Almost complete, almost excellent
Rating: 4 Stars

I'm neither a musicisian nor a classical music expert, but I am enjoying these CDs. To my mind, ears, and wallet, this boxed set of 4 CD is close to being "excellent".

My 4.5+ star rating would be higher were it not for a couple of avoidable blemishes. These relate to marketing and production matters that could, and - in my opinion - should, have been addressed.

The first matter relates to the title of this set: "Vivaldi Complete Cello Concertos". This appears to be incorrect and, thus, makes a misleading claim about the scope of this set's content. This set contains 21 complete cello concertos and the Largo of one other, plus two concertos for cello and violin and one for cello and bassoon. In the included notes, their author, Olaf Joksch, states that "In 1979 the Danish musicologist Peter Ryom listed 27 concertos for cello and orchestra alone in his Vivaldi catalogue..."

So, where are the other 5 and 2/3rd concertos for cello and orchestra (I think these would include RV 400, 410, 421 and 531)? Might not these have filled another disc, and thus justified the set's title? Also, as the set's producer (Ofra Harnoy's father Jacob) decided to include 3 concertos for cello and other instruments (i.e. RV 409,544 and 547)as part of these "Complete Cello Concertos", it also seems reasonable to ask what happened to Vivaldi's other (albeit few)concertos for cello and other instruments (eg RV 415 and 538)?

I realise this is not the first time that boxed sets claiming to be "complete works"(of some kind)turn-out not to be so. However, this would seem to me to be an unacceptable justification, in this case as in any other. At the very least, the situation and reasons for ommissions should be clearly and prominently disclosed on the outside of the box; and, surely, likewise explained in the internal notes.

The second, and to my thinking rather less significant, matter relates to a few production errors. The most obvious of these are confusing problems with the play-lists for discs 2 and 3.

The play-lists in the set's notes and on the sleeve for each disc correspond with each other and appear to be correct. However, the play-list that appears for disc 2 when it is played is a duplicate of the play-list for disc 4, while the times shown for each track are different from those on disc 4 and are clearly those for the actual tracks recorded. On disc 3 only the track numbers and corresponding play-times are shown: that is, there are no details as to what's being played.


There is also a rather confusing typo in the English and German text of the notes (though not in the French ones, so these are typos)as follows: "The cello - in comparison with the violin a new instrument - was not developed until the 1760s." (s/be 1660s).

None of these production issues are particularly serious. However, listeners (like me) who are not familiar with these concertos, do rely on the accuracy of the musical and other information presented to us. Accordingly, the kinds of errors noted do enough to provide "cause for pause" as to whether there are other errors of which we are not aware.

The matters noted above are unfortunate. With a little more care they could, and should, have been avoided. For me, they trim half a star or less, off what would otherwise have been a 5-star rating. However, this reviewer's overall assessment is that this is an extremely enjoyable set of CDs at an extremely reasonable price - and that's still a fine achievement.

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